Boards of Project 2

  Through this project, I have a better and deeper understanding about the function and house. I can consider the building's plans via people's psychological feeling and my experience. Besides, I try to transform other's design language, i.e., Arbol Design and Wang Shu, into my own language. 

  However, I think I do not have a good skill of showing my design, which motivates me to improve my design communication's skill. I need to make my boards "breath".

Stretch Ideas with Corridor, Courtyard and Kitchen

  Actually, I decided my final plan. But, suddenly, I had a new idea.

  If the different spaces are staggered, each room can get the enough sunshine and good view. Then, I draw some rooms and used corridors to connect them. It was amazing about the result. The house has a flexible route and several courtyards.

  On Wed, B gave me some pieces of advice. She enlightened me to make some changes in corridor. For instance, some corridors can be wide. I can design a bench in it for people reading books. Some can be extended for children.

  And I asked a question about the status of kitchen in UK. B showed me her house. Through what she talked about, I knew kitchen is the most important place of a house. It can connect with the dining room and living room. It means kitchen is a social place in the home. When the mother is cooking, other family members can seat around the dinner table, bar table or sand at the work top. For the mothers, they are not alone. During the cooking, they can have the interesting conversation with their family members, which help the family promote the family bonds.

B's doodle

  Then, I changed the scale of kitchen, dining room and living room to make sure the dynamic place of home is the kitchen and its by-product.

Strech Ideas with Corridor, Courtyard and Sculpture

  Before I write this article, I wrote 2 articles about sculpture and Japanese residence. Now, I want to show how I use them to stretch my ideas.

  First, I know I want to bring nature into my house. It means I will have the interior landscape.

  

  When I drew these drafts, I found that corridors were interesting parts, because they can connect the space and divide the space into several parts. For instance, the same function is in the Japanese residence.

  So, I tried to apply these in my design.

  During this process, I also took the courtyard into consideration.

  

  And about the entrance of the house, the sculpture enlightened me. I selected my interesting part form the sculpture. The composition is flexible. They are like the "wall" and "mass" elements of buildings. The permutation of the sculpture is picturesque disorder. Walls are different from the masses, they not only enrich the space, but also enrich our vision.

Japanese Residence

  Sometimes, I have to admit that the process of design is painful in here. Joe is strict with us. I know she is a  nice person, although her words are hard. She asks us to stretch our ideas constantly and she pushes us to carry on.
  She gave some pieces of advice for my house and her words reminded me of the Japanese garden. I do not know why when I come here, I forget some traditional things of Asia, such as the traditional garden and artistic conception. But to my surprise, Joe mentioned it for me, which guided me.
  This Japanese residence has the interior yard which is what I want. The nature should come into the interior space and corridors not only connect the space, but also separate the space.

Learn From Tutors

  1.Watching people. On Wed, thanks to Joe, I realized this point.  When Joe talked with Jessie, I listened their conversation carefully, which was pretty beneficial to me. Observation is important to painters and also is important to designers. Only we know people's mind and behaviours, we can design the considerable and thoughtful houses. For example, when people come back home, they may feel tired and they want to put their bag aside. So, there is a table where people can put their bag on it and a sofa where people can lay on it.
  2.Imagination. On Thurs, I met Jane. When she looked my plan, she tried to pretend a mother to explain the function and flow.I have to admit that sometimes when I think about the function, I am a little selfish, because I did not pretend every number in this family to think about the function. You know, that will be not thoughtful. I must think about all the problems form everyone's perspective in that family.

  When I think about my plan, I analysed the space. My conclusion is the hybrid space.

  Next, I tried some bubbles. And I found that I ignored the outdoor connecting space. Actually, it is a interesting space, since it can be a green space which act an environmental filter. So, I wanted to use it to do something different.

  After Thurs, I accepted some pieces of advice and modified my plan.

ground floor

first floor

Function Fosters the Shape

  On Wednesday, the atmosphere between tutors and me was a little fierce. During that time, some students joined to our debate. Actually, in that moment, my mind was a little crazy.The B still stressed the function. She said, function was the first.
  After the course, I had a conversation with my classmates about the relationship between function and shape. Then, Martin  showed his works to us and taught us the process about design, which made me understand somethings clearly.

  There is a sequence between function and shape of buildings. You know, we should take the people's behaviours into our design, such as the flow. Use the bubbles to show function and try different ways to relocate these bubbles. During this process, the shape of the building will appear in our mind(it is magic). Until the building can meet the function, we cannot think about the shape, because the shape will limit our mind. In another word, if we decide the shape first, we will use the "function" to fill the shape. It is difficult, most importantly, it is not scientific and correct.

 Finally, I think, about the buildings, function is important, but is not the first, since the architecture should be diversified, which depends on what designers and users focus on.

Respond to the Surroundings——Building Acts an Environmental Filter

  Recently, I started to understand the real meaning and function of my research. Thanks to my research, the thinking and designing processes are smoothing. The appearance of everything has its own reason and logic. I reaaaaally love this feeling and way of study, which improve my design and make me more professional.
  During the project 1, I knew I need do research, but I did not think I caught the real meaning of my research. Sometimes, they were a little blind. You know, I was in the exploration stage, I felt I like the zombie who just know to beat someone but do not realize the effects and results.
  However, the condition has changed! During my project 2, I can apply my research results to my design. For me, it is perfect!
  1. the concept shape
  My concept shape is round. It comes from the shape of yew trees' fruit. Besides, if people want to get the good view, round can offer the continuous view to house-owners. ( In my basic analyses of this site, I analysed the trees, colour of trees and the changes of colour. All of these are the beauty scenery)
 

  2. change of the concept shape
  Due to the sun path and orientation, my shape changed. It became the ellipse, because I want to get more sunshine. Then, in order to avoid the overshadowing, I raise my building.

 
  3. How does sun have the influence on the building?
  Actually, sun is a big problem. In the Winter, people welcome the sunshine, whereas in the Summer, there is a potential risk of overheating. People's altitude changes during one year. Therefore, the building needs to be more humanized. In order to meet people's demand, I turn the direction of the room, creating the transition space. It is like the attached space.

architecture in a climate of change  Peter F.Smith

  Apart from that, I think I can get sunshine from another way, the top window. The design is three-dimensional. That is cool.
 

  Lastly, I read the book, design with climate ,showing a picture about building shapes with directional orientation, which enlightens me to make room multilateral.
 

  There is an interesting relationship between rooms and sun's orientation in that book.

  4. the passive ventilation
  The main wind direction is SW and SSW. Ventilation is related to the windows and doors. Of course, the stairs. So, I use a normal solution to resolve the problem of ventilation. It is the stairs which are near the central building.
 

  Overall, the research helps me to think and design deeply and reasonably. Unlike in the university, sometimes the reason of I created something was I just loved the shape. That's all. I benefits from my research! You are right, Adam! You said, the research and our blog are the answers when Joe and B ask us why.

Respond to the Surroungdings

  Before I talk about this topic, I want to ask a question: Is it necessary to respond with  the environment surroundings buildings?
  Hadid said, if the the surroundings is the shit, why do buildings need to echo it?
  So, respond is flexible. It is not necessary to respond the environment every time. And the building we created will be the new environment of that area.
  About our project 2 in Winchester, the handout shows  "the building acts an environmental filter, and good design may be used to control the internal spatial and environmental conditions." In the stage 1, we made the terrain model and analysed the physical characteristic of the site. This is a conservation area , I believe it will be nice to echo the environment.

  This is a museum, teshima art museum, designed by architect Nishizawa Ryue (he and Kazuyo Sejima established the SANAA)and a Japanese artist. This museum has the respond to nature through its shape, composition and spirit.

model of the museum in Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

  The museum and trees echo each other, showing the boundary of the artificial building and nature.

  In the museum, there are lots of "water bays" on the floor. They change their shapes and directions when the wind blows.

  The voice of seawater beating rocks and wind blowing leaves echos in that space. The change of the whole building follows the change of sun and time.

  In my eyes, it is a perfect respond to the surroundings. The idea is so nice! Nothing is fancy, but everything is natural and makes people comfortable.

  Turn to project 2, I want to have a intensive respond to these endangered trees, particularly the Yews. In my hometown, the Nanyue montain which is the one of 5 greatest mountains in China has some Yews. When I was little, my grandfather taught how to recognize these trees.

 Maybe I will use the shape,round to do my design. But I cannot give the conclusion now, I try to keep an open mind.

Poetry And Architecture

  In the university, I tried to write some poems due to my professor. Some of them are not good, but there is the one,called match stick which my professor said it was an interesting poem （I also love this one and I think it is my most successful poem :p). It is hard to get the praise from that professor, even we are friends beyond generation.
  My professor loves a French poet whose name is Arthur Rimbaud. He influenced modern literature and arts, inspired various musicians, and prefigured surrealism.I bought a collection of his poems and I love his works,such as,The Drunken Boat，Vowels，Ophelia. My favorite poem comes from his book,Hell one season.
  Recently, since Rimbaud's poems, I have been thinking the relationship between architecture and poetry. Can I use the rhythm of poetry to built the buildings? I remember when I was a student of the middle school, my Chinese teacher said the poem had the beautiful rhythm of architectures. So,in turn, the architectures can have the rhythm of the poems.  

  Yesterday, I had the English course with Lia. She gave me the teaching material about the "LA CASA DEL OJO DE AGUA" ("house of the waterhole"). This residence is related to our second project. After the course, I read the material again and carefully. I found the interesting conclusion at the end of the article. The author uses the word, punctuation, grammar and examples of poems without grammar or punctuation to explain the buildings.
  "As the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein suggested, meaning in language resides less in the individual words themselves and more in the grammar of the ways in which those words are put together.
  Something similar can happen in architecture. The equivalents of words in architecture are the basic architectural elements of floor, wall, roof etc."
  About the buildings, I think the basic designing principles,such as the normal habitats of people, are the grammar. Based on the correct grammar, try to write the different rhythm of buildings. In another word, I can use the architectural elements of floor, wall and roof to create the different styles via the different rhetorical devices, such as,repetition, hyperbole, simile and so on.

Narrow the Users of the House

  On Tuesday, Adam asked us a question, how much do you know about the house-owners?
 Eh............................ Clearly, nothing.
 On Wednesday, Joe gave us a lecture about narrow the clients. It was interesting and helpful. In the university, teachers always said, you should target and aim the people group. So, I set the family members' personalities, occupations, relationships and even the constellation（I use the composition of my friend's family and combine the roles of Japanese manga).

  You know, it is reaaaally useful. And this method works well. For example, as the son is pretty naughty, he will need the game room to play. His characteristic decides my design.
 

Model, Basic Analyses and Interesting Analysis in Personal Taste

  Since leaving London, I have been good. The warm sunshine, the yellow leaves of sycamores, red fruits and blue sky make me feel happy. It is a nice day to embrace the Autumn.

  We made the model of Winchester. Thanks to the power of group, the process was smoothing.
 

 

spring equinox

summer solstice

autumn equinox

winter solstice

  We also analysed the wind direction:

  I am interested in the trees and the views. Based on the data, there are around 10 types of trees, such as, yew, sycamore, holly and beech. I enjoy painting them! It is a nice way to know these trees's characteristics, such as, shapes, fruits, leaves and timber.

  

  Next thing is the key thing. I need to find the changes of the trees in one year. They grow, bloom and decay during 4 seasons. You see, they are beautiful trees, having wonderful colour!

  

  Then, I want to know how does all the trees change in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Autumn is the most beautiful season with colouful trees! And Winter is not a lonely season as the purple beeches and red hollies. According to the scenery, I can know the direction of some windows.

  The hepworth wakefiled also uses the same idea. Chipperfield designed the windows to face the scenery. Actually, this is human'a nature! We all want to see the beauty nature, do not we? When I visited that museum, I paid my attention on these windows and I took some photos of these windows. They are well-designed, obtaining the good views.