Friday, February 15, 2013

the Cultural Trades Centre_Architecture with a Social Impact












Wall Section




CONSTRUCTION DETAILS_complete with title block







the Art Point_Architecture Infill in an Urban Context







Concept _ A Magnetic Point _ that draws people in like a node,
a force that gathers people for visual and physical interaction
then disperses them.

User group _ Artists

Program _ Performance Amphitheater, Studio Space, Exhibition Space, Artist's Loft




Building Science_Proposed Acoustic Control





Building Science_Proposed Lighting




Thursday, February 14, 2013

Me (as team leader) & my group members


on finishing the Replica Model of
The Esplanade, Theaters by the Bay, Singapore
& the Detail Models of the Mero System. 

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Replica Modeling Process_The Esplanade, Singapore


The mold for the surface structure constructed using corrugated box.



Surface Mero system_Bowl Nodes constructed by 
stuffing ear-buds into circular tubes cut into a specific size.



The bowl nodes are joined in a hexagonal configuration 
using the stems of the ear-buds.



The process is repeated until it fits the mold. 



The hexagonal bowl nodes are joined together in a single layer.



The layer is fit onto the mold.



The extra pieces are taken out so that the layer fits the edge of the mold.



The bowl node layer of the structure is completed.



The other layer of the Mero System, the ball node is constructed using 
beads with the stem of ear-buds.



The ball node is individually constructed & mass-produced



The ball node is connected to the bowl node, 
completing the entire layer of the surface structure
of the Esplanade.
Transparent sheets as glass panels are fixed in between 
the triangular shapes of the surface structure.



The aluminium panels are mass-produced from art cards.



The aluminium panels are fixed onto the surface structure
as a shading device.



The 'spikes' or aluminium panels of the Esplanade



The 'Y' column structure is cut from white modelling
hard boards.



The 'Y' structure in pieces.



A thin perspex is added in the interior to hold the structure up.















The Esplanade, Theaters by the Bay Replica Model



The Mero System_The Bowl Node structure in detail model 1:4
made of perspex, sprayed-on plasticine, circular tubes, modelling hard board 



The Mero System_The Ball Node structure in detail model 1:4
made of connectors, sprayed-on plasticine, circular tubes














Finished Model