Possibilities of one piece of paper

The relaxing and interesting part of semester 2 comes after the six weeks stressful retreat project. It surprised me a lot when I know that our Edinburgh trip is not related to our next tectonic project. The tectonic exercise 1.0 for us is build paper model! Cheers!

I love paper modeling. Paper is easy to cut, shape, available everywhere and can easily make some crazy forms come true in seconds. Back to my A-Level coursework, the final idea of the railway station design came from a rough paper model I made coincidently. Now it's like back to the starting point besides my crafting skills becomes much better now.

I tried to make one paper model this afternoon and played with curvy shapes.

It looks like something growing from a piece of A4 paper

final shape of paper model 1

playful details

However, plans and sections and elevations are all need for the model... it seems to be very difficult to draw for that one! And two more models to go before friday!-_-lll

 

Kanagawa Institute of Technology Workshop / Junya Ishigami

“I wanted to make a space with very ambiguous borderlines, which has a fluctuation between local spaces and the overall space, rather than a universal space like that of Mies,”
                                                       - Junya Ishigami

In recent years Japanese architects started to focus more on the 'formless' architecture. many buildings with very thin columns supporting the structure were favoured. They eliminate the building into the environment in such manner and create a slim and elegant sense of feeling. One representational building of this kind is the Kanagawa Institute of Technology Workshop by Junya Ishigami and Associates.


The studio is about the closest you can get to the feeling of working outside while being indoors.  The floor-to-ceiling glass makes the building appear weightless and elegant, and the open plan preserves the building’s sense of transparency as the viewer’s eye can shoot directly across the uninterrupted space.  305 columns of various sizes support the stripped roof of skylights, yet their white color keeps the focus on the space and the view, not the structure.    The columns, although seemingly random, as specifically placed to create the sensation of zoned spaces, but their nonrestrictive quality provides a flexible layout to suit the changing needs of students.

Reflection after final review

hospitalfield research retreat_my intangible inspiration of tree shadows

It has been a long time since I post the last blog entry. The second design project of Year 1 comes to the end. I am not very pleased by my own work this time, sincerely. There should be a better way to develop it and achieve a more impressive final stage. At this time, I kind of disappointed myself.

my sketches for the design

1:100 model

1:200 site model

The starting strategy works. The intangible inspiration is good. And I was surprised that Charles mentioned the mirror surface with reflection of trees that I was thinking of at first and already had it in my precedent research but I didn't put it up on the wall and either apply it to my building. It is a pity. The only thing I did well was the sketch but it is just sketch and it means nothing about your concept, idea, creativity. I realised I may think of the fantastic point sometimes but I was lack of the activation to carry it out.I am not brave enough to try the unknow area and go beyond the boundary which I enclosed myself in.That's what I need to avoid in the next design.

In addition, more thoughts and understanding of materials is important. This part of knowledge is nearly blank in my mind that also limited my ideas.

on site

interior