ELECTROLIQUID AGGREGATION

Winka Dubbeldam - Adaptive reuse instigating a mediation between past and present to be inspired by and reinvent historic conceptualisations to further existing knowledge

Archigram - The public realm is an electronic surface enclosing the globe


Electroliquid aggregation - On the electronic surface of the public realm past and present are mediated. Inspired by past conceptualisations but with the possibility for reinvention or the creation of something new.

PARALLEL PROJECTIONS

electronic surface / crystallisation of urban complexity 

electronic surface / escape hatch

adaptive reuse /nomadism

CRYENGINE ENVIRONMENT

ELECTRONIC SURFACE + ADAPTIVE REUSE

electronic sufrace and adaptive reuse axonometrics combined

SKETCHUP MODELS IMPORTED TO CRYENGINE

electronic surface

 

adaptive reuse

 

 

 

 

sketchup models imported into first attempt cryengine environment

 

 

 

 

 

 

adaptive reuse

AXONOMETRICS

 Nomadism is the dominant social force where time exchange and metamorphosis replace stasis (Archigram)

The crystallisation of urban complexity within the architectural object (Winka Dubbeldam)

The public realm is an electronic surfacing enclosing the globe (Archigram)

Buildings can be a human escape hatch from environmental conditions and dropped or placed anywhere (Archigram)

Adaptive reuse instigating a mediation between past and present to be inspired by and reinvent historic conceptualisations to further existing knowledge (Winka Dubbeldam)

The building as land art in itself (Winka Dubbeldam)

EXP 1 SUBMISSION

KIMURA - ONO

This is a workshop/showroom space for Japanese motorbike designer and maker Shinya Kimura and Japanese sushi chef Jiro Ono. The workshop spaces above ground are for Kimura and feature both enclosed workshop/storage spaces as well as open air working and display spaces. These areas often double as walkways allowing people to experience Kimura's work from many different angles. Jiro Ono's kitchen and preparation spaces are located underground, these are accessed by two enclosed stairways that pass through dark corridors giving a sense of anticipation as one enters Ono's space where he daily goes through many particular processes and steps to create the world's finest sushi. There is a mezzanine level that hangs between the ground level and underground kitchen and this is where visitors are served their sushi, from here they can observe the immense attention to detail of Ono and his team. Although each artist's space is individual and separate, they are connected through open indoor/outdoor spaces and vantage points. This allows visitors a unique experience in this space where they will get a sense of each artist's different craft whilst simultaneously realising the great knowledge, skill, commitment and attention to detail that draws the two together here.


THREE IMAGES

The custom textures I have included are: 

sparse, aggregate and caged (see "36 TEXTURES" post for close up images) 

TWO SECTIONS

 experience - Kimura

scrupulous - Ono

These are my original sections that I devised from the words experience and scrupulous. Although the final developed sketchup model differs slightly from these sections, I believe the concepts surrounding the words are still strong. Experience in that Shinya Kimura believes it is not only about the motorbike, but the experience of riding it and the feeling one has while riding. This is captured in the streamline ramps throughout the building, as one has to traverse the whole space and experience the landscape to enter the building. Scrupulous for Jiro Ono because of the immense attention to detail he pays in his process of preparing and crafting his sushi. He believes things should be done in a very specific way and I believe the very specific architectural articulation down the stairs through the preparation areas and back up into the serving area evokes this. There are smaller enclosed areas and then larger connecting ones that mirror Ono's humble philosophy and way of working as well as his immense success. 

ANIMATIONS

LE CORBUSIER'S VILLA SAVOYE

This video gives a visual tour of the Villa Savoye in Poissy, France (1931). It is designed by famous French architect Le Corbusier and is known as a  significant building in the International Style Movement. I, however, chose to embed this video as I think the way Le Corbusier uses ramps and open spaces gives a sense of dynamism and interconnectedness throughout. I have tried to achieve a similar effect in my sketchup model, especially in the above ground level which is Kimura's workshop.  Ramps connect the entire space, making the walk through an experience of different view points at different levels.

STAIRS AND MORE IMAGES OF SECOND DRAFT SKETCHUP MODEL

Kimura's stair leading into his workshop

Ono's stair leading down to kitchen/preparation areas. There are two of these stairs at different positions in building for convenient access 

SECOND DRAFT SKETCHUP MODEL - ONO AND KIMURA AT WORK

Jiro Ono in area where he would serve sushi to visitors. This is up a small flight of stairs from the kitchen/preparation areas. This lower level can be seen more clearly in the following blog post.

Shinya Kimura in his workshop space. Vistors can walk around the workshop, observing Kimura from all angles. There are hidden storage and private work spaces to the sides and behind him so that he can also have some privacy and keep some projects/designs hidden away.