Dropbox

Here's a link to my Experiment 3 folder on Dropbox, containing both my Lumion and Sketchup files:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pt3ppea9yg3xsfj/AAAreImJea8ykHOuZ-kyU18pa?dl=0

Final Submission

Final Moving Elements

1: By having the building itself move, the spaces are better able to adapt to their occupants' needs, connecting to surrounding buildings and sheltering/maximising sunlight in the courtyard below.




2: The movement of the honeycomb railings not only creates dynamic architecture but shades/protects people using the staircase.

Final Images

Sketchup Progression

Draft Presentation Feedback

Movement Textures

Timelapse DRAFT

Draft1 Images

Plan Exercise

I chose Mies Van Der Rohe's Country Brick House plan as inspiration:

Chosen Plan/Section to help develop school draft:

Plan

Section

Moving Element Ideas

Perspective in Sketchup

Chosen perspective to develop:

Two-point Perspectives

Article and Theory

Article:

"Interview: All is one, one is all." In Sou Fujimoto: Recent Projects, edited by Yoshio Futagawa, 74-84. Tokyo: A.D.A Edita, 2013.

Concept Words:

• connected
• flexibility
• configurations

Theory:

Buildings can be flexible in the diverse functions/uses and configurations of spaces, adapting themselves depending on the user's needs. The result is smaller, more efficient architecture that is both 'flexible' and 'connected' in essence and purpose. 

Thus, I have decided to limit the spread of my design to the buildings within the immediate surroundings of the Squarehouse: