Week 5

Hero shots 

My favourite hero shots among these four hero shots. By visual illusion, it shows how a building communicates with nature: extending edges to connect with sky and elongating the base to distribute all of the weight to the earth. At this moment, building contains humans' mental strength, working as a media to achieve the height of the vast cosmos.

By using light sensitive material, this huge curving cover can be used as projection screen at night.

The aim of my design is to build an environmental-friendly building which can greatly reduce the contradiction between nature and auto production. This sunset render reflect the relationship between surrounding environment and building itself. Also, light and shadow in this shot perfectly depicts the layers of the building.

Detail Shots

This detail shot clearly shows the different materials used in this stair: Metal, concrete and glass.

Unfortunately, the trial version of lumion has limited material access, making me fail to adjust the setting of my custom textures. Therefore I made these two screenshots which could have been turned into detail shots. People can watch how designer work for fashion in workshop through these windows. Different shape and colour glass pieces embody the adjective I chose--vivid as well.

Section 

Stair Section Drawings (Improved)

Model Progression

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 5

Week 2

Week 4

Week 5

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Week 4

This week, I focused on details and the interior design of my building, also the section and fly through animations.

Central Building Plan

Ground Floor (Gallery)

Mezzanine (Office Area for Both Clients)

First Floor & Roof (Auto Fabrica Factory)

Large amounts of solar panels provide sufficient energy for the factory production

Support Structure of Workshop

Design Draft

Axonometric View 

Side Elevation

Front Elevation

The two different-directionally spiralling trusses structure supports the workshops at two sides. The central one is based on a marble core waterfall. This area can also be functioned as fashion show stage or latest motorcycles releasing stage.

Sunlight 

Sunlight Angle was calculated to determine the oblique angle of opening window.

Workshops

View of Auto Fabrica Workshop (Lake Side)

View of Auto Fabrica Workshop (Stair Side)

Bird-Eye View of Off-White Workshop

View of Interior Off-White Workshop

Gallery

Auto Fabrica

Off-White

Animations

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Week 3

Custom Textures

 In Between

Ghostly  Layer  Symmetry

Absorb  Congregate  Resilient

Mixed  Reflection  Flowing

Strips  Transformable  Twine

Above

Scattering  Insulated  Powerful

Advanced  Crystalline  Resistant

Interlaced  Flexible  Variable  

Conductible  Module  Grid  

Below

Dynamic  Natural  Molecular

Coherent  Erratic  Ethereal

Plain  Transparent  Storable

Complex  Potential  Intensive

Textures in Sketchup (First Trial)

The bridge connecting the gallery and off-white workshop

The staircase from auto's workshop to the ground floor

Side façade of Auto's mezzanine office floor

Textures (Final)

My Design Draft 

The whole Building is composed by three parts: Office-White hexagon workshop, hollow open gallery space and Auto Fabrica's workshop above the hollow space. The main materials would be concrete and glass. To make a smooth transition of two different concept workshops, I stressed on the change of shapes (oval--hexagon--quadrangle--arc). The central part of my building would be the central staircase, truss structure and indoor waterfall (more details in Week 4's post). The open space design for the gallery allows motorcycles move freely inside. The application of concrete reflects the property of motorcycles, and glass is a typical symbol of light and colour (diffraction of light). 

This Week's Sketchup Model

I haven't decided whether I need to remove that organic shape roof yet, and just leave it there at this moment.

Workshop for Off-White would be two honeycomb shaped rings surrounding the central stairs.

Video

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Week 2

Stairs (First Draft)

(Applied for 3D Model)

(Applied for 3D Model)

These drawings seem to have a wrong size and also fail to reflect the material of my stair. Hence, I developed my section drawing and put them into my last final submission post.

 Original Sketchup Images of Selected Stairs

The shape of this stair was inspired by Guarino Guarini's chapel of the holy shroud in Turin, as Italy is the birthplace of Off-White. The composition of different triangles and hexagons along with the glass fences in various colour reflects the characteristic of Off-White, vivid and modern. A gentle slope beside the stair is also designed to provide convenience for the transport of products.

This set of stairs was designed for Auto Fabrica. Two lift tracks in the middle allow clients to bring their heavy motorcycles to the showroom on the ground floor, inspired by the Angels Flight Railway which appeared in La La Land. The main structure of the stair is supported by 4 thick metal beams. In order to reflect the rough property of motorcycle, stone and metal are selected as the main materials of the stair. There is no handrail for this stair, which strengthens the bold shape of the stair and creates an overwhelming feeling for the visitors.


First Redesign

After last week's modelling in sketchup, I found there is small modifying and developing space for my first chosen section design, as piling three different prisms has conflict with my gallery's curved-shape covering façade, in other word, it's really hard to make a smooth transition from the façade of my workshop to the façade of gallery. I decided to reselect my section and try to build a harmonious relationship between my fashion clothing workshop, motorcycle workshop and gallery.

    

(Above: Original Selected Section)

(Below: Current Selected Section)

Improvement based on my current section (Wild/Vivid)

Sketchup Model

To fit in my main building, I only used half of my stair which connects the auto's workshop and gallery. In addition, I even considered removing the funicular on my stair, replaced by a lift which can directly bring motorcycles to the gallery down below inside the curving roof. Thanks to Catherine's advice, I changed my mind and tried to keep my funicular design and rearrange the position of my curving roof. 

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