Assignment 2A: Precedent Research

Precedent research (built)

YJP ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER BY HHD_FUN - Christina

Villa Nurbs by Cloud 9 - Jenni

Obayashi House by Ando and Eliasson - Lisa

FOA’S RAVENSBOURNE SCHOOL - Ashley

Dominous Winery by Herzog & de Meuron - Crystal

John Lewis Department Store by FOA - Elisabeth

The Atrium at Federation Square by Lab Architecture Studio - Hannah

Louis Vuitton Roggongi Hills Store Jun Aoki - Ashly

Louis Vuitton Nagoya Store by Jun Aoki - Xin

De Young Museum by Herzog & de Meuron - Sam

Institut du Monde Arabe by Jean Nouvel - Keith

Christian Dior Ginza Store by Kumiko Inui - Rachel

Spanish Pavilion by FOA - Montana

Airspace Tokyo by Thom Faulders - Jun

Beijing Noodle by Design Spirits - Alex

Precedent Research (prototyped or conceptual)

Honeycomb Morphologies by Matsys - Paige

Cloud by Bouroullec - Guin

Living Glass by The Living - Amy

Ductal concrete panels by OTA+ - Christina

Migrating Formations by Ali Rahim - Jenni

Flatform by Marble Fairbanks - Ashley

Night Garden by Rael San Fratello Architects - Rachel

Bone Wall by Urban A &O – Lisa

West Coast Pavilion by Atelier Manferdini - Guin

Shelving precedents:

Inverted spaces: Jens Reinert - Ashly

The furniture of Allen Wexler - Paige

Neil Barett store/Tree shelving by Zaha Hadid - Alex

Transformer shelf by Martin Saemmer - Jun

alog shelving system by Johnannes Herbertsson & Karl Hendriik Rennstam - Crystal

White Desert Bookshelf by Karim Mekhtigian - Keith

Heklad Stal Shelf by Bility -Amy

Hillside Storage by Claesson Koivisto Rune- Xin

electrodes by Nick Dine - Elisabeth

Take a Stance by Hella Jongerius - Hannah

Tiny Apartment in Hong Kong transforms into 24 rooms by Gary Chang(youtube) - Montana

Bookshop Lowey by Jakob + Macfarlane - Sam

References:

The Function of Ornament by Farshid Moussavi

Digital Fabrications: Architectural and Material Techniques by Lisa Iwamoto

Websites of various designers

Research your assigned precedent(s) from the list above. Prepare a blog post presentation of your research for your classmates. The title of your presentation should include the name of the project and the designer (as written above) and you should label the post precedent research ( you will see this option when you post in the lower right hand corner) In your presentation you should include:

1. The name of the project and the architect
2. Multiple images of the built work
3. Construction / fabrication drawings / templates
4. Images of the construction process if available

You should be able to discuss:

5. The concept behind the project
6. The effects of the façade on the interior and / or at the urban scale
7. The materials used in the project
8. The use of the computer in the project for example, did the designer use the computer to 3d model a form and then contour it?
9. The fabrication techniques and tools involved in making the project. For example, did the designer use a water jet cutter or a cnc router?

Due: Monday, Oct. 11 8:30 AM