Exp 3 : Final update

Final Images with short comments:

Final Model attached to lower campus square house.

The majority of the bridge is wood as building with wood consumes much less energy than using concrete or steel.

The majority of the floor and walls used different colors of cross-laminated timber as it has strength approaching that of steel and ensures a more structurally stable bridge.

One of the two stairs cases that can be used to reach the bridge.

 Central area for resting and for circulation between rooms.  The dark floor surrounding the fountain is an elevator and moves to the ground and back for quicker access to the bridge.

 Demonstration of the first moving element (elevator).

 The firs two rooms closest to the entrance are administrative offices whilst the room straight ahead of the entrance is the academic office.

There is also two waiting rooms between the administrative offices and the academic office.

 Lecture Theater
The large screen behind the lecturer used to display lecture material.

Workshop with area around the central working place for using heavy materials.

 Studios including a computer labs.

 Research space and studios for staff with a meeting room in the center.

 Meeting room for staff has two screens for any presentations to be made.

Gallery.
Aim was to make the gallery maze-like, while still giving clear view of the artwork. Also has glass walls to give a view of the surrounding area.

 Central platform in gallery slowly rotates around a cylinder which contains the artwork to be highlighted and/or to give a much better view of any models to be placed inside.

Also can view the entire gallery  while standing on the rotating platform.

 Library with meeting rooms for students.
Stairs take students up the meeting rooms to keep it semi-separate from the library area.

Entrance to bridge. Must walk through the University store to reach the bridge in order to encourage purchases.

The female and male toilets (wet area) are also located here due to the convenience and ease of use.

Opposite the wet area is the Services/Plant room.

Dropbox Link:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xtzodveech7lw1d/AAAm-TVClhquZD1B9BneCBU_a?dl=0

Moving Elements:

SketchUp Model:

3 Textures on Model:

          

 36 Textures:

5 REAL TIME IMAGE CAPTURES OF THE DEVELOPED LUMION ENVIRONMENT:

4 REAL TIME IMAGE CAPTURES SHOWING 2 DRAFT LUMION ENVIRONMENTS:

Proof of Attendance:

18 SKETCH PERSPECTIVES

Room area and general shape

Exp3 - New Article Mashup

“Urban heat islands, poor air quality, lack of enjoyable urban community areas are all poor outcomes when green spaces aren’t incorporated into new developments and large scale building projects.”
“We need to act now to increase opportunities for urban nature to thrive and improve our liveability, health and wellbeing.” The architecture design I will be planning will aim to achieve a near net-zero approach to energy consumption. In order to ahieve this architects have in other projects sheathed the building in a highly insulated shell with an R35 foundation, R50 walls, and R80 roof systems. Triple-glazed (R8) windows punctuate the airtight shell and help lower space heating demands and dependence on mechanical systems. Building with wood consumes much less energy than using concrete or steel. This approach may however raise concerns of how structurally stable and reliable a building made of eco-friendly materials could be. However, new construction techniques have made wood even more effective as a building material for anything from bridges to mid-rise apartment buildings. The cross-laminated timber increasingly used in new buildings, made from alternating layers of perpendicular, wood pieces has strength approaching that of steel.
References:
http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/more-green-spaces-in-urban-areas-says-new-national
http://inhabitat.com/beautiful-near-net-zero-home-in-maine-is-designed-for-aging-in-place/
https://theconversation.com/swap-steel-concrete-and-brick-for-wood-wooden-buildings-are-cheaper-and-cleaner-25694

Exp 2: Final Submission

Dropbox Folder

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-KYpNd2_9dQVV9hUHZTZ2VLMXc&usp=sharing

Submisson for feedback

Still in progress, just wanted to upload for some feedback.