24 April 2012.
pictures are taken during a short visit to Ravensbourne College London, December 2011
DigiArchSpring2012: Sectional Study
24 April 2012.
more study about details are needed especially the joints between timber + concrete deck. the lattices need to satisfy these aspects: structural stability, functional purpose, smooth and continous look.
DigiArchSpring2012: Intermezzo- Sequential Bridges along River Thames
31 March 2012.
(image source: map from Google Earth, with compiled information about the bridges from various sources)
so, how about my bridge?
DigiArchSpring2012: Unresolved Timber Structure
31 March 2014.
i have been struggling for quite sometime pertaining the main structural issue. there are comprimises to make between aesthetic versus structurally well functioned elements. well, time to move on and do more research, really.
DigiArchSpring2012: The Tiny Model (1:500)
31 March 2012
thank you to Soni, our classmate, who was keenly help us with the useful site models 🙂
DigiArchSpring2012: Refinement
31 March 2012.
DigiArchSpring2012: Further Development_With a Favor of Digital Tool
as design is always evolving, and taking the same principle with previous scheme, i tried to develop a more fluid and closer-to-nature architectural form. i explored possibilities of forms using Rhino, and generated the basic form.
DigiArchSpring2012: One Day Workshop- Perspex
31 March 2012.
further from previous social study, i extracted seven type of various frames based from a singular frame. it varies in terms of opening, paralel with social needs. i had an opportunity to use laser cut machine during the one day workshop, and explored perspex.
DigiArchSpring2012: Series of Engaging Activities
31 March 2012.
After discussions with Martin Knight (Knight Architects) and Ho-Yin Ng (Amanda Levete Architects), i did a quick social study for this bridge project. it is kind of a personal reflection and self imagination with what i want to do as an admirer of Oxford’s beautiful and breathtaking River Thames.
After a couple of alternatives, I have documented the chosen one.
DigiArchSpring2012: Three Initial Concepts- Movement
A bridge contains series of movement:
the changeability of users’, its surrounding’s (nature) and the bridge’s itself (from design ideas until construction stage).
According to ‘The poetics of movement in architecture’ by Michael Schumacher, there are four parts related with movement:
movement + speed
movement + form
movement + mass
movement + sound
IDEAS OF MOVEMENT as a common idea for three schemes
the study of the phenomenon of development of organisms centres in three constructive processes:
source: Tzonis, A and Lefaivre, L. (1995) Movement, Structure and the Work of Santiago Calatrava. Basel: Birkhauser
1. growth
2. morphogenesis
3. differentation