Project 3- Final Submission

Download pdf:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a2tzmksso6oaaef/ARCH1201-Project3-VivienChan-FinalSubmission.pdf

Animation:

Model files:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xgoi13w3amigxfn/Final-Project3-VC.skp

Project 3- Interim 2

Animation:

Downloads:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/52qq61vpoha9ukw/ARCH1201-2014-VivienChan-Project3-Interim2.pdf

Project 3- Interim 1

Download link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xjwmk9s9w77eha9/ARCH1201-2014-VivienChan-Project3-Interim1.pdf

Project 2- Final submission

Animation:

Download links:
Grasshopper 3D File:
1.  https://www.dropbox.com/s/lo0xlnlcjjgsf6v/Panel01-vc.gh
2.  https://www.dropbox.com/s/2koz4t9ttntrzhr/panel04-vc.gh


Rhino File:
1. https://www.dropbox.com/s/b2xj2utje1jw2h4/rhino-panel01-vc.3dm
2. https://www.dropbox.com/s/m50z3nhuz380ubq/rhino-panel-04vc.3dm


Poster: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6je1l72pe9sq9ww/Arch1201-2014-Vivien-Chan-Project2.pdf

Drawings: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3dl4qo0gqnw2csf/Arch1201-2014-VivienChan-Project2-Drawings.pdf

Animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKJnKiw-0Pk&feature=youtu.be

Link to the entire dropbox folder containing all files: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n77cvb6ycxhriw3/teOm7_ECtu

Project 2- Interim (Poster + Animation)

(Poster minus the embedded video) 

Poster: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6je1l72pe9sq9ww/Arch1201-2014-Vivien-Chan-Project2.pdf

Animation: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b1ly9rsvbnpejqv/ARCH1201-Project2-VivienChan-Animation.mp4

Studio Exercise 5.

1. Find a classmate to pair up with, who has a mock-up proposal which responds to the same environmental factor as you.

 

Present to each other your design proposal then discuss and take notes in pairs, covering the following points:

 

• Does the design proposal fulfill the basic requirements of the brief?

 Elliot's design:

- Yes- responding to the sun

 

• Is the design proposal a thoughtful and well- thought-out response to the brief?

- Responds to different seasons and environmental factor. 

 

• What strengths and weaknesses can you identify of each other’s proposals?

 Strengths:

- Walls expand- allowing for natural airflow and more space.

Weaknesses:

- During summer- it has the potential to overheat 

- Exposed- unwanted items may enter the shelter.

 

• Compare the design proposal to the examples shown in last week’s lecture. Are there similarities?Are there difference? Are these differences significant enough such that it is not an limitation? Is the design proposal innovative?

 Elliot's design is quite similar to the 'Dynamic facade “Kiefer technic showroom”' by Kiefer Technic, Ernst Giselbrecht + PartnerArchitektur because it has an exterior part that extends in and out to shield the sun. The difference is that Elliot's design the whole wall opens in and out, exposing more of the interior of the shelter.

2. Export your grasshopper document [File > Export Hi-Res image] and post it on your blog.

 

 

3. Create a new viewport setting that you will use to prepare your 3D animation.

 

Independent study:

4. Prepare an animation for your poster. 

Watch Andrew Heumann’s video on recording data from slider components in Grasshopper [http://vimeo.com/39730831]. Then: 

•  Modify Heumann’s definition to suit your dynamic architectural response (animating a control knob? Animating a Boolean toggle? Rotating a different object compared to a cube? Have more than 4 variables?)
•  Record a sample demonstrating your dynamic architectural response.
•  Export the animation images, ensuring you change the file extension from .bmp to .png [right- click the slider bar > animate].
•  Animate the results using the video editing software to compile the images into a video, e.g. in Adobe Premiere, import the images, change all their duration to 1 frame, and use the "make new sequence from clip" tool.
• Post the resulting animation onto your blog (feel free to add some sensible music and captions).

 

 

Studio Exercise 4.

Reflect on the lecture and develop a matrix of 9 proposals for how yours (or a classmate’s) architecture from Project 1 could respond to its context. Each proposal should be a short description. Your matrix should include the three environmental factors (sun, wind and rain) on one axis, and the interactive methods (toggle switch, incremental slider, and infinitesimal slider) on the other axis, as shown in the matrix below. Complete your matrix by 11:30pm. 

	Toggle Switch	Incremental slider	Infinitesimal slider
Sun	Toggle switch that slides the roof to the sides- opening it up.	Winding device that allows for roof to be inclined at certain angles, allowing sunlight into the shelter.	Cooling system that cools down the shelter during hot days. Roof shifts directions according to where the sun is- to shield the shelter.
Wind	Opens and closes the air vent to allow subtle amounts of air flow into shelter.	Allow for panels/ fins on the side of the architecture to open up and face certain sides/ angles.-	Wind gages on the side to indentify the direction of the wind.
Rain	Shutter panels descend from the exterior of the shelter to prevent rain seeping in. -	Rainwater flows down a pipe that is controlled by a slider of how much water comes down- filter at the bottom for fresh water. -	Umbrella system that slowly rises. -

In consultation with your tutor, select 3 of these proposals and hand sketch a storyboard for each one that you select. Each storyboard should include at least 3 states: before, during and after the architectural response.

Complete your storyboards by 12:30pm. 

01. Shutter panels descend from the exterior of the shelter to prevent rain seeping in.

02. Allow for panels/ fins on the side of the architecture to open up and face certain sides/ angles.

03. Umbrella system that slowly rises.

04. Roof shifts directions according to where the sun is- to shield the shelter.

Project 1. (For Displaced Dwellers) Final

Download links:
Sketch Up Model: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bvbuf1nj7nxgws2/FINAL-VivienChan.skp

2D drawings: https://www.dropbox.com/s/33xcr2y1zd2usj5/Arch1201-2014-Vivien-Chan-Project1-2Ddrawings.pdf

Poster: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ezo4tl4gn6tkgc/Arch1201-2014-Vivien-Chan-Project1.pdf

Studio Exercise 2.

Identify how the understanding of “home” has changed over time.

In Porteous's article he describes home as one's place to be dominant and territorial over, whereas in Mallett's article she describes home not only to be a physical place but a place that has sentimental value, e.g. where an individual's family is, individual connections to a place etc. Porteous describes home under the territorial triad: security, identity and and stimulation, in the end it results in self satisfaction and what an individual can gain and find their self in their own home. Whereas Mallett is concerned with the journey and how one creates their own home. 

Description of the concept of home.

Traditionally, a home is defined as to be the physical space where an individual lives, however this definition has evolved over time to be the space in which memories and feelings encompass the ideas of comfort and security. ‘…space inhabited by family, people, things and belongings’ this capture the feeling of familiarity a home provides. Through the actions and interaction that take place in a house, ‘nostalgic and sentimental' memories are formed. However, home does not have to be defined just where your family lives, it is primarily where the individual considers home, for example, an individual could be residing by themselves and consider that space to be their primary home rather than the place where their parents/ family members reside.

Conduct research on your clients: the dwellers displaced by a natural disaster at your nominated location.

Chosen location: Eastern India, Bangledesh

Consider the following questions:

• Who has been affected? How have they been affected?

The floods have inundated home and businesses and destroyed crops, a major problem in a region known as the Rice Bowl of India- Andhra Pradesh.

More than 70,000 people have been evacuated from low-lying villages, and train routes have been suspended because some of the lines are underwater. 

Many drowned when they were swept away by surging waters or were killed when weakened walls collapsed onto them.

Conditions: packing winds of more than 200km/ hr, uprooting trees, overturning trucks, snapping power lines and flooding large tracts of farmland. 

Consequences:  

• Landslides, due to the floods, damaged several houses and structures, killing those who were trapped.The heavy rains resulted in large flash floods and massive landslides. 
• The roads were seriously damaged at more than 450 places, resulting in huge traffic jams, and the floods caused many cars and other vehicles to be washed away. 
• Inundated with water, mud and boulders from the landslide, damaging its perimeter.
• The flows of river water restricted and the streamside development activity contributing to a higher number of landslides and more flooding. 

•  What are their needs and vulnerabilities?

 Dry food, water packets and medicines.

•  Are they in an urban or rural location?

 Urban- It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population.

•  What housing existed before the natural disaster? How did it deal with the division of spaces, privacy, security, climate control?

•  What are the climatic conditions? Cold climate? Warm, humid climate? Hot, dry climate?

Andhra Pradesh climate is generally hot and humid.  The major role in determining the climate of the state is played by South- West Monsoons. July to September is the season for tropical rains in Andhra Pradesh. The state receives heavy rainfall during these months. About one third of the total rainfall in Andhra Pradesh is brought by the North- East Monsoons.  

[Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Andhra_Pradesh] 

•  Do those displaced dwellers have cultural or religious traditions which influence their apparel, day to day activities, or social interactions?

Traditional clothing: 

• Men and women in India are draped and wrapped according to tradition, history and location. A dhoti or lungi, which is a loose skirt- or shorts-type wrap for men, is common in rural areas and in high heat, and most often it is worn alone, without a shirt. 

[Source: http://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/national-traditions/indian-tradition2.htm]

Social interactions:

• Social interaction is regarded as being of the highest priority in Indian families, and social bonds are expected to be long lasting. All social interaction involves constant attention to hierarchy, respect, honor, the feelings of others, rights and obligations, hospitality, and gifts of food, clothing, and other desirable items. Finely tuned rules of etiquette help facilitate each individual's many social relationships.

[Source: http://www.visitnortheast.com/social-interaction.php] 

 

Studio Exercise 1.

Earthquakes

What is an earthquake? 
Definition: The vibrations caused by rocks breaking under stress. Earthquakes occur where the earth's plates meet along plate boundaries. For example as two plates move towards each other, one can be pushed down under the other one into the mantle. If this plate gets stuck it causes a lot of pressure on surrounding rocks. When this pressure is released it produces shock waves.

Reference: http://www.ga.gov.au/hazards/earthquakes/earthquake-basics/what.html
http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/earthquakesintro.html#effects 

Description: 

• Sudden shaking 
• Trembling vibrations
• Heaving damaged nuclear site 
• Hit a depth of 6 miles in the Pacific Ocean 

Reference: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/10/japan-earthquake-2013-7-3-earthquake-hits-off-coast-of-japan-95946.html

Effects of earthquakes
The effects of earthquakes vary- this depends on the strength of the earthquakes, level of population in an area and the level of economic development in an area.

3 geographic locations

1. Fukushima, Japan in 2013

• Magnitude of 7.3 
• Japan's east coast
• Triggered small tsunamis 
• Aftershock with a magnitude of 9.0  

Reference: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/25/japan-earthquake-fukushima-prefecture_n_4164181.html

 

Reference: http://www.latimes.com/includes/projects/before-after/japan-tsunami-2013/tsunami_cars_before.jpg

Reference: http://media.indiatimes.in/media/content/2013/Mar/japan_earthquake_1363085660_540x540.jpg

Reference: http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1444907!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/correction-japan-quake.jpg 

2. Haiti 

A major earthquake occurred in 2011 at Haiti in the Dominican republic where a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit, resulting in a death toll of 100,000 - 159,000 with over 250,000 residencies collapsed and 30,000 government buildings destroyed. Due to limited aid led to further rioting, looting and damage due to the populace. 

Reference: http://www.worldvision.com.au/Libraries/Haiti_earthquake_2/AP-MTLP108-Haiti_Earthquake-935.jpg

Reference: http://globalfaithinaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/haiti-earthquake.jpg

Reference: http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/interactive/2010/01/world/gallery.large.haiti-1/images/16.jpg

Comparison: 

Shipping container 1# 

 Reference: http://simbiosisgroup.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/414.jpg

Designed by Texas architect Jim Poteet, the house is made from 40- foot shipping container (320 sq ft.), which is located in the backyard of a renovated warehouse where the clients lives. The blue- painted container is equipped with heating and air- conditioning systems and its roof is filled with plants help keep temperature down inside the building. 

Reference: http://www.homedsgn.com/2011/02/03/shipping-container-guest-house-by-jim-poteet/ 

Shipping container 2#

Reference: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtjUv3dXq2yMJdAAvyDGOK_Veu_Pbnsy-OtOa98YoqF2dAWm7hnm5NFA15E_BBc_hGqvajazNoQ5dTkL6LrGIMVtuZ6w1VO0rX_xUFcoMkauFFg8B0OhbhFmQiYlO8HaWzwwpoJ60nQJs/s1600/20+FT+Shipping+Container+Hotel+-+Belgium+-+Sleeping+Around+%282%29.jpg

The 20ft. shipping container is a hotel that is fitted with what conventional hotels are equipped with. It is equipped with high quality linen, walk- in shower and ritual amenities- air conditioning. The 'Sleeping Around' container hotel acts more like a portable bed and breakfast. The Belgium- based 'Sleeping Around' container hotel is comprised of six shipping containers in all; four for guest rooms, one for breakfast/ lounge area and one for sauna. All of the rooms are made from recycled containers from China, which are commonly left behind after being emptied, as it is cheaper shipping them back. 

Compare the two and make a list of similarities and differences between their features. 

Similarities:

• Both equipped with necessities of a home- bed, tables, air- conditioning systems. etc. 
• Large open windows to let light in.

Differences:

• Shipping container 1# was transformed into a residential home, whereas shipping container 2# was transformed into a pop-up hotel. 
•  Shipping container 2# has 6 containers that are interconnected- one for sleeping and others for dining, sauna etc. 
• Shipping container 2# purpose it to be able to be shipping around the world easily. 

Compare the two and make a list of similarities and differences between their design approaches. 
Similarities:

• Made out of recycled containers. 

Differences:

• Shipping container 1# is much larger- double the size of shipping container 2#. 
• Shipping container 2# is small- sized with the ability to be able to be easily picked up and move to more intimate locations. 

From your comparisons, determine a set of features and design approaches which are relevant to the location and natural disaster you are responding to. 

The natural disaster I have chosen is floods, the location I have specifically chosen is Eastern India, Bangladesh where there was a monsoon rain which resulted in thousands of people being displaced from their homes. My plan is to create a temporary piece of architecture that will be able to fit inside the 20ft shipping container which will be able to cater for all the basic human activies. During floods there is usually a lot of rain, therefore I need to design a roofing system that will drain the water off the roof. I will also need to design the temporary architecture in a way so it can float on water, while still remain anchored in the same spot.  

Independent Study Week 1
Prescribed readings for Project 1 and write 3 short statements, each describing 3 concepts of "home" that expand your understanding of the term (record the quote(s) that support your statements, so you reference them appropriately).

Home is a dwelling in which an individual lives for a prolonged period of time, especially as a member of a family of household. However, home does not have to be defined just where your family lives, it is primarily where the individual considers home, for example, an individual could be residing by themselves and consider that space to be their primary home rather than the place where their parents/ family members reside. A majority of people consider home to be where their family members are therefore this could be the major factor that identifies where one's home is.
"It also symbolizes the family relationships and life courses enacted within those spaces." (Pg. 74, Understand home: a critical review of the literature, Shelley Mallett).


The home is place of security and identity, it is a space where an individual can feel safe and secure in the confined spaces of their home. The home is one's refuge, as it is a private space where they can be solitude and people usually associate familiar places to be places of security and an individual's home is one of the few places they know well, "...often familial realm clearly differentiated from public space.."(Pg. 71, Understand home: a critical review of the literature, Shelley Mallett). Individuals can also find their identity through the type of housing they live in, the people they live with, suburb etc. "Identity includes not only self- knowledge but also one's persona as recognised by one's fellows."(Pg. 384, Home: The territorial core, J.D. Porteous).


The home can also be defined as one's place of origin, "it is a place of origin (however recent or relative) as well as a point of destination" (Pg. 77, Understand home: a critical review of the literature, Shelley Mallett). A country can be defined as home to someone, it does not necessarily have to be a physical structure. 


Shipping container downloaded from Google Sketch Up Warehouse

 Source: Earny, Shipping Container 20ft, uploaded 13/02/08, downloaded 13/03/14