Navya Jayawardena: March 2018

Sunday, 25 March 2018

Final Sketchup Model and Images

Model
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Images
Overall model in its landscape

Revival Cycles and Gucci: The profiles of each of the buildings and their relationship to the landscape

Revival Cycles Perspective of the front and back

Revival Cycles Stair

Revival Cycles Plan View Top Level

Revival Cycles Plan View Bottom Level

Revival Cycles Side Section

Revival Cycles Interior

Glass planes allow floor to ceiling views with the beams casting shadows.

Gucci View From Top Without Lattice Roof

The stairs flow from top to bottom, down the levels of the building.

Gucci Stair

Gucci Plan View First Level

Gucci Plan View Second Level

Gucci Plan View Third Level

Gucci Side Section

There are three layers of lattice frame structures present

Gucci Interior

The lattice frame structures cover the underground building while letting in natural light. The frames cast shadows that move throughout the day.

Sections of the stairs

Draft Model Images

Section

Experiment One Sketchup Animations and Inspiration

Experiment One Animation One: Stairs, Materials and Interior

Experiment One Animation Two: Sectional Analysis of Above Ground Model (Revival Cycles)

Experiment One Animation Three: Sectional Analysis of Below Ground Model (Gucci)

Inspiration:

The terrain was inspired by Pointe du Payre in France

I was inspired by the Cliff House in Nova Scotia Canada and the way in which the building harmonises, in form and material, with the site it is located on.

In my revival cycles model I used regular, rectangular forms to highlight the mechanical and industrial nature of a motorcycle and the flat and jagged forms of the small cliff edge on which it is located. The metal pipes that extend from the building, were influenced by a motorcycle engine and mimic the fall of the cliff edge in profile and in colour.

The Gucci building's curved lattice structures which protrude from the earth are intended to mimic both oil droplets and the rocks in it's surrounding area.

The flowing, continuous table within the Gucci building was inspired by this studio table.

Client's Work in the Studio and Textures in SketchUp Model

Revival Cycles

Client's Work

Materials
Cracked (harsh, concrete like material) and Faceted (rough, textured plastic like material)

Gucci

Client's Work

Materials
Flowing (malleable, wood like material) and Opalescent (flowing, marble like material)

Middle Space

Materials

Mosaic (rough, segmented material)

YouTube Video on the Use of Wood in Buildings

Like in some of the structures depicted in this video, I have used two different representations of wood to create organic forms in my studio space design for Gucci. The tables and supporting columns are constructed of wood with the grains exposed. The floors of the building show a different representation of wood (shown in brown in the above image of my Gucci SketchUp model). In the first and second levels, the wood is visible from the sides but not from the bottom or top, while in the lowest level, the wood is visible from the top. The flowing look of wood grains was used to allude to flowing liquid and the red/ brown colour was used to link the Gucci studio space to the red sandstone of the terrain.

36 Custom Textures

Above the Ground Level
rigid, dotted, prismatic, eroded, faceted, cracked, geometric, layered, tiled, reflective, crystalline, hatched

Ground Level
hazy, tessellating, psychedelic, flexible, angular, mosaic, contrasting, dense, absorbent, corrugated, lattice, fibrous

Below the Ground Level
compressed, bulky, ductile, woven, opalescent, fluid, repetitive, network, curvy, grained, elastic, smooth

Stairs

Model One

Stair Sections for Oily and Shear

Material Selection:
The stairs for Gucci are in the same plastic as the building, similar to oil flowing from the structure. The structure and staircase make up one unified form.
The stairs for Revival Cycles are made of metal and timber. The metal steps are supported by timber beams. The timber breams contrast the metal like the landscape contrasts the sharp edged building.

Model Two

Section

Stair Sections for Friction and Oily

Material Selection:
The stairs for Revival Cycles are in concrete, grounding the steel building. The use of concrete also links to the harsh, industrial connotations of a motorcycle. The heavy concrete slabs are placed vertically to mimic a motorcycle engine's cooling fins.
The stairs for Gucci are made of white marble. The flowing lines found on marble and the curved, irregular profile of the stair treads allude to flowing oil. The stair treads increase in size as they move down to add to this flowing effect. The supports for the stairs are made of wood where the flowing grains on wood and the curved cylindrical shape are inspired from the clinging of fluid when dripping from one surface to another and the heel from Gucci's shoe.

SketchUp Model (Friction- Revival Cycles) with stairs

SketchUp Model (Oily- Gucci) with stairs

Saturday, 24 March 2018

Model One Based on Oily and Shear

SketchUp Model One

Perspective of the two studios
Above: Gucci (Oily)
Below: Revival Cycles (Shear)

Section of the two studios

Material Analysis:
The Gucci model is made from a form of light plastic that can be easily formed into organic shapes, yet is not too heavy. The organic shapes mimic oil droplets as well as the undulating landscape.
The Revival Cycles model is made of metal. It's sharp edges contrast the smooth landscape and protrude from it.

Sections the SketchUp model was based on