Works and Words (Week Zero)

Monument, Exaggerate, Extra-Ordinary

Status, Show-off, Rich

Parts, Reconstruct, Redone

Stair Sections

Animations

1- Section

2- Upper floor

3- Lower floor

Sections of spaces

Words and Sections

Workshop Views, Sketchup (Week 3)

These are some photos depicting the workshop areas of the top and bottom sections of the building

A restart - or why some of the sketches do not line up with the final model.

Halfway through this course, my tutor (Troy) recommended for me to expand past my principles as an engineer. Tanking this advice, i realised the design i had was not adequate, resulting in a re-design of the general building concepts. As a result, many of the sketches do not properly reflect the design of the final product.

Original ideas (Top) involved an enclosed church with a generic open space below.

This is the revised section:

Instead of an enclosed church, i wen instead with an opened glass church-like structure. The limited space and lack of substance draws great emphasis on the works of CJ Hendry, as they are the only solid objects in the area. The underground area is also revised to be circular in nature, with various storeys of space interconnected either by rails or stairs. This lattice of space represents the concept of "parts", as each individual element complements each other, resulting in a functional structure.

Stairs and Sketchup (Week 2)

The top stairs fit into the theme of the top building; transparency and a sense of space. The stair itself is minimalist, made only of reinforced glass in a simple continuous shape. These stairs serve as a passageway from the seemingly floating spaces, being slim as to embellish that idea.

The bottom stairs are a result of modular blocks of metal welded together at regular intervals. They provide transportation between the ground and the many layers of the bottom side building. These stairs also serves as the main aesthetic of the building, linking the individual floors together as to felicitate their functions. This greatly reflects the theme of "parts", as they work together with the circular floor plates to provide a working space.

Words and Sketchup (week 1)

The two words i chose for my two clients (CJ Hendry top/Revival Cycles bottom) are "Worship" and "Parts".
The top half is based loosely around a church; a cross can be seen from the top, defined by the space between the four workshop/office rooms. Unlike a church however, the space within the top half of the building is very limited, despite the large open area of space contained within. These factors all serve to emphasise the few solid objects present in the building; the pedestals (not in this version yet) displaying CJ Hendry's work.

The bottom half was initially intended to consist of moving rooms and areas, as to be consistent with the idea of moving "parts". However, i have determined it to be far too hard to model properly. Instead, the concept of "parts" is displayed by the interlocking of platforms by the stairs. The resulting construct, when viewed from a top perspective (rendered visible to people due to the glass floor of the top section) results in a dynamic shape reminiscent of the gears of a machine. The area is circular to emphasise this effect, as the constantly shifting perspectives offered by circular movement only act to embellish the structure.