Architectural Survey

For 202, We started with architectural survey which provides us to create exact spaces with real dimension. I said real dimensions because most of the spaces that we designed were not exactly same dimension. There are plenty of small mistakes for instances, any walls dimension might be changable less or more cm or the angle between walls may not be contstantly 90 degree. Actually, to be honest It is never 90 degree, Sorry. Architectural survey give us a chance to measure these dimensions and angles correctly.

As you can see that was the class plan. There are plenty of triangles to confirmation every edges and points location so If you want to find any point or edge you should measure more than 2 data to understand. Sometimes, any distance will be measured wrong and you will confirm with others. That’s why more than two.

Also, If you would like to add some detail drawing you can measure it and suppose that was fabricated. In this case you think It has some 90 degree and correct dimensions.

Detail For Fun

Sketches Trials

These are just imitations of Zean MacFarlane sketches and my diagram trials.

 

 

 

Jury Buddy Report : Asya Büyükerk

For the project, there were two initial design ideas as axis of slope and compact, mass like design. So the slope turned into a ramp that supplies the entrences of the building. The slope was also cracked the compact mass two main parts and these parts oriented as dwelling and work zones. Third part is the connection between two zones that was oriented with ramp. Main entrence were located on work oriented zone and It works with meeting area on that ground level. Study area / Studios was planed on basement level with service kits( toilets) and spaces of displacement that were in North side.

The other entrance was located in dwelling zone on ground level and this ground level is for  public usage for owners. In the first level of the dwelling zone, there is kitchen that is connected through bridge above the ramp to dining area on the first level. Second level was designed for private usage so these spaces for sleeping and chilling.

Jury members just give an advise about increasing level of cracking part in middle of building and they also say that you should reward yourself maybe well oriented supper.

That’s All …

Congratulations …

 

 

Final Jury

My intention is classification of all program elements through zones. There are two type of zone. There are two type of zones. They are main and transition. My strategy is based on central courtyard idea in terms of these program elements orientation.

The courtyard is focus point in terms of visual quality of spaces. Also, It supplies all entrances to building as a power station. There are two entrances. Bot hare located on transition zones. One of them is living zone and the other one is located on work zone side.

Transition zones hold together the main zones like our joints do for bones. In the transition zones, there are three program elements service kits as a restrooms, spaces of displacements as vertical circulation spaces so staircases and spaces of abeyance as gallery space.

The program elements that are in joints play the vital role for main circulation. As you see from the diagram, the circulation system are gathering people courtyard and distributing them vertically to building. These distributions are being supplying by spaces of abeyance and displacement. Living zone is one of the main zones. Regeneration bundles are located in there. They are  for chilling and sleeping spaces. The other main spaces are in work zones as cultivation spaces. Actually, they are art and design studios. Socialization is common usage zone for people who live in the building and people who work. That’s why, It is located between these two main zones.

For spatial relations, courtyard is focus for spaces and integration of spaces are changing around courtyard. Work part contains integrated spaces and living is more fragmented. That’s why, work part is seem like geometric shape, solid volume other one is more like dismemberent. Also, for all main zones, my intention is that creating privacy depends on the level and logic of main zones.

 

 

Spatial Installations

Spatial installation art is manipulation of numerous disciplines, such as architecture, arts, landscape architecture and interior architecture. It includes principles from each discipline establishing the works. So physical experiment, personal and artistic expression and designed space are main concern for spatial installations. Some installation examples ;

 

Project of a group of architecture students from Ball State University professors Gernot Riether and Andrew Wit

Contemporary artist Gilles Barbier’s sculptural installation titled L’ivrogne

Expo d’Expé – Festival des Architectures Vives Montpellier by N.Canessa,  G.Pisani, N.Pisani, P.Raffetto

Japanese artist Onishi Yasuaki’s series ‘Reverse of Volume’ 

Prisim by Inés Esnal

Stockholm Furniture Fair – 80 sheets of mountains by Nendo Architecture

 

Pre Jury 2

Hey everyone, pre-jury day has come. We presented our dedicated works. In the generally my Project was based on courtyard idea. The courtyard idea shaped other architectural program elements. All entrances are in courtyard and it is a focus point for all building. That’s why, we can that It is a power station of the building. All the spaces have relation with courtyard in terms of visuality. The entrances are supplied from in abeyances spaces so there are two entrences and all the diagonality was came from there.  I put the socialization zone between work and living zones since it has a potential to be common part that people can socialize each other. Also there is gallery that seperate the individual social space from the collective social space in that part. To connection between the works zone and living zone, transition zones were used. It has displacement spaces that provide vertical circulation and service kits that were actually restrooms. Also there were galleries that do not serve to any activities so people can do what they want. I mean, it was like a abeyance spaces. In the living zones there are rooms for sleeping or chilling.

                             

                

 

 

Anti-Prism Based Folded Plate Forms

What is an anti-prism based form?

Anti-prism based forms are among the bidirectional folded forms of folded plates. The folding pattern we achieve this form through is called Yoshimura, or Diamond pattern which is formed of obtuse angled isosceles triangles. These forms are unable to create flat surfaces due to their geometry and their cross sections are cylindrical.

Connecting the Plates

Among the stability factors of folded plates, dihedral angle of plates and hinges between them have great importance. A dihedral angle of 90 degrees seems to work the best in terms of stability and the ideal range of angle is 70 to 110 degrees. As for the hinges, their mechanics affect stability greatly as well as their axes. Bending moments are also transferred between plates, so the strength of hinges becomes crucial in resisting these forces. Axes of hinges are also critical, especially since Yoshimura pattern allows hinges in one of the two connections between plates. In order to achieve greater spans and enhance the axial property of hinges, we changed the isosceles triangles of Yoshimura pattern into isosceles trapezoids.

Reactions to Loads

Main structural property of folded plate structures is the transfer of load through inclined surfaces. In longitudinal direction inclined planes act like beams while in short direction folds act like rigid supports. The loads need to be transferred to the ground through either vertical support elements or other adjacent plates. In anti-prismatic folded structures, this occurs through adjacent plates. Since the top plates have lesser opportunities to transfer their loads vertically, maximum vertical displacement occurs at the top. Among many folded plate structures, anti-prismatic forms have the lowest amount of displacement. Among the reasons we have the deviation of central line from funicular curve. This deviation created by the magnitude of moments in anti- prismatic forms is closest to the smooth shell funicular curve, which means more stiffness in a plate structure.

 

Tensegrity

Tensegrity Systems

Tensegrity structure idea is based on the interaction of isolated components which are discontinuous elements in compression and continuous pre stressed tensile cables in tension. All elements are constantly in tension or compression so the structure works independently without any external force so tensegrity is always pre stressed. The interaction forms an integrated whole structure also It causes to have stable volume in space and rigidity in the structure. Tensegrity provides more minimal and lightweight qualities for the structural system.

Materials and Tension

The behaviour of discontinuous elements tends to buckling under a load. These elements are compressed and tendency is losing its straight shape. Also, the behaviour of the same elements is tension in the same direction without any load and It tends to be straight shape. That’s why, preferences of material is so crucial for tensegrity structure. The material must resist for buckling situation and It should be durable for traction forces. In the recent years main preference is using steel bars or struts for discontinuous elements.

Mini Explanations

• Pre-stresses of the continious tensile cables provides stability to integrated whole construct.
• Tip of the each struts should have at least 3 cables.
• The struts are arranged in non-touching manner.

Courtyard Idea

For final project, decision of the design idea was the most crucial thing. It shapes your thought and put some restriction in your thinking way. That’s why, it is so hard to decide. For this project, I was based on the courtyard idea. Courtyard defined the program element and their relationship to each other. Because of the courtyard, I seperated work and living zone and put in the social zone between them. That’s the basic idea of my project so far.