Moving Architecture

Hi team, 
As you know, Russell has placed some links for you to his pinterest board which contains some inspiration for you in relation to how your building might move. I found it helpful to look through some of the suggested ideas that Pinterest included after Russells blog as well.


Think laterally. 
Don't just show a door opening and closing, nor a lift going up and down... I know you can do better than that

....try to think about how your facade might be able to move. Can some of it hinge open, or hinge up, or twist around, or slide over itself. Does it move as the sun moves, acting as shading. Does it move for a special purpose, to change a space from one thing to another?

.... perhaps the facade has light images over it, or changes without the built elements moving, through the use of light or smoke

... look at some ideas of folding paper to show how one shape could become another . Here's some folding origami which changes shape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S2wJ3NK__o

.....is there something that moves on another object in your home, and you can adapt those ideas to use on your building? Jean Nouvel was inspired by a camera lens opening when he designed the Arab World Institute. Here's a bit of a dry youtube clip, but you get the point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ9FAwAmt98

.....perhaps there's something in your building that you need some times but not all the time that could fold away, slide away or lift away. Here's a stair that I'm using in one of my projects to access an attic space. A local Sydney manufacturer with an inventive mind....
www.bcompact.com  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwl5P9DTVg0 

... could your moving part be in the landscape...the movement of water perhaps, or the notion of plants growing over time that form an integrated part of your architecture.

... is your moving part separated from the building itself... These are some of the strangest things Ive seen for a while. Walking sculptures by Theo Jansen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj-NqWDH2qE

....Or is it purely decorative.... like Phil Prices wind sculptures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmSzxelt_c0

I hope some of these ideas will inspire some inventive moving parts.
I cant wait to see what you all come up with for next week.

Its a public Holiday next week

Hi all, 
Again, another successful session. 
Not a lot of unanswered queries this week. 

I heard that the Lumion V Mac issue was still misbehaving for some, and that Lumion doesn't always find your sketchup file on your hard drives easily. It was suggested to put the sketchup file onto a USB and have Lumion source it there. I hope that works for you.

So next Monday is a public Holiday, and I understand that Russell will be putting up on Tuesday the 14th,a task for you to do for the following week. We will then have 2 tasks to revise together the week after. 
There is no tutorial next week, but after Russells blog post- perhaps later on the Tuesday or Wednesday I'll put a blog to help explain the task further if needed.

Finally, to reiterated, this weeks task of manipulating another architects plans to suit your own, and then trying it as a section,may help inspire some of you, but shouldn't be seen as a compulsory notion that you must incorporate into your designs. Use it if it inspires you, or use another notion, such as the cross, the bridge, or the bubble diagram to help you plan your building. Your theory will be a driving force behind your designs  too, that you can now use to develop your architecture further. 

the only compulsory things in your designs (at this stage) that you must incorporate are
-The bridge- a raised building, connecting the square house and at least one other building
-Your faculty- either architecture or engineering, set up to your own brief
-Your theory. I want you all to try your best to express your theoretical ideas in a built form
-Your moving parts. Keep this in mind , so you can create some really interesting moving parts in your building (and not just the lift going up and down please!)- you will have a future tutorial on how to create these, so you don't have to try to model these yet.


I'm looking forward to seeing all of your designs in 2 weeks time on the 20th of April. 
Please use the recurring invite to access the group meeting, or use the original email. I believe the meeting remains active from this original email

all the best.
-Catherine