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Final Design Presentation: Physical Models

Further developments after final presentations

Further developments attempting to further think about the cave, campfire and watering hole learning environments.

The main question explored now is do these environments need to have permanence?

Final Design Presentation Plates (12 x 36 in)

Design Development for Final Presentation

Design Development Process: Before MARCH

Update on design of 'the cave'

section of the site I am designing for now

the backside of the long building will bifurcate down into a sports seating area that looks down to the sports fields

Update 9-4-2011

I made developments of the design which includes a new building as well as a redesign of the courtyards. i realize that the design previously had no effective way of providing shading from Thailand's hot climate. The strategy that I used to deal with this is to add a new buliding to provide shading passively. Also, the courtyard is now more pronounced.

The new long building is added. This is consistent with my concept of 'immersible pathway' Previously, I felt that there is no choice provided for the users as buildings are located at controlled points. However, the new building links and integrates all learning system together.

Left: developed design

Right: new developing design after deskcrit on Friday.

The redesign of the column as suggested.

Design of courtyard

Design of courtyard (2)

Update Mar.25 2011: Formwork & More ideas

Formwork:

As I am making a model using acrylic/ plastic sheets, the first thing I have to explore is the formwork.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIHTECH5ObM

From the video, the formwork needs holes as well for the vacuum machine to work. I am planning on doing some early formworks and test out if the costs isn't too high.
This is the shape that I am going to test my formwork.

Im going to test out the vacuum machine first as my design has yet to be completed as well.

Design concepts additions:

From midterm, one of the idea that was discussed is whether we should stick to the cave, watering hole, campfire and my pathway proposal strictly . Therefore, I want to propose a change to the idea as follows.

A. Cave
B. Watering Hole
C. Campfire

these spaces should not exist in isolation, but together as follows.
AB Cave + Watering Hole
AC Cave + Campfire
BC Watering Hole + Campfire

This would provide the framework for my designs for each area on the site.
Also, I have been looking into a strategy to properly design a space that could be a cave (quiet etc) but still be integrated as a watering hole/campfire (where people could still gather). Up to now, this is my design experiment. This is a design that I would like to look into...

Basically the idea is that vertically, the boxes are isolated and therefore being a ''cave''. On the interior, each of the box or ''caves'' might not be isolated but likely to be linked together. This solves the idea of combining CAVE + CAMPFIRE/WATERING HOLE

Midterm Presentation on Friday, 4th Mar. 2011

Desk Crit Update: Tuesday 2nd FEB 2011

Digital development of previous design exploring sloping of landscape and effects of shadow and light on the landscape's design.

Slope: the landscape slopes up and down at many location. This help to directly / indirectly provide circulation flow and guide for people.

Shadow / light: provide opportunity to design urban furnitures (for instance, transformable seats at FOA's Yokohama passenger terminal)

Desk Crit Friday 28th JAN

Design development of the landscape on the site - keeping the landscape free and visual, physically connected. Buildings are contained underneath the landscape.

Desk Critique 25/01/2011 - Design Works