To continue from the last post I was refining the research domain by using the comments given by the research tutors. I already talked about the materials but for the further development scale and shape are also important aspects. The difficulty lies in the fact that the basis is on free form design. Litterly this could be any form or shape, but usually is based on rounded shape forms with double curved surfaces. So how to make a model / multiple model that can be used as a tool for architects in a early stage of design. First of all let's keep it with one model because the time for research is limited. So the idea is to make a model of a basic shape and make this a starting point for the design model. I don't want thing to be too complex, so I choose to scale down the project to a footprint of approximately 100 square meters. Also I would like to add one floor , this will make the design off the constructive façade much more interesting.
The concrete construction methods for free form architecture is of course much more expensive then common used column and floor based designs. I will not try to equivilate the cost off these these to methods, but still the building has to be build in some way. So I will definitely give it some thoughts and maybe the best way of making a new toolset for architects is to come up with a totally new construction method.
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It's good that you're taking steps to focus the scope of the study by delimiting to some extent the scale and arrangement of the project (~100 m2, two levels) and you need to continue doing this to establish a starting point. For example, if the approach is to proceed by deforming a basic shape, what shall that basic shape be? ... a cube, a sphere, something else?
ReplyDeleteThe material issue is potentially a red herring, though. Introducing the aim of developing a new construction method is not feasible within the time-frame of our course, unless your intent is to test a method which you've already devised (as in the case of Michiel.) I'd suggest your chances of successfully setting up and carrying out an experimental study here are much better if you assume the use of some existing construction material(s)/method(s) and then propose modifications of these only after (and if) discovering and studying the specific limitations which they impose.
For discussion in the next class (tomorrow) please formulate some hypotheses regarding your research question(s), and also write down some thoughts on how to go about testing the validity of those hypotheses.
André