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| Valley of Lairig Gartain, in Glencoe, Scotland |
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| Experimenting to translate this valley into CryEngine |
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
EXP 3 - Valley
EXP 3 - Article MashUp
In a world shaped by globalisation, it is the successful companies that now have power in an increasing number of aspects in our lives. This sense of power restricts individual choice, abuses the power of social connection, and proves to thrive in spite of a bleak employment outlook and a downward trend in household income. For example, Coca-Cola Company, even has political influence due to it’s economic power. When the Grand Canyon National Park made moves to ban plastic bottles, after meeting with the Coca-Cola Company, which has donated more than $13 million to the National Park Foundation (NPF), the plan has now suddenly and mysteriously been scrapped. This level of power raises ethical issues surrounding the idea of being influenced unduly by business. Even in the virtual world of the Internet, the power of companies determine what sites are worth a visit. According to analysis firm Compete, Facebook is now the top source of traffic to entertainment and news portals, besting even the ubiquitous Google. Facebook is growing (currently it claims 400 million active members), as is its influence on Web traffic patterns. Similarly, our choices of entertainment are influenced by a companies power. Take Two Interactive is still growing, even under the burden of an unstable economy. It’s net revenue for 2011 was $1.14 billion, up 49% from the previous year. With this in mind, it enters 2012 in a position of power. With these companies demonstrating the contemporary conception of power, one may question the limits of power and what that power holds over the global population.
“Coca-Cola influences Grand Canyon officials to scrap plastic bottle ban”, Natural News, accessed May 13th 2012, http://www.naturalnews.com/034124_plastic_bottles_Grand_Canyon.html
“Facebook Tops Google in Directing Web Traffic”, Inc., accessed May 13th 2012, http://www.inc.com/news/articles/2010/02/facebook-tops-in-directing-web-traffic.html
“Take Two Interactive has a Sweet Quarter”, Technorati, accessed May 13th 2012, http://technorati.com/entertainment/gaming/article/take-two-interactive-has-a-sweet/
Thursday, 24 May 2012
Sunday, 6 May 2012
Final Crysis Environment
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| Location: Protected by moutainous geography, the monument stands in meadow, accessible by three streams, representing the three types of occupants (architecture, engineering and architectural computing students). |
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| The two concepts of 'platform' and 'YES is more' become an electroliquid agglomeration within the monument. The landscape, acting as an Utzon-esque platform and homage to BIG Architects pavilion, continues the seamless integration between the two differing concepts. |
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| Meeting Space: Capturing the coastal views, the meeting space is open, following a loose fit design principle. In this way, the three fields of students can utilise the area as necessary. Like the Sydney Opera House, the platform has a secondary function of acting as broad, casual seating. |
Differing Times of the Day:
Saturday, 5 May 2012
Revised SketchUp Model
Central Meeting Space - Much like Utzon's Sydney Opera House platform, the central meeting space relies on the secondary function of the platform to form a place to sit and a open central forum for the engineers, architects and architectural computing groups to utilise.
Materials
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| 1. Dark Texture: To emphasise the 'YES is more' nature of this electroliquid aggregation of concepts, the darker texture has been applied to the strong vertical structural elements of the monument. |
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| 2. Medium Texture: As a homage to Utzon's patterned tiles on the sails of the Sydney Opera House, this pattern has been used on the roof and interior ceiling. |
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| 3. Light Texture: To subtly highlight the foundational nature of the platform, this simple and light texture has been applied to the exposed surface of the largest platform. |
Combined Monument and "Electroliquid Aggregation"
Combined Concepts: 'Platform' (Utzon) and 'YES is more' (BIG Architects)
“Why still speak of the real and the virtual, the material and immaterial? Here these categories are not in opposition, or in some metaphysical disagreement, but more in an electroliquid aggregation, enforcing each other, as in a two part adhesive.”
Lars Spuybroek, [1998] Motor Geometry, Architectural Design, Vol 68 No 5/6, p5
To create a dichotomy from two separate concepts, it is important to consider these differing entities as 'not in opposition' but as an opportunity to simultaneously acknowledge their whole 'aggregation'. In my combined model, which synthesises Utzon's design principle of 'platform' and BIG Architect's motto of 'YES is more', I aim to look beyond two forms sharing a single space as to create a 'two part adhesive' that expands upon itself and its founding ideas. As these entities will no longer be treated in isolation, their combined aspects will exemplify this abstract notion of an 'electroliquid aggregation'.
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
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