Nicholas Ho: 2016

Tuesday 31 May 2016

Tuesday 17 May 2016

EXP 3: 2 Point Perspective Drawings

EXP 3: Mashup

A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature manifests there. A good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built. Studying the foldability of structures - how through advanced engineering structures could move and transform themselves. It involves a respect for materials - you don't twist steel into a flower and a respect for the harmonious relationship between the form/design and the function of the building. It is also an attempt to integrate the spaces into a coherent whole: a marriage between between the site and the and the structure and a union between the context and the structure. However we ought to go beyond the surface, the design element and touch upon the reality. Using Engineering to explore the structure and advances in technology and new materials comes from Computional Design, we can slowly expand the boundaries of what could be made so revolutionary possibilities can emerge for a new kind of architecture.

1. http://freshome.com/2012/09/03/10-great-architectural-lessons-from-frank-lloyd-wright/
2. http://www.archdaily.com/321403/how-santiago-calatrava-blurred-the-lines-between-architecture-and-engineering-to-make-buildings-move/
3. http://www.pbs.org/flw/legacy/essay1.html

Tuesday 3 May 2016

EXP 2: Final Submission

EXP 2: 36 Custom Textures - From Light to Dark

Textures used

Light Medium Dark

EXP 2: Parallel Projections

Top: Inspired forms from the human body and natural movement + Interplay between rhythm, structure and geometry
Centre: Interplay between rhythm and structure + Inspired complexity of forms derived from nature
Bottom: Sculptor, Architect, Engineer + Architect, Artisan, Sculptor, Craftsman

EXP 2: 6 Sets of Axonometric Sketches

Santiago Calatrava

Interplay between rhythm and structure

Sculptor, Architect, Engineer

Inspired forms from the human body and natural movement

Antoni Gaudi

Interplay between rhythm, structure and geometry

Architect, Artisan, Sculptor, Craftsman

Inspired complexity of forms derived from nature

Lumion

EXP 2: The Two Concepts

The two Architects chosen for experiment two are Santiago Calatrava and Antoni Gaudi. The Architectural concepts of 'Interplay between rhythm and structure' and 'Inspired complexity of forms derived from nature' were influenced by both Calatrava and Gaudi as they used this as a guideline to create unique forms and structures.

The theme is have chosen is sustainability and is portrayed through the form, structure, rhythm, and material of the light right stop.