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Interactive Poster:

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Draft Text for Posters:

To showcase my final design I chose to employ the use of website design, based around notions of minimalism ensuring my design is accentuated. Minimalism in web design revolves the around core concept of stripping down a design to its bare essentials. The principles of minimalist web design are key to understanding a good minimal website; these include the need to neglect all needless features including designs, content and functions, the removal of all elements until the design is running on bare essentials, minimal use of colour and effective use of white spaces throughout the website. This design format is very common throughout portfolio websites due to its ability to highlight features of a website which in their case is the work of the websites owner. 

Glenn Murcutt is an Australian architect whose motto, ‘touch the earth lightly’, convinces him to design his works with a minimal impact to the surrounding environment. Murcutt pays close attention to factors such as wind direction,  temperature and light surrounding his sites before he designs the building itself which is linked strongly to my current project and its hypothesis. As stated in the Pritzer Prize announcement, Murcutt is, “an innovative architectural technician who is capable of turning his sensitivity to the environment and to locality into forthright, totally honest, non-showy works of art.”

(About images from top left to bottom right) The first image  shows the implementation of a set ofsolar panels which was an obvious inclusion into the design through creating green energy. Louvre’s have been introduced within the buildings structure after researching Harry Seidler’s Grosvenor Place Building in Sydney which implements these as a way to eliminate unwanted sky glare opposed to the use of conventional sun shades. A Skylight has been employed as it will allow natural light to flow into the house. A water tank was added after research into Glenn Murcutt’s designs which often features water tanks for water usage throughout the house. Through smart, innovative design the house features good cross ventilation through the house with large opening either end of the house capturing cooling winds throughout summer months. 

The East Brighton Compact Green House uses a timber lined curved roof peels upwards at the front and rear of the house allows maximum use of solar elements heatings and cooling the house. Sustainability principles are fundamental to the building and site design. Waste water treatment is integrated with landscaping, including an ornamental reed bed at the entrance. The open space living area minimises dark spaces within the house and opening either end forming a wind tunnel perfect for summer. 

Website Homepage

More Research: Grosvenor Place, Sydney by Harry Seidler

The curved facade of the Grosvenor Place building has specially designed aluminium sun shades which change size depending on what direction the windows are facing, resulting in the elimination of of sky glare and as a way to avoid other more conventional blinds outside.

All information and pictures gained from source: http://www.grosvenorplacesydney.com.au/

Materials

All Materials sourced from: http://www.vraymaterials.de/

Renders: New Modelling

The Skylight will allow light to flow into the lounge but will still be covered

from the dreaded afternoon light from the west through the curve in the roof.

The Solar Panels have been designed as a way to employ green energy throughout the 

house. 

Draft Layout for A1 Posters

Draft Model Renders.

Technology Choice: Website Design

For my Chosen integration of technology I have chosen to use the design of a website to represent my final design. The reason for this choice is due to previous experience creating websites, although the experience is minimal so more research into ways of creating a good website will need to be employed. For my website I want to design a minimalist website in an effort to accentuate the design as best as possible. Minimalism in web design revolves the around core concept of stripping down a design to its bare essentials. Often structurally and aesthetically simple as possible, minimalistic design shines in its ability to deliver information to its readers as quickly, and efficiently as possible through the removal of irrelevant visual distractions whilst employing relevant visual media throughout the webpage. The principles of minimalist web design are key to understanding a good minimal website; these include the need to neglect all needless features including designs, content and functions, the removal of all elements until the design is running on bare essentials, minimal use of colour and effective use of white spaces throughout the website. Other features common to all good minimalistic websites include good choice of typography, strong and clear gridlines, effective implementation of contrast and again a key emphasis on the use of white space. This design format is very common throughout portfolio websites due to its ability to highlight features of a website which in their case is the work of the websites owner.

Clear Example of Minimalist design in websites: http://www.philgallagher.com/templates/pgl/page/page_html_standard.php?secID=1

Other Pictures of Examples:

Above is an example of a colour template.

Above is an example of another minimalist website.

Above is my final example of a minimalist website.

Research into Second Building/Architect

Glenn Murcutt (born 25 July 1936) is a Britishborn Australian architect and winner of the 2002 Pritzker Prize and 2009AIA Gold Medal and a lecturer at UNSW. Murcutt's motto, 'touch the earth lightly', convinces him to design his works to fit into the Australian landscape features with a minimal impact to the surrounding environment. His works are highly economical and multi-functional. Murcutt pays close attention to the environment including factors such as wind direction, water movement, temperature and light surrounding his sites before he designs the building itself which is linked strongly to my current project and its hypothesis. As stated in the Pritzer Prize announcement, Murcutt is, “an innovative architectural technician who is capable of turning his sensitivity to the environment and to locality into forthright, totally honest, non-showy works of art."

Architecture Foundation Australia, Available: http://www.ozetecture.org/
Steve Dow, Journalist, Available: Stevedow.com.au
Design Futures Council Senior Fellows, Available: http://www.di.net/about/senior_fellows/


Examples of ecologically sustainable integrations into buildings:

The above building designed by Glenn Murcutt is very similar to the East Brighton House

by Zen Architects which I have based my work on. 

Montage Poster

Concept Text:

Throughout the design of a house a key aspect to consider is environmental factors affecting the design, orientation and location of the design. Through this key consideration I am going to deconstruct the current model and attempt to create an even more environmentally driven conceptual house including research into solar paths, wind direction and possible ways to maximise these influences for the better within the design. For my technology part of the assignment I am currently deciding whether to pursue the use of the Revit Ecotect program to test my design pre/post alterations or whether I want to create a website which attempts to explain my concept. Other considerations for my design will be whether to remodel my roof, add louvres for windows and possibly creating a wind tunnel through my house to catch the wind in summer in an effort to cool the house. All these elements will need to be researched further to gain more knowledge.

Interactive Posters

Poster Information: Unfortunately the above image is inactive as a result of problems I had with the adobe acrobat not installing onto my computer properly and my model not exporting into microstation in the .osg program. , Source: http://www.zenarchitects.com/project2.html Accessed 14/9/2011

Gamefront: http://www.gamefront.com/files/20812146/Final+Posters.pdf

Rendered Images

Research: Zen Architects Pictures of the House

Research: Zen Architects

East Brighton Compact Green House - East Brighton,

Melbourne

Design Philosophy

The East Brighton Compact Green House is an exemplary compact 3 bedroom house, achieving a high level of sustainability and architectural design on a modest budget. With a house footprint of 138m2, this dwelling is small for its neighbourhood, demonstrating that large houses need not be the benchmark for family homes. Through clever design and an emphasis on quality not quantity, this family’s needs have been comfortably met with minimal environmental impact. 

A timber lined curved roof peels upwards at the front and rear of the house, creating a striking street presence in an area dominated by multi-storey developments. The soaring rear roof integrates the building form with the existing jacarandah tree, creating a dramatic and beautiful outdoor entertainment area. The open plan living area connects both physically and visually to the rear deck and garden to enlarge the sense of space within a modest footprint. A sunken lounge room with integrated cabinetry, steps and seating breaks up the living area and provides an intimate and playful sitting space. 

Sustainability principles are fundamental to the building and site design. The curved roof and innovative lower eave design create a unique architectural form while ensuring good passive solar performance for current and future occupants. Waste water treatment is integrated with landscaping, including an ornamental reed bed at the entrance.

Sustainable Design Elements

• Passive heating through north oriented windows to living areas and most bedrooms
• Passive cooling through cross ventilation (including openable clerestory) and building-integrated shading, supplemented by ceiling fans
• Thermally efficient building envelope including high R-value extruded polystyrene cladding and timber framed double glazing
• Sustainably sourced timbers, low emission paints and low embodied energy with minimal use of masonry and concrete
• Radially sawn, sustainably harvested timber used for decking, fencing and eave lining
• 2 x 5,000 litre rainwater tanks collecting all roof water and used in the house for toilets, showers, laundry and kitchen (excluding drinking tap)
• Innovative grey water filtration system treating all greywater on site through a reed bed and sand filtration system which is integrated into site landscaping
• Water efficient fittings, fixtures and appliance selection, including “Ecoverta” cold water recovery units in kitchen and bathrooms
• Gas boosted solar hot water and provision for future installation of solar power panels
• Energy efficient appliance and fitting selection, including low energy lighting design

Information from: Zen Architects, Source: http://www.zenarchitects.com/project2.html Accessed 14/9/2011

Poster Final Images

Final AR box Videos

Due to my video capture software not allowing me to record longer than a certain time

I had to post two video's shown below...

The video shows initally an exploded version of my model then proceeds through the different stages of my model which I used to represent the way in which Gehry has layers to his buildings. These layers are represented in my model through the different sections shown in my AR videos. The final stage of the box is the finished product. I had difficulties with materials on my models which I wasn't able to resolve, I was also unable to export the animations for my model for an unknown reason. 

Box Development:

I created my box with 2mm box board which I cut to size then

used model tape to tape the sides together, reinforced with glue.

I then placed my printed markers on each square and taped

these to the box with white electrical tape for a clean finish. To track what marker

to use during my AR videos I drew lines on the box to follow. 

Build AR Screenshots

Environment 1:

Environment 2:

New Markers

After testing my other markers some weren't working properly and I didn't feel they conveyed anything inparticular. Due to this I remodelled all my markers for my final AR box.

Frank Gehry Poster Breakdown

The key reason for choosing this Gehry poster is due to the importance placed on the image/object opposed to the use of text to convey the idea. The saying 'a picture is worth a thousand words' is key here with minimal use of words advertising the product, rather the use of the one main picture highlights what is needed. The font colour (white) has been employed to ensure that the attention is not taken away from the main picture, white also ties in well with the colour scheme as very minimalistic colours have been used throughout the poster, by using a plain colour it suits the poster and creates an effective visual. Although, the composer has used a large font at the start of the poster (top left - were our eyes are drawn initially) to allow the responder to gauge what the image and poster is attempting to convey and give the title to the whole poser prior to looking into the image and then the text lastly as our eyes aren't drawn to the text initially due to size and location.

Available: http://www.impawards.com/2006/sketches_of_frank_gehry_ver3_xlg.html
Accessed: 12-8-2011

Reflection of Task 1:

The initial stages of Assignment 1 were met with nerves and excitement about the new task ahead, the first task of creating the spore creatures was enjoyable but also needed an element of consideration whilst I attempted to envision how the creatures would interact with the environment of designer Frank Gehry. Gehry’s intriguing, folding architecture led to my paper models which I had difficultly creating although with help from class mates completed the task. In hindsight the paper models could have been completed to represent Gehry’s abit closer but I am happy how they turned out, especially after their completion in 3ds Max Design.

After redeveloping my Spore creatures I began to link them with their own environment and began sketching. I spent hours sketching with no real progress as I was having troubles understanding what I needed to be sketching; although after these attempts my sketching began more clear and lead to two clearly defined environments for my spores.

After the sketching I employed Sketchup to create the models as my computer was having issues with 3ds Max  but then after creating the environments exported them into 3dsmax to then export as an .osg file. I tested other files first though including .obj and .3ds but the best file was the .osg. The final environment I chose I feel links to Gehry’s idea of folding architecture with many layers throughout the design as my AR file represents through breaking down my design into the different layers found in the model. 

Indesign Poster Layout + Draft Text

After consideration, the above images dont show much resemblance to a poster,

due to this I put the page on a landscape format and made the photos

 the hero of the layout as seen in my final indesign layout.

Draft Text:

My environment has been developed with many influences including a Spore Creature client, paper models representing spaces inspired by Frank Gehry and expressive sketching. My environment has developed over time with use of Sketchup Modelling, Crysis Sandbox editor (for the exterior environment), photoshop for finishing touches and BuildAR for an extra digital representation of my final model. Frank Gehry designed the Walt Disney concert hall completed in 1992, the design represents many layers and folding techniques throughout the structure. I attempted to represent Gehry’s idea of folding, layered architecture within my model with the use of different linking together and folding over one another. Although, my design was more rigid than that of Gehry’s which employs many curves and uneven walls.

Environment AR Tests:

AR Markers:

Augmented Reality Example:

This example shows something different to lots of the other youtube videos of AR...

Environment Sections