Final Assignment

Assignment 2B:

Façade Mapping and Environmental Analysis:

The site is located in room 241, which is the main studio space for Interior Design.

Your charge is to propose a new, extraordinary and poetic, curtain wall that responds to the proposed program of the space, the environmental conditions of the microclimate surrounding the space, both interior and exterior, and to engage the program of the interior setting through the curtain design. Your final design proposal should formulate a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience for the building occupants. The curtain wall components should be designed and arranged in such a way to create a formally expressive composition through meaning, rhythm, variance, materiality, and graphic patterns among other things to be determined by you.

Start by measuring the site and projecting a rectangle 10’ away fro the site onto it’s adjacent walls. Use this to generate a highly specific digital mapping of the microclimatic conditions of the site. For the presentation, unfold the buildings skin into 5 planes (4 sides and the wall which is the site itself) and project your mappings onto the surface of the planes. You should be mapping:

1. Solar conditions, sun and shadow, across all of the surfaces and should be done real time through observation as well as at different times of day and different times of the year. You may do this in sketch up, formz, ecotect, revit, modo or any software that has a built in sun and can render the sun across the face of the building accurately. Ultimately you will diagram your findings in an illustrator drawing.
2. Map the programmatic conditions adjacent to the site.
3. Are there other conditions that you think will be important such as acoustics? Wind forces from exterior to interior if the windows are operable? The circulation or movement of the users? Views from the exterior to the interior and vice versa? You should choose at least 2 other conditions to digitally map across the surface as well.

All Site mappings should be printed at1/4” scale on 11 x 17 paper, use as many pieces of paper as necessary and tile them appropriately. Develop your own compelling graphic way of presenting the information you discover in your mappings, what you draw and the way you draw it matters as it will inform the design. Use an illustration of your Haeckel tile as part of the graphic description. The illustration may be the simple .ai outline you have already drawn or you may experiment with live tracing, rasterizing, various filters, the blend tool, etc. (this phase is individual work)

Mapping of Building Façade for YJP Administrative Center

Diagram of Building façade that moves from opaque to more open

Oct. 25 Assignment Given

Oct. 27 Pin Up

Nov. 1 Site Mapping Due

Assignment 2C:

Working in groups of three, choose one site map to build 3 Dimensionally in Modo at full scale. Remember that a curtain wall does not have to be flat. Think about repitition, tessalation and variability. Choose one of the precedent studies posted to the blog as an model or guide for the way you design the curtain wall. Think about the interior program of the space adjacent to the curtain wall, is it a social space where filtered views of the exterior might be enjoyed? Is it a work space, where filtered natural light might benefit the end user? Is it a projection space that does not require any natural light? Should portions of the wall be operable?

You will also need to address the method by which your curtain wall is attached to the wall and the curtain wall pieces attached to each other. I would like to suggest that you remove the existing blinds and use the existing connection points to the wall.

Programmatic (social purpose ) – filtered views

Environmental (climate modifying) – filtered light

Nov. 1 Pin Up of site Mapping and discussion of how to integrate the best ideas

Nov. 3 Desk Critiques

Nov. 8 Final Digital Model Due – 1 Elevation, 1 planimetric section and 2 Renderings due/ class vote on Design

Nov. 10 Class charette to resolve design details / subdivision of labor and research into teams

Nov. 15 Final Design Due – Fabrication Begins

Develop Fabrication budget and schedule

Dec. 8 Final Full Scale Fabrication Due

Amma Eloueini Lecture- Ashly Vineyard

I really enjoyed his lecture. I found they way he thought about materials and how to use them in a multitude of ways rather fascinating. His approach to form was a new outlook that I enjoyed viewing. They way he played with the interaction of form and the manipulation and experimentation of materials to be a fun way to examine new materials and spaces. I think in looking at how he thinks outside of the box will help us in creating out curtain walls.

precedent research

Ammar Eloueini Lecture-Hannah Tringham

Ammar Eloueini’s approach to object design, conceptual design, interiors and furniture were very inspirational and ­­compelling. His work with many abstract and sometimes everyday materials and construction methods truly went outside the norm of design thinking, and inspire others to look at design in a new light. His curtain wall systems and fixtures with CNC routed polycarbonate were truly unique and an idea that motivated me to think of materials and their uses in a new way. His Corian and polycarbonate wall fixtures were very beautiful pieces of work, especially with the creative lighting techniques used. After his lecture I started to think of everyday materials as something that could be manipulated into a work of art or a structure of some sort. I truly enjoyed his lecture, was inspired and pushed to think in new ways, which I hope will continue to improve my design skills.

-(Sorry, I wasn't sure when this was due so I hope it's not late)

Ammar eloueini lecture. Junsin Choi

Ammar Eloueini’s works were amazing. It also inspired me about materials use and lighting effect.

Especially, his understanding of polycarbonate made me feel shame because I do not have that much knowledge about any materials. I even have not have thought about studying materials so deeply like him. After this lecture, I thought I should study materials’ characteristics. He also talked about technologies. He tried many materials for 3d printing. I think these experiences make him special. It was nice to see someone else’s works. He showed innovative designs and thinking processes. From him, I realized, Designer can be creative by using different materials and lighting techniques.

Ornamelt

Those of you enrolled in 104 who are working on the Godiva project might enjoy seeing this student's thesis for a chocolate factory and store.

http://ornamelt.blogspot.com/

Ammar Eloueini Lecture- Rachel Marie Dala

Ammar Eloueini lecture, "Digital Recall" focused on design and fabrications seen in architecture and. He mainly discussed the techniques he used to create his designs and the type of material he used for each specific project. For example, Eloueini clearly took advantage of new technology used in field of art, specifically 3D printing. He also documented his projects with an "AEDS index", a graph which measures the quantity and type of materials used in a specific project. The main materials seen in Eloueni's work is polycarbonate and chipboard. After listening to Eloeini's lecture I learned that the designers and architects usually think of the type of materials used in space towards the end of the project. However, Eloueini informs others that can be creative with any material with the use different lighting techniques, As a result, I lshould that I should take advantage of technology and look into 3d printing.Eloueini also made me realize that there are many materials which can be used architecturally to emphasis a design. For example, layers of translucent materials lit with an LED lighting system can drastically change the mood of that specific building. As a designer, I will take advantage of of technology, open my mind in using different materials to create my form.

Monday Oct. 18 WOODSHOP laser + vacuum former

Please bring:

1. material for the laser cutter and your .ai file of the tile. ( the material should be acrylic or wood, the laser cannot cut glass or metal and paper and fabrics are too thin for your tile - if you have questions about whether a material will work or not, email me in advance)

2. the clear styrene for vacuum forming and your 3d printed tile.

Crystal_Chambers - Ammar Eloueini Lecture

Ammar Eloueini is an architect who opened up his own business called AEDS (Ammar Eloueini Digit-all Studio). They work with different materials and try to devise expertise. They’ve worked with many different materials such as Polycarbonate and Corian. At the beginning of his lecture he showed how he divided all of his projects starting in 1996 (when he started) to the present time by the materials he used. In 1996 he attempted to get one of his works 3D printed but it was a failure. He has collaborated with many different people like Issey Miyake and John Jasperse. He has created many different types of objects such as suspended art forms from the ceiling, chairs, tables, and has even re-done some interiors in apartments. He currently is working on building houses in New Orleans that he has been working on for the last 4 years and only now is it starting to be built in the coming month. It is a steel structure that has a 56’ skylight along the top. At the end of the lecture we asked him what software he was using and he said he uses a range of different ones as to not be just stuck to one and to not be limited as a designer. He uses Mya, Rhino, Autocad, Illustrator, Photoshop and Pepe Cura to name a few.

Sitting in his lecture and hearing him speak was really influential because it opened my eyes to all the potential that a single material can have which I would never expect. He definitely thinks out of the box and it shows in all of his work. His work will definitely make me think about my approach to my designs differently and help me to explore all the different possibilities that I have and make it not feel like I am limited. If I was given to project of designing and fabricating a curtain wall, I would definitely study the material that I would be using and through trial and error figure out the best and most interesting way of using it for that application. Seeing how this innovative designer works is a very positive way to keep students motivated and to see how many different ideas there are out there and how many things have not been done that can be.

Elisabeth- Ammar Eloueini

Even though he works in the digital work he emphasizes in materials. AEDS index is his timeline he keeps for his projects, and his materials. He attempted to use a laser cutter for acrylic models for projects. Began using a 3d printer because the technology was more advanced. Tried 3d printing with many different materials. He looked into polycarbonate to make the skin to be attached to the steel structure he 3d printed. He made large cuts for the skin to make a bendable, foldable surface, and used zip ties to connect them. Used his polycarbonate model as display in a store in Berlin for fashion designer Issey Mianake, a designer who also has a great appreciation for foldable, bendable surfaces. Applied the same concept to furniture design, specifically for “Ikea” like design with the concept that the furniture could come in a small single box and be assembled and sturdy. Structures most commonly need to be freestanding, and so plywood was a great option. Designed the structures to hold up the boards for an architectural competition, and realized the polycarbonate may be too light for some uses. The polycarbonate can capture and reflect varied colors, lights and textures. He also played around with Corion to make furniture and sculpture pieces. The Corion has a much more clean, fluid and curvilinear form. He 3d printed on the table top to give it a very interesting, intricate design that is very shallow and so very covert. His dematerializing stairs are incredibly interesting and surprising in their appearance and even more so surprising that its materials consist of Corion, wood and steel. The screen he made of Corion are incredibly similar and parallel to the tiles we are working on. His work with the laundry-mat was incredible. The idea of using modular systems that travel from floor, to ceiling to wall while also incorporating seating and built in appliances seems unconventional yet so practical. Lastly, his house design in New Orleans is incredibly innovative. The rotation in geometry gives a very interesting, long, useful skylight along with lower levels.

His use and understanding of polycarbonate is truly inspirational for what the design industry may be moving towards. To create a curtain wall, his method would be incredibly approachable. Combined with plywood, steel, zip-ties, or whatever other material imaginable, a curtain wall could be durable, freestanding, mounted, or suspended quite easily. The geometric fluidity and beauty is quite inspirational. When the polycarbonate is combined with patterns and modules the final piece is truly breathtaking.

Cristina Murillo_ Ammar Eloueini's Lecture

Ammar Eloueini's work influenced me into experimenting and creating motion and rotation in the pattern. Also, how the design can be implemented into any surface whether its flat, angled, or twisted. It also got me thinking about lighting and the effect it creates on the designs he presented. He made me feel better and changed they way i feel about being taught different programs when he mentioned that he used multiple programs to manipulate and create his designs and that he never mastered any of them because he didn't want to be constrained by one program because it could come in the way of his creativity.

Ammar Eloueini Lecture. Jenni Tankard

Ammar Eloueini showed some very interesting projects during his lecture, and they definitely opened up my eyes when it comes to designing. Now, when thinking about designing curtain walls, I will think of the designs by Ammar. By using materials like polycarbonate, elements like windows or overhangs are not necessarily needed. Materials like polycarbonate will allow light to pass through, but will not let light pass through like transparent glass would. The shapes and forms that Ammar came up with from different programs like Rhino was also very inspiring. It is very important to Ammar that computer programs do not get in the way of his imagination. These programs can allow you to get forms that can curve in ways like a fabric curtain may. This has definitely changed the way I may approach curtain walls because before this lecture, I automatically thought of flat, vertical curtain walls. Curtain walls do not need to be in this standard form, especially with technology these days. The technology is allowing us to be creative, so we should take advantage of it!

Elisabeth Bonifield John Lewis and Electrodes

Nick Dine is a New York based designer who specializes in Interior Architecture and product design. Electrodes is a shelving system that Nick Dine designed in 2003. Nick Dine’s philosophy in designing this shelving system was functionally utility. He is known for his pop art inspiration. The system is made of powder coated steel. They come in short, long and zig-zag formations.

The John Lewis department store was designed by Foreign Office Architects (FOA). FOA is one of the most innovative practices with a fascination with the interplay of architecture, landscape, and nature. The design of the department store is centered around a “skin” that is composed of a patterned fabric that lets in natural light. There is a mirror in between the two layers making the tiles seem more dense than they actually are. Viewed frontally from the retail floors, the double façade aligns to allow views out, whilst an oblique view from street level displaces the two patterns and creates a moiré effect, reducing visibility and maximizing privacy performance, and increasing visual complexity. The resulting envelope is a translucent and reflective ‘net curtain’ via which the interior and exterior engage with the context in varying ways.

The Cineplex needs to be a sealed box, detached from natural light. This part of the building is enveloped in an opaque stainless steel mirror finish rain screen, with pleats along the perimeter introducing intricacy to the enclosure. It is clad in 10,300 small, steel shingles whose thinness transmits a quilted affect and varies and localizes surface reflections. The pleats, shingles and mirror finish provide shadow, texture and color, while the play of light on the surface creates continuously shifting patterns. The opaque envelope is therefore transformed to a ‘theatrical curtain’ whose performance is relative to its exterior.

Alog shelving system by Johannes Herbertsson & Karl Hendrik Rennstam - Crystal Chambers

Alog shelving system was designed by Johannes Herbertsson and Karl Hendrick Rennstam. It is an innovative storage solution which allows you to change the configuration as you like or as your collection grows. It is based on a wall-hung magazine rack. The removable shelves are placed in grooves on a wall-mounted panel. The shelves are locked into place by their own weight without and other necessary fitting. The materials used are medium density fiberboard (MDF) and ash. The design is rooted on use of the grid and system & function. It can both double as shelving and wall display.

Dominus Winery by Herzog and de Meuron -Crystal Chambers

Herzog & de Meruon work together in a Swiss Architecture firm, known for their innovative architectural designs. For this project they wanted to integrate the space (winery) into the landscape to echo the importance of the winery. The materials used in this project were concrete, galvanized steel gabions and basalt rock from a nearby American Canyon. The gabion idea was both an aesthetic and technical choice. Gabions are used to temper the interior environment so as to not allow for crazy temperature fluctuations. The location of this winery is set back from the road in the heart of the vineyard. The concept of this winery was 'a sensous fusion of nature and man-made' which is and original but yet a very economical solution.

Night Garden By Rael San Fratello Architects- Rachel Marie Dala

Night Garden is a vertical landscape installation created by Rael San Fratello Architects and Architecture students at University of California Berkeley for DesCours, a free, public, week-long architecture and art event in New Orleans. Night garden was inspired by historic Spanish courtyards which were built after the fires of 1780's and 90's. The courtyards were constructed by ceramic brick and including a water fountain that was use to terminate external fires. By taking New Orleans historical architectural reference, Night Garden is a new installation of glowing porcelain tiles with in a steel structure, supporting translucent vessels designed to hold evening flowers such as primrose, brassavola, and moonflowers. Some materials and references used were wrought iron, brick, tile, placement of water, historical relevance of fire and exotic plant life of New Orleans. The construction of the tiles (plastic molds) use to slip case the porcelain were created by a three-dimensional program Modo. The porcelain mold contains a pattern created by the tooling paths tool in Modo. The tooling path also accentuated the transparent quality of the porcelain while electric kin firing gave each tile a different color finish. The translucent vessels are vacuum-formed, holding green water to support the flower while mounted on a LED light.

Beijing Noodle No.9 (Las Vegas) by Design Spirits Co., Ltd - Alex.

Beijing Noodle No.9 (Las Vegas)
Design Spirits Co., Ltd

Architect's statement:

"A space, gently covered with light through a silk-like skin. The challenge was to break the preconceived ideas that make up the elements of an interior, by governing the space into "one coordinated element" through the creation of a seamless border.

This contemporary Chinese restaurant, Beijing Noodle No. 9, is located within the huge casino hotel holding over 3,300 rooms in Las Vegas. The restaurant is adjacent to the casino; consequently, the excitement, gaming machine sounds, and neon lights are naturally overflowed into the space.

In general, a space usually consists of various interior elements, materials, series of products, and patterns placed appropriately. Taking advantage of no support columns in the site, the Beijing Noodle No. 9 utilizes the only one pattern throughout the space to achieve the minimal and visually calm atmosphere set in the heart of a surrealistic environment.

The restaurant incorporates the subtle boundary bringing the fading casino sounds into the space to create the inviting welcome to customers. Since the open design façade allows the sounds in and out, the one primary arabesque pattern is applied to the entire space to produce visual calmness.

As customers walk into the space, they will undergo the visually and physically 'gunblocked' entry experience, and are comfortably led past the sparkling aquarium tanks to the deep part of the restaurant. The gorgeous double-wall design features the elegant arabesque patterned layers, consisting of one woodland-patterned steel decorative surface above a painted similarly patterned solid back, with glossy finish. This design creates the arabesque shadow effect, and the wall continuously extends to be the ceiling, which generates a soft cocoon-like interior experience. By placing LED indirect lights between the layers, the arabesque patterned shadows are appeared on the tables, floor, and kitchen appliances to accomplish a cohesive design throughout the space.

The overall dining experience, supported by brightly lit ambient light, envelopes customers in a sensuous embrace. Dreamy lighting contrast projecting the wonder of deep forest, and secrets of the ocean conquers the sounds from the casino to create a visual serenity."

MONDAY Oct. 18

We will be working in the woodshop using the vacuum former and laser cutter. Please wear closed toe shoes and dress appropriately.

Christian Dior Ginza Store by Kumiko Inui- Rachel Marie Dala

The Christian Dior designed by architect Kumiko Inui is located on Ginza Tokyo, Japan. The building conists of a translucent facade made out of two overlapping sheets of aluminum. The outer layer (1st skin) contains thousands of small to large holes intently revealing the 2nd layer (2nd skin) of the facade which also uses the same pattern. The facade pattern of the building derives from Christian Dior's signiture motif, a famous woven pattern from Thonet's Chair. The project was completed in 2004.

Heklad Stal Shelf by Bility- Amy Ngo

Artist: Gudrun Lilja

Concept: To build a shelf inspired from crocheted lace doilies

Effects: Aesthetic appeal

Materials: Perforated polycoated steel

Living glass by The Living- Amy Ngo

Concept: To create a kinetic surface that controls air quality in a room.

Effects: Will help control air quality without using motors and mechanics. It also doesn’t emit sound, which makes it place-able anywhere without needing to be aware of the noise level. It would only be useful in interiors because it’s impossible to control the air outside.

Materials: Plexi-Wires, Silicone, 9V battery, materials to build the microcontroller (can be bought from a robotics kit).

Use of computer: The artist used many types of actual modeling such as using piano wires, homework board, plywood, and polyester mesh to test out their ideas. From there, they tested on silicone and different ways to use it instead of making a 3D model in a program.

Fabrication techniques: In making their final model, after building the microcontroller, they attached them to seams that contain the controllers and wires. For the panels, they had custom laser-cut washers and a Plexiglass mold. The mold is built with the plexi attached using pins that are trimmed (with wire cutters), then bolts are applied and everything is sealed using tape. Then, the liquid silicone is poured in the molds. Slits are cut through the surface using a technique perfected by earlier testing on plywood.

Extras: Part of a flash project which entitles an architectural project that is under $1000, lasts less than 3 months, a creation of a full-scale and functioning prototype.

Marble Fairbanks Flatform

Marble Fairbanks is a New York based architecture, design, and research office, which gained notoriety with a project entitled Flatform. Flatform is a panel system developed by Marble Fairbanks through the use of technology. The panels are designed and created through computer numerically controlled (CNC) devices.

The panels are created by cutting, scoring, and folding stainless steel to create a three-dimensional panel system. Because the system uses tabs as connectors, fasteners are not needed. The panels are flat sheets of stainless steel with the necessary cuts and perforations, the flat sheets can then be shipped to the site, where assembly will also take place.

The system can be designed to have a variety of patterns and levels of opacity (based on the number of cuts, folds, tabs, etc). The patterns are developed digitally and then sent to a CNC router to cut the stainless steel to the exact specifications. These details allow the panels to be made perfectly and set up for on-site fabrication.

By illustrating the technique of using digital processes for all aspects of the project, Marble Fairbanks linked the concept, design, fabrication, and assembly phases seamlessly. While on a smaller scale, Marble Fairbanks believes this is the future of architecture. The future will have architecture generated through the use of CNC processes, allowing smoother transitions and communication between phases, as well as movement toward prefabrication and less material through the use of integrating all aspect of design.