TS_Bound
June 20, 2007
comments...
The Mass
The Procession
June 19, 2007
June 18, 2007
Collage_prayer
the light 'NO work', but working on it...
June 15, 2007
June 14, 2007
June 9, 2007
structural sandwich
working on detailing a portion of the 'wall'
just a start, needs to be drawn and anotated will not be rendered. What do you guys think does the layout work? Couldn't do an axo because of the shape of the surface, so they are concentrically scaled, to show the composition of the layers. If i move the layers appart, on the horizontal the layering doesn't read, or what?
June 4, 2007
egg carton?
a bit egg carton-ish but its a start...
June 3, 2007
it goes on...
cam0
cam4
cam6
June 2, 2007
cells
interior views are looking better, comments...
cam_1
cam_2
exterior views
the whole thing still looks super fake, needs a lot of tweaking...
May 28, 2007
4:00_12:00
Camera 1
Camera2
May 22, 2007
May 20, 2007
May 17, 2007
modified landscape
deforming the landscape around the monastery, that can work as a processional circuit and offer 'pockets' of rest to the outside comunity
May 16, 2007
join(i)t
Since the steel mesh will be pre fabricated to ensure that they join correctly on site, some kind of edge had to be designed. The joint is perforated so that each rod fits in place and then that is joint to its mirrored counter part. The joints overlap and are bolted to each other. On top of which the concrete is sprayed.
makings of a dwg
begining to pull out information from the 3D model. Starting from the left; structural frames, structural steel mesh; perspective drawing of single unit. Above it is a diagramatic sketch of circulation, and below, the different layers of matterial, steel mesh clad (sprayed in concrete)
axo_2.dwg
from the rendered explosion, to the drawn:
May 14, 2007
axo trial
Trying to explode the shell, and show it as cladding in an axo view
May 7, 2007
incarcerated bed
looking at how the bed can twist out of the wall, looks very uncomfortable, needs to be worked on
May 6, 2007
sandwich with structural filling
working on a finer mesh, onto which concrete could be sprayed. First version as a single mesh, developed into layers, with the concrete shell
Ewsome
working out how the mesh onto which the concrete will be sprayed works. Looking at it, it seems a bit thick, which suggests it could possibly be built of steel sections and welded together, instead of a mesh which is formed in place
maxwell?
Trying to work with max, a couple of uh! renders, but...
May 2, 2007
PostTalk
Yesterday morning I met with the Parish Priest of the Brompton Oratory. A very kind and insightful man. When I asked him what the difference between a monastery and a prison was, he quite candidly said, not much, the main and extremely important difference is that one is involuntary, whilst a monk is in a monastery entirely of his own volition. I was also reading a book, entitled "Life in a Monastery", it outlined, a rough timetable (Rule), and the basic buildings (program), that would take place in said place. They are:
Church
Cloister
Dormatory
Refectory
Kitchen
Lavaborium
It is also important to have circuits for procession, and realize that the monk is entirely void of any personal posessions, he doesn't even own his cassock, it belongs to the order. Having said that I propose that the basic unit become Dormatory, Cloister and Circulation. Since a Monk has no personal belongings, the assigning of a cell is unnecissary, and any given monk can sleep in any given cell, wherever there is a free bed. Thus the bed will be imbeded into the wall, and can be pulled out to be used and stowed, during the rest of the activites. When the bed is put away, the space will work as a cloister, with the hub that separates the units acting as a carrol.
open
closed
Circulation
Begining to look at how the cells would connect vertically, a set of stairs is encorporated into the vertical support.
April 30, 2007
development of landscape
trying to develop the landscape around the monastery, still preliminary, more development will come through sectional drawing.
April 28, 2007
in site render
Begining to do light study renders. This is a print screen of one set for 01_06_07 at 12:00.
I am having problems saving the files i get
">> Error Writing File: C:/Documents and Settings/Tarek/My Documents/maya/projects/default/images/feb_1400.1 not saved
>> Render Successful.
and when the maxwell screen is closed, the window with the final image is blue. Help!
Also, for any other time of year ex: 01_02_07 also at 12:00, I only get a black screen.
March 5, 2007
Deforming the superwall into the supershell
The file is huge, anyone know how to make it lighter.
March 3, 2007
Initial Renders with 'Smart Block' in 'SUPERBlock'
and, basic vector analysis of possible load distribution
February 21, 2007
Development of the SmartSurface
Since the smart surface is an autonomous unit that can be infinately aggregated, it is necissary for it to be structurally independent. Having said that, it will never exsist as a single unit, but a minimum domain must be set, to disseminate the principle of the continuous surface/mobius/utopia. Bearing that in mind, I have begun to look at more logical ways of connecting two units.
This module is based on the previous and two manners of aggregation are explored. The first is a basic stack, where the module is repeated horizontally and vertically. The second is similar but at each horizontal level there is a shift, thus the elevation is toggled.
February 18, 2007
Smart Surface
After deforming the spheres, i thought it best to create one surface, that could be tessalated to create enclosures. This is the first module.
February 10, 2007
Tests
Firstly I started placing the 3 'elements' I had chosen in the shell I had created. so see how they could aggregate.
I then decided it might be better to not work in the proverbial bubble, where I was just connecting elements but see how they would react to the defined space of the shell. Connecting the elements 'sectionally' and then projecting them proved to be a more accurate way of working. Once the character of a certain part ot the shell is determine, that is if it is 1,2 or 3 (private, mid, public), then the deformations would be more precise.
Test_1_projection on one part of the shell
Test_2_projection on the entire shell
Test_3_Thickening of the projected surfaces
I also began to look more closely at the work of Erwin Hauer. I chose on of his Designs, and began to analyze it to see how he achieved polar conditions within a cube. This inturn helped me see how I would pushforward my superblock.
February 7, 2007
February 5, 2007
Connecting 2 different models_first go
Looking at creating pockets/spaces of connectivity between two different elements
Different kind of connection
Connecting_123
Attempt at connecting elements #'s 1,2&3.
February 4, 2007
Connecting
Having 9 elements to choose from, 7 will be chosen. #1 being the least private, and #7 being the most private. #4 will be an intermediary sort of space. From there combinations of certain elements will result in the aggregation/formation of the larger block. Trying to connect like elements. This is element #1
January 29, 2007
Bi-Polar
From the last step I ended up with 'rose window' type patterns> clearly meant to be, manifestation of the gothic i.e true christian architecture. Just seeing how the patterns could work in 3 dimensioinal space, possibly creating pockets for inhabitation, or maybe leading to a skin according to the density > intricacy of the pattern > more intricate for more private, less intricate > larger openings more public? To be seen later. For now celestial spheres!
VDL
Van Der Laan(ian), approach to the cell. From Domain/Courtyard/Cell, how that as an organizational technique could work in my space.
January 21, 2007
planning
Now that I have a solid form i am trying to think of a way that the solid becomes inhabited so that it becomes didactic in explaining the mobius, showing two sorts of conditions or at points an abrupt shift from one kind of space to another. I made a few models that would help me better understand the possible spatial qualities of the space.
These models are made of strips of accetate and the thickening (noding) of many can create a more solid space.
Trying to look at both plans and sections to see how possibly monastic 'neighbourhoods' could occur. The idea of neighbourhoods or clusters of imaginabely cloisters was further driven by Van Der Laan's Architectonic Space. Just started reading it, very intersting and its helpin me tighten my manifesto.
