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Relational Logics-T6

By Silasalin Krisanarungkhun | Published: November 10, 2014

Strom Crypt,It’s Twillinght Time/www.flickr.com/photos/storm-crypt/440531850/

Case study- Wall House,FAR

Text-Primitive future,Sou Fujimoto

The wall house is the architecture which changed the traditional way of wall by using series of material layer(concrete,wood,polycarbonate,soft skin) to define space, then something in-between comes up, gives a difference in each part.Separating from each other but still blended and blurred the line by gradually changing which refer to Sou Fujimoto” Primitive future “ about the gradation ,between black and white there is an infinite color range or between 1 and 0 there are countless number. In this place not only materials’ changing but also perception of environment.There are different in each zone.everything seems to and for connected between 1 -2,2 – 1,1-2- 3,3-2,0-1-2-3,3-2-1,1-0 likes inside- out and outside-in from “HOUSE AS CITY CITY AS HOUSE” in Fujimotos text is architecture and the city are not separeate things,but are different manifestations of a single thing.Even materials of this house are obviously different but the feeling of space ,environment and climate are blurred.This house is perceived as form surrounding.Form and function through the context.

In the text,”Primitive future” by Sou Fujimoto,Comparing between nest and cave,which is quite similar in form but completely different in the kind of created procedure.Cave is the natural made then people lived there,discovered the new things and defined their space like a stimulate place which various activities are happened,it’s blurring boundary ,nothing ‘s fixed(gradually activities and space) In contrast,nest is man-made structure and created for specitic purpose.In my opinion,the process is compared with in-between space which can makes many things simultaneously happen for example ruins are the ending of architecture but at the same time beginning the architecture.A form and space not be clarified and blurry throughout.

The analysis inspired me about the things in-between somethings ,this word is interesting,I would like to know more about it.At this present time,in-between starts up by setting the edge of things then in-between comes up.I wonder about can we make new things in in-between or can we think about in-between before defining the boundary ?In addition,I still interested in relations about everythings ,between people and architecture,architecture and existing,all percepions ,will it interact with something in which way?Sometimes it obviously comes across ,sometimes not.

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RELATIONAL LOGICS_T5

By Borislav Schalev | Published: November 10, 2014

Gilles Clément and Philippe Rahm
Environ(ne)ment / Approaches for tomorrow

Environ(ne)ment presents two approaches of by Gilles Clément and Phillippe Rahm to preserve the environment and its biodiversity in the future. Rahm indicates the option that climate and invisible aspects such as luminosity, temperature, and humidity can replace typology, function, and three-dimensional form in the way architecture is defined. He questions the two major theories, Louis Sullivan’s “form follows function“ and Louis Kahn’s “function follows form“, that defined architecture through pointing the ralationship between program and architectural form. Due to Rahm, form and function should follow climate, an architecture free of formal and functional designations. Climate should be the main aspect to design, while regarding the intensity of light, the density of air, the very matter of space, the time, the seasons and others. Function and program should not be determined, but rather a free use of space created according to the function needed. For him the sustainable development is the main idea of futuristic architecture. The building industry is still one of the worst offenders when it comes to protect the environment, but has the biggest potential in being a leader in the energy management field.

Andrés Jaque Architects
Never Never Land (House)

Never Never Land is located in San José, Ibiza, and was constructed in 2009.
The name of the house “Never Never Land” could refer to the “Dreamworld” Ibiza. Like in Peter Pan’s fictional island “Neverland”, Ibiza became a major party area of the world.
The aim of Andrés Jaque (architect) was to minimizing tree and shrub removal and so preserving the natural habitat of this area. He wanted to integrate the project in its natural surrounding. 80% of the house is elevated and mainly built around and between the trees. The purpose was to preserve the continuity of the run-off and the continuity of the natural run-up. He created free spaces and connected public and private zones. This house is a very good example of “Positional Relation” where Andrés Jaque integrates the nature with its trees in his project. However we can also see a “Disturbed Relation” regarding the interior of the House. Some trees protrude through the interior of the villa and are so “disturbed” in their natural growth.

As a conclusion I can say that neither Phillippe Rahm nor Andrés Jaque are very clear in their main aspects.
Phillippe Rahm for instance points out that form and function should respond to climate, but climate is not enough, sustainability is much more. It is about protecting the environment and developing new strategies and materials to preserve our nature. In my opinion Phillippe Rahm’s way of thinking is correct that now is the time to redefine architecture. Regarding only climate as the main point for design is not enough, economy, society and environment should be in perfect harmony together.
Then we can talk about “Advanced Architecture”.
Although sustainability was a major impact to Andrés Jaque’s “Never Never Land” the architect is not using the elements of nature to design this project. Regarding the date when this project was constructed it is safe to say that the architect should use sustainable and organic materials. When talking about Advanced Architecture the architect should not disturb the nature at all when this was his major idea and not to do it halfway, by creating such a huge material contrast and creating concrete walls on the ground.

As a future research I would like to investigate deeper in the field of self-sufficiency of buildings. In my opinion trying to create buildings completely self-sufficient is the only way to preserve our nature in the future. Advanced technology can help us realize this aim to make the building sector the leader in this struggle to save our planet, however I also believe that the inappropriate use of technology is separating us from nature instead of being part of it.

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Relational Logics T1

By Silvia Oliva Marco | Published: November 10, 2014

Study Case: STUDIO HOUSE

This project was designed by F451 Arquitectura, located at Gijon, Spain. The total floor area is 995m2.

The main characteristic of this project is that it mixes two typologies: the modern house and the industrial shed with north light from above. The program divide into 4 autonomous but interrelated units, the house, the guest apartment, the atelier and the garage together with the slope from the terrain design the frame where they integrate both types into a single volume.

The energetic efficiency comes with the merging between the house and the atelier happens in such a way that every space has double orientation, lighting and ventilation.Walls are constructed from plaster-covered clay blocks to help to keep the house insulated, plus a layer of grass covers the roof.

My personal opinion about this project is the interesting way of the integration with the terrain, seems like a transition of the slope to the building. Another thing I like is the interrelation between the 4 units integrating both types (house and atelier) into a single volume.

Lecture: THE CONDITIONED OUTDOOR ROOM

In these text Bernard Rudofsky offer us to think about connection between buildings and nature. He contemplate about garden as a living space, about relations between interior and outdoor.

Rudofsky starts with his real main point: the garden. He talks about that humans do not see the garden as a potential living space, only as a space for parties; he says that domestic gardens are an essential part of the house and a ingredient for a happy environment. He talks about how Roman gardens established a mood particularly to the most elaborate composure and they communicated a unique sense of comfort.

The description of garden from Pompeii gave a better idea from what Rudofsky wanted to explain; the way of how they used the wall as an element that introduce a sense of order and its importance when they build it, because with this the human create space on human scale, he became a biped. Centuries ago people found the solution how to be attached to the nature if you want to be in a private space: they created garden-rooms as for the ceiling was always sky. The historical concept of the house-garden was privacy. And people created gardens with the wall to have the opportunity to feel safe being outside.

He was also talking about another sort of relationship. He considered that front lawns add nothing to the looks of the house, it belongs more to the street than to the house. As well a fence is quite pointless. So it is also confirmation that he was adherent more complex conditioned outdoor spaces. Only by wall, light, temperature and inexhaustible repertoire of architect’s tools can be achieved the perfectly conditioned outdoor garden-room.

Rudofsky finishes the text with the idea that you do not need pre-arranged positions in order to have the perfect control of climate, that the perfect conditioned outdoor room can be achieved with the combinations of garden and walls, that allows variations of light, temperature, humidity with the help of sun and wind; only by this way the garden will became in a living space and in a nobler version of the house.

Possible research’s theme.

One of the possible topic for my personal research is the “organic” architecture, I would like to investigate more about and think about harmony of coexistence of modern house and nature, how to integrate with environment don’t disturbing it first view. I am so concern about not only the way ww integrate with nature, but the materials we use, I think buildings shouldn’t last for ever. Architecture might be integrated into the natural cycle of things, disappear through time to be recreated again.

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Relational logics – Analysis – T3

By Deepti Dutt | Published: November 10, 2014

View house by Johnston Marklee

Area : 3200 sq ft

Location : near Rosario Argentine [vast landscape of argentine plains]

As I analysed the view house, I understood the various considerations and the process an architects goes through while designing a building.In this case study, the process involved positional and atmospherical conditions / relations with respect to the site and the human interaction/requirement.Elaborating on the same, the positional and atmospherical relation refers to the the site location and site condition. this site is situated in the argentine plains with brilliant views surrounding the site in all the 360 degrees. the architect intended the views to be preserved for the client without compromising on the privacy. Based on this positional relation from the site, the form was evolved .This form was further developed to relate to atmospherical relations visually.the form acquired from the positional relation of the site was further improvised by subtracting volumes to visually connect to the atmosphere on the site.

After studying the view house, I understand that the architecture gets more depth when the creation is in relation to the many elements that it affects and is affected by. Although this is true, I feel that the view house could do more than relating to the site.The architecture can be a system in itself which grows and responds, but in this case study, it seems to be mostly adhering to the visual relations .

MARK WIGLEY – The Architecture of Atmosphere

This literature talks about the atmosphere created by any built form. The surrounding it interacts with, creates an atmosphere as a default, therefore, it says that architecture of atmosphere begins where the construction ends.Here, the writer speaks about how an architect , with the use of drawings, assumes that the design interacts with its atmosphere and therefore has a sense of control with the atmosphere surrounding the building.Examples of drawings of starachitects like Frank Lloyd wright and Le Corbusier is given and in F.L.Wright’s Falling water house design, The lines of the drawing indicates a sense of cohesiveness between the building and the atmosphere/surrounding .

Further Le corbusier draws a series of lines parallel to the lines of the building indicating the sky , and therefore the atmosphere around the building. the writer explains to the reader about how this interaction is bound by these lines on paper and in actuality the interaction with the atmosphere is just a fragile illusion.

There are various atmospheres that is created by any built environment – atmosphere like for climatic atmosphere, social atmosphere, etc. The writer urges the reader to think beyond the lines of a drawing when it comes to the atmosphere of architecture and questions if the atmosphere of architecture can actually be controlled .

As an analysis, i feel that currently, although it is unlikely to have any control over the atmosphere of architecture, as technology grows, there might be an era where there will be designs which are more sensitive to the architecture of the atmosphere. Although this might still not control the atmosphere but instead respond to it better than lines indicating the interaction on a drawing.

Research interests

As a research line, i am highly enthusiastic about creating systems of designs which are non static. The design of which is not limited by its requirements but explores possibilities of being an organism in itself. Am not bound by the idea of the design being a building , as every scale of design is a beautiful process .And through this design, if there could be a possibility of a positive contribution to the psychological and physical health & well being of the society , that would be like an icing on the cake!

Thank you.

References : google.com

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RELATIONAL LOGIC _ T1

By Nohelia Gonzalez | Published: November 10, 2014

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