Digital Tectonics

For Andy (Sacred geometry)

Nikos — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:11:14 +0000

Following our mornig descussion. This is the basic pattern in sacred geometry. It is called the flower of life. All the basic shapes (2D and 3D) derive from that pattern.Here are the basic shapes you can get from that pattern. Da Vinci was based on the particular in order to draw the “Vitruvian man”.

… The Vitruvian man… (by the way all this things support racism, in my personal honest opinion, but that is another story lets keep the scientific aspect only)

Based on the second pattern you get the integration of the shapes in to 3 dimensions. The above shapes are called the Platonic shapes.

I hope that helps . If you need more info on how to construct these shapes, I ve got a guide… Also all these are getting into a deeper level of analysis based on the Fibonacci sequence. All the ancient nations strangely, were based on this patterns in order to design their temples… Weird.

Enjoy

The Cloud

David — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:09:01 +0000

For George:

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Volumetric _ Circulation _ Analysis

Nikos — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:25:58 +0000

Nikos — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:24:09 +0000

This the finished bubble-individual space analysis diagram based on the constraints of the needs of the project and their levels of importance. The charts on the right are shown graphically on the bublles which are situated on the left of the diagtam.

First Scheme

David — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:41:57 +0000

This is the first scheme, as presented on Monday. It is very uptight and charmless but a lot of the organisation has a lot of sense to it and will be furthered. Taking two uniform grids coming at each other from different angles, as opinions might in an ethical dilemma, produces a mixed up disputed region where they overlap. This, the in-between, is the area of interest and will be where the focus of the programme, the studio, is placed. The other programmatic elements will claim this territory in different ways, hopefully producing the architectural equivalent of an argument.
This image was titled ‘Voids and Suggested Fluctuations’ and shows the placement of programmatic divisions as three-dimensional, volumetric vertices. To the left are the production offices (aligned with a quiet, shaded street); at the top is the high-ceiling scene dock (to match the tall, faceless back end of the Picadilly Theatre across the narrow alleyway); to the right is the public lobby area in which the audience will gather (sat opposite two corner pubs and on a well-walked street); at the bottom is the backstage area for artists to prepare and the slab-like volume between the scene dock and the public areas houses the technical areas (appropriately dark places beneath the studio).

The plans below, on four floors, show the current arrangement of spaces. The TV Studio plan is, albeit modelled in 3D, is Studio 1 from the London Studios and is effectively collaged onto the scheme to show size. As the region that is disputed and/or shared there will be much more play in it’s arrangement and form than such a simple, box-like shape suggests.

Below is an axonometric image of the first scheme, with the TV studio lifted up.

Some Site Images

David — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:53:05 +0000

I should have put these up a while ago…

Unknown Pleasures

David — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:24:52 +0000

These are the field diagrams for exploring the immediate surrounding to the site. I found them to be very useful in setting out the massing which, in keeping with the ethics theme, would accommodate with the nearby buildings externally but have a contrasting element on the inside. The scales for the fields are bound at either end by the same blue colour, accentuating the idea of the in-between. The amplification of the fields is appropriate to the relationships within the twin phenomena discovered on the site.

The title ‘Unknown Pleasures’ is a reference to the album cover for Joy Division’s album of the same name, designed by Peter Saville and originally from the Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy.

Site Sections

George — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:30:34 +0000

These are the basic site sections showing the broader city context and relative scale.

Initial Elevations

George — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:28:50 +0000

These are abstract studies of the building’s form and materiality. There is still a long way to go, particularly with the eastern elevation (right) which is looking awkward.

Panoramic Study

George — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:27:53 +0000

The image above is a 360 degree panoramic from Baker’s Row taken approximately 35 metres above ground. I have re-projected the photograph using different techniques, which I intend to use to map the different views one would experience throughout the building.