Revolution
OK... I think I'm getting happier. I love new forms my mind has produced; shapes don't just morph physically, but also perceptually - the same part of the form looks like a stem from one point of view, like a leaf from another, and like a flat slab from yet another. What I desperately need now is an idea how to convert this thing into habitable spaces. Do I carve spaces? Do I slice slabs and extrude them? Do I simply flatten floors and enclose them in glazing?
Nice. You are now starting to control better your geometries. They are more feminine and less brutal. You have some very nice, mysterious moments here (perspective views 4 and 8 from top to bottom) .
ReplyDeleteThe next step is to rationalize your geometry. The fluid free form geometries that you get out of a mesh based software are indeed very attractive but can also be misleading.
Carving spaces sounds like a promising approach. In regards to the rest of the possible approaches you are thinking, always study architectural products that exist out there:
- Look at Toyo Ito’s Tama Art University Library. Also, Toyo Ito and egg crates http://evilmonito.com/2008/11/03/toyo-ito-and-egg-crates/ for an idea of interior / exterior fluidity. Additionally check at the rolex center by sanaa.
- Then look at the totally different approach in the work of Greg Lynn. Take also a very good look at Gaudi’s casa batllo, park guell as well as the catenaric arch system he used for CASA MILLA and sagrada famiglia. I can see a parabolic “attitude” in your design approach.
Understand if your design concept stands close to any of these precedents. That is a always a good process towards consciousness of your own design. It will help you move on.
In terms of the software you are using, Rhino will help you to later on describe your design through simple diagrammatic line drawings (make 2d). Many times diagramming a design is more important than “rendering” it. Please see this type of diagrams:
http://publicuseofprivatespace.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/2009-serpentine-pavilion-sanaa/sanaa-serpentine-06/
Rhino works with both meshes and NURBS, also Splines so it is a good way to go! I think that now is the time to experiment with new tools. Do not hesitate.
Thank you Loukia, examples you provided gave me hope that I can make my model work. I especially like Rolex Center and Lynn's approach.
DeleteSince you liked it, take a look at the diagram all the way to the bottom
ReplyDeletehttp://cisar.blogspot.com/2011/01/beyond-program-on-diagram-in-oma-and.html
These are visuals that can be easily achieved using Rhino....
Take a step back. The forms are good. Utilizing a simplified version of your formal distribution, approximate where you would want to put your program elements. Re-analyze the adjacencies, deployment, etc.
ReplyDeleteNow amend your forms as necessary to fit program into...or conversely use glass in a secondary hierarchy to connect forms and make larger volumes.