Thursday, November 4, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Week 13 - Final Poster Text
Inspired by National Award Winning Architect Frank Gehry’s Vitra Museum, Lebbeus Woods approach to deconstructive architecture and tropical Island culture and architecture, ‘Vitra House’ combines all three ingredients to create a modernistic getaway house on a tropical island in the Maldives.
Combining components of Frank Gehry’s Vitra Museum deconstructed and manipulated, the overall shape of the Vitra House was created. The large glass windows facing the sea allow for spectacular views into the lounge room. The windows slide allowing you to open up the entire space, bringing the indoors out.
The exterior, finished with a number of timbers that of the surrounding huts, creates a cultural feel and allows the house to blend in with its surroundings. Whilst the interior is finished with white walls and ceiling with a treated, polished timber floor.
Three large skylights allow for lots of natural light to illuminate the house during the day, giving a warm and natural feel to the house. Being amongst nature at its best, it’s really crucial that the house maintains a natural feel and energy to complete the package.
Taken from multiple sections of the Vitra Museum, manipulated then randomly placed back together to create an entirely new form. The Vitra is a mash of multiple geometric forms combined to create a structure, which is how Vitra House came about by copying the same principle. A total of 10 pieces from the Vitra Museum are used in Vitra House.
The Main entrance awning was transformed into a vergola which gives a nice shadow effect. In keeping with the rest of the house by incorporating a timber ‘sun blind’, giving a beautiful effect as light enters the house.
The external spiral staircase was brought inside, with a glass facade behind, making the staircase a feature rather than just an object.
The sloped roof section to the right of the Vitra’s entrance was used to create the large living room. It was then rotated and elongated to form a sleek, clean look. The living room was the first section to be created and everything was modelled to fit that.
The large tower like feature of the Vitra was used to house the spiral staircase. Large sections of the face were cut out for large windows to allow natural light to illuminate the staircase.
The main large skylight overlooking the Vitra was elongated and squashed then placed over the living room ceiling, funnelling light into the living room. It creates a beautiful effect inside as well as illuminates the living room with warm natural light.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Week 12 - Final Model
The set of plans above show all elevations and the floor plan. The structure is on concrete piers as it sits in the shallow coral shelf of one of the islands in the Maldives. The Exterior is constructed of four different types of wood, whilst the interior is that of the Vitra, White walls and roof with a polished wooden floor. I incorporated many of the Vitra's features in my design but changed their orientation and appearance.
The Above plans show both internal and external walls and features. The main entrance awning was changed to a vergola as to allow light through and create a nice effect using shadows. Many of the skylights were kept to allow extra light into the house, giving a nice, natural and warm feel.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Week 11 - Textures
Texture 2: Wooden Deck
Texture 3: Stained Treated Wooden Slats
Texture 4: Interior Gloss Wooden Floor
Texture 5: Dark Treated Wood
Texture 6: Exposed Concrete
Texture 7: Gravel
Texture 8: Interior Wall Gloss White Finish
Texture 9: Mirrored Glass
Texture 10: Glass
Week 11 - Vitra Re Design Components
Braking down the model involved pulling apart all the key elements and deciding what i wanted to incorporate in my final design. I then intend to manipulate and transform these main components and combine them in a way as to create an entirely new structure but maintaining the essence of the Vitra.
Week 11 - Vitra Re Design Concept
When re designing Frank Gehry’s ‘Vitra Museum’, I wanted to in vision it on a lot smaller scale, being somewhat of a residence. I also wanted the design to be more contemporary in the size, shape and materials used. With a love and passion for tropical islands, I thought it a great idea for the location of the new Vitra to be held in the Maldives, with the structure being a modernistic, contemporary island hut.
I learnt of Lebbeus Woods, an architect who does intricate deconstruction drawings, out of all the small detailed pieces, I found shapes and forms with in. So using Woods method of deconstruction, I wish to explode Gehry’s Vitra, shift and rotate the individual elements to create a new structure with the same essence of the original.
I was inspired by another newer installment to the Vitra Campus. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the house is located opposite the Vitra Museum and has many of the same features. This idea of deconstruction and placement is the type of look I'm after.
I also want to incorporate Gehry’s original design brief of interpreting the forms of expressive and unique spaces into my structure by using the vast and open landscape to complement and become one with the expressive, contemporary home while still maintaining Gehry’s sense of spatial dimension.
Week 11 - Case Study - Frank Gehry 'Gughheim Museum' Bilbao, Spain
Image 6 Source: Bruggen, Frank O. Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 1998.
Image 7 Source: Bruggen, Frank O. Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 1998.The site itself is located at the end of the Nervion riverbank of Biscay, North Spain, where the country’s manufacturing, shipping and commerce centres reside and where a large highway overpass crosses. The many connections to the museum and city hall are reinforced in the design scheme between the walkways, plazas, the river front and public spaces. Gehrys structure takes from the surrounding buildings across the road and river, the tall tower at the east end and capturing the overpass and brings it all together, making as if it were one structure.
Image 12 Source: Bruggen, Frank O. Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 1998.
The museum was designed for a 24,290m2 world class modern art museum with a 10,560m2 space reserved for exhibitions over three floors (permanent collection, permanent site and specific installation, temporary exhibition) separated by suspended walkways and glass elevators. With a 400 seat auditorium, restaurant, cafe, retail, central atrium and many other public facilities, the Guggenheim Bilbao is Spain’s Palace.
Image 15 Source:Bruggen, Frank O. Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 1998.The structure defies time by the way elements are focused on the ununiformed landscape. The design so futuristic yet designed 13 years ago. Frank Ghery’s Guggenheim portrays that of a uniquely justified and creative genius who has created a beautiful and seamless piece of architecture taking in all its surroundings and becoming that of the landscape.
Image 17 Source:Frank Gehry 1991-1995, 1995.
Image 18 Source:Frank Gehry 1991-1995, 1995.
Image 19 Source:Frank Gehry 1991-1995, 1995.
Image 20 Source:Frank Gehry 1991-1995, 1995.
Image 21 Source: Frank Gehry 1991-1995, 1995.
Image 22 Source:Frank Gehry 1991-1995, 1995.
Image 23 Source:Frank Gehry 1991-1995, 1995.Sources:
http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/guggenheimbilbao/index.html (Accessed September 29, 2010).
http://www.guggenheim.org/bilbao (Accessed September 29, 2010).
http://www.culturevulture.net/ArtandArch/Bilbao.htm (Accessed September 29, 2010).
http://www.arcspace.com/architects/gehry/Guggenheim_Museum/ (Accessed September 29, 2010).