Design Idea: SOAP BOX

The purose / function of my proposed design is a SOAP BOX

This will provide a public link between the parliament and the biased Media.

Making Sense of the Site - Canberra, Australia

Urban Beach - O+A

Urban Beach exemplifies the idea of taking three functions, merging together and resulting in a simple installation which effectively portrays the presence of the space and gives the people a PLATFORM!

Hong Kong Design Institute by CAAU: FRAME

I really like the following buildings design for framing and the strength it has in the configuration.

It has powerful foundations and a strength that should be recognisable in a parliamentary building like my proposed Soap Box.

Power of Three

Plasma Studios (one of my all time favourite studios) have designed the 2011 Xi’an International Horticultural Expo.

On the water it uses THREE 'boxes' to capture the outlook to water. Similiar to my idea of the three sections :

PUBLIC, MEDIA, PARLIAMENT

Cameron's Great Advice

Thank you to my tutor Cameron for suggesting REX: Joshua Prince-Ramus and his great ideas on flexible space organisation.

In particular the AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, DEE AND CHARLES WYLY THEATRE

The theatre transforms seemingly effortlessly to a range of traditional configurations. A truly adaptive experience and also highlights the site specific design by allowing the outside environment in to the theatre space.

Another Reason to Love Bartlett School Of Architecture..

The above design is by a student Catrina Stewart : London City Farmhouse.

It reminds me a lot of archigram work in the past has alot of interesting ways to combat future power problems eg - donating human faeces and urine to produce methane gas.

I love that arch school!

Moving Design on Water

I am still undecided whether i want my soap box design to move with the water or not.

An example in London where the tide is a lot more variable then on Lake burley Griffen is the:

HIGH TIDE STREET by JAMES GARDENER

The video is a must watch! very impressive example of movable, interactive design.

Bridge Design

I'll upload my sketches sooon...

But i found this design which has the same sense of flow i was after - the bringing together of different elements in a cohesive manner?

Foster + Partners appointed to design Slussen Masterplan in Central Stockholm.

Canteen

I just love this idea of a mobile canteen - not directly related to my design assignment at hand thou.

It's by a Japanese firm Aberrant Architecture

Rotate Functions

After Explaining my design Concept to Alex Dickinson he forwarded me onto the Multi Mill by NL Architects

The Design has three public functions - runway, theatre and seating.

Depending on the function at hand the design can rotate to focus on a different view across the harbour.

I had discussed using the view to Distribute the function of the space.

Frames as Symbols

The new arc de triomph also captulizes the idea of framing through the use of built environment.
It provides a cultural forecourt in Paris and a building of stance and symbol - triumph!
Canberra is needing an iconc building....

Framing the View

A work mate introduced me to an installatio in Kassel, Germany.
It plays on the idea of framing the view of axis.
Canberra has very strong axis and i want my media building to validate and strengthen the line of axis not block the view from parliament house and the mountains.

Presentation

Curitiba - infrastructure

During the Crit Davor made comparisons to our TOD plan to the city of Curitiba, brazil.

Military

Distributing services can be likend to the army or military services where when te army is unified it is strong but still maintains its strength through military distribution. There is always an action of coming together and seperating. Much like a bee hive:

Rail Link Canberra to Australia

In our groups we disscussed making Canberra Distributed via Rail to the rest of Australia.
In my previous Design unit DAB710 I explored how movement can be captured in the built form. Below images explore this from the New Transit Yurikamome, an automated train which spans Tokyo Bay linking the man-made island of Odaiba to the city.

re-blogged from: http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/27095/light-rail-light-speed/?utm_source=facebook_lightraillink_8911%2F

Presentation Skills!!!!

I WANT TO LEARN TO DO THIS:

Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, University College London, 2011, Year 1

Carless Future?

Are cars integral to DISTRIBUTING services in the future? The following clip explores the city without cars: LA with no Cars

Distributing through Paint

I found the following clips and felt that they showed how people DISTRIBUTE paths of living through out their lives.

Painting the Town

Skate / Paint

How can we transform these studies into the built environment?

I suggest that we let those paths dictate the way the city responds to humans, not how humans respond to the city.