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EXP3: FINAL SUBMISSION

"A RATIONAL IRRATIONALITY"
My proposed theory derived from a mashup of three articles:
1. George H. Marcus, Le Corbusier: Inside the Machine for Living (New York: The Monacelli Press, Inc, 2000), 30.
2. Andrew Benjamin, "The Standards of the Non Standard," Architectural Review Australia, 2000-2003, AR087. 
3. Kate Nesbitt, Theorising a New Agenda for Architecture: an Anthology of Architectural Theory 1965-95) (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, date not specified)


Implicating that the architectural features should act as acelebration of the structural frame, Le Corbusier's  "Machine for Living" paradigm idealises that "One of the most important concerns of modern architecture is to determind precisely the function of the materials (Le Corbusier)". This utilitarian approach is contradicted by Eisenmann who critiques the traditional opposition between the qualities of the good, the rational, and true, and of the terrifying sublime (the unnatural and unpresent).

While indeed, “Architecture must displace the former ways of conceptualizing itself,” and“requires a more complex form of the beautiful, one which contains he ugly, or a rationality that contains the irrational.”  a continuity or a confluence between mathematics and matter is capable of overcoming the separation between form and function wherein replacing the opposition is an approach delimited by "morphogenesis" proposed by mathematician Abraham robinson.Accordingly, the University located between two factions of the valley will demarcate the rational, but through a controlled ravelling and unravelling of program and structure that differentiates between, yet unites, the various meeting, circulation, and teaching and learning spaces. Such is my theory of the "rational irrationality".

The elevators, the folly, and more:




To download the cryengine environment:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/i94lnjgu83no6n5/LLHQEXP3WEEK13finalwithinports5_editor.zip

To download the sketchup model:

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ADDITIONAL IMAGES

Dean and academic staff headquarters

The student meeting space on the rooftop of their studio space is open to the elements yet simultaneously enclosed by the glass facade which transcends from the space below.

View of the entire scheme bridging the valley

Each individual computer/research space is separated from its neighbour

Gallery

Architectural folly and student elevator

View from Deans elevator

The end is near

The denser (left) half of the school contains the deans headquarters and staff meeting space (top of the school), studio workspaces (in the enclosued space behind the jagged glass facade), student meeting space (on the roof of the studio workspaces behind the jagged facade), and lecture theatre and gallery (the thing that curves over the walkway).

On the other hand, the research spaces and library are isolated from the rest, where they can serve as intimate, semi-private, serene spaces.

view from the studio workspace room

student meeting space is out in the open.

Some Ideas

 

Birds-eye view of the school

Dragon-like bridge meandering between school buildings (yet to come)

Possible design for computer labs/research spaces/staff offices

First draft attempt

Although I have a pretty strong image of shard-like, stretched buildings elongated vertically in my head, the scheme Ive made sits awkwardly in the landscape and Im not quite sure how to proceed.

 

Walkway flanked by meeting rooms for general and academic staff, and lecture theatre (back)

 

Studio spaces, workshops, and computer labs for students (note- many missing faces- this is just an idea)

 Gallery situated at a peak in the mountain ranges (the idea is that as you rise higher the more important and voluptuous buildings are situated)

The entire scheme actually resembles a Chinese dragon now that Ive seen it in the landscape.

Sketchup screenshots:

The last beginning: EXPERIMENT 3

Being of Chinese descent, I've often seen traditional chinese paintings of the awe-inspiring Huang-shan (Yellow Mountain ranges). I have attempted to replicate the landscape. 

 

 

 

 

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"A RATIONAL IRRATIONALITY"
My proposed theory derived from a mashup of three articles:
1. George H. Marcus, Le Corbusier: Inside the Machine for Living (New York: The Monacelli Press, Inc, 2000), 30.
2. Andrew Benjamin, "The Standards of the Non Standard," Architectural Review Australia, 2000-2003, AR087. 
3. Kate Nesbitt, Theorising a New Agenda for Architecture: an Anthology of Architectural Theory 1965-95) (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, date not specified)

Although Le Corbusier's Plan Libre permits the interior to develop freely unhindered by the lack of internal divisions determined by structural requirements, his "Machine for Living" paradigm idealises that "One of the most important concerns of modern architecture is to determind precisely the function of the materials (Le Corbusier)", implicating that the architectural features should act as a celebration of the structural frame. This utilitarian approach is contradicted by Eisenmann who critiques the traditional opposition between the qualities of the good, the rational, and true, and of the terrifying sublime (the unnatural and unpresent).

While indeed, “Architecture must displace the former ways of conceptualizing itself,” and “requires a more complex form of the beautiful, one which contains he ugly, or a rationality that contains the irrational.”  a continuity or a confluence between mathematics and matter is capable of overcoming the separation between form and function wherein replacing the opposition is an approach delimited by "morphogenesis" proposed by mathematician Abraham robinson. Accordingly, differences and discontinuities should be effects of continuity. What was an originally discontinuous structure- Le Corbusier's Maison Domino- through its digitalisation becomes a continuity that is then able to generate different discontinuous elements.

Thus, the University located between two factions of the valley will demarcate the rational, but through a controlled ravelling and unravelling of program and structure that differentiates between, yet unites, the various meeting, circulation, and teaching and learning spaces. Such is my theory of the "rational irrationality".

EXP2: 5 realtime images

the"Electroliquid Aggregation":

 Architectural originality and futurism can be achieved by breaking rectilinear and euclidean rules of geometry, creating a creative adventure between function and experience. (Daniel Libeskind)

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Individual, unique entities can be arranged to work harmoniously to contribute to a whole. (Hans Scharoun)

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When rectilinear and euclidean rules of geometry are broken to create unique entities, architectural originality and futurism can be achieved. When both the former and latter are present, it is the contrast and transition between them which create an adventure between function and experience.

image 1:

Through its linearity and vertical extension, and perpendicular angles, Monument 1 epitomises the rectilinear and euclidean rules of geometry. Against the backdrop of rising glaciers which it frames, it alludes to notions of status and conformity. 

image 2:

Looking down from Monument 2 to 1, one realizes a vast transition in not only height but geometry and shape. Like the glacier boulders and icebergs of the surrounding landscape, which have become somewhat separated from each other and the motherland, the monument is composed of individual and unique entities which regardless, still belong and contribute wholistically to the structure.  

image 3:

The space between serves as a junction in which the two ideas collide and melt into one another. It is straight, flat, and linear- yet it joins the two components at acute and obtuse, rather than right angles, and it tapers slightly inwards as one reaches the foot of the pinnacle structure. Thus it serves as a bridge across which ideas can be exchanged and intertwined.

image 4:

The entire structure is nestled at the opening of a gorge in the glacier

image 5:

The enclosure and low-roofedness experienced in monument 2 differs greatly from the openness of the first. At night time, artificial lighting plays a major role in reiterating the sense of disorganisation and intimacy which contrasts with the distanced, calm and rational.

Link to sketchup model:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=e7f8866f4a8456c16a0c50adfce31b36&result=4

Link to Cryengine levels folder (contains the latest and final version of the terrain as well as successive developments of it):
http://www.mediafire.com/?4kin55l5ulhvdee


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