Chenghao Tang (Roger): April 2010

4/24/2010

EXP2: Three Quotes of Clients

Charles Darwin

“One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.”
Charles Darwin, The Origin Of Species (New York: Fine Creative Media Inc, 2004), 200

Image source:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/File:Charles_Darwin_by_julia_Margaret_Cameron.Jpg (accessed 20 April, 2010)

Stephen Hawking

“The boundary condition of the universe is that it has no boundary”
Stephen Hawking, A Brief History Of Time (London: Bantam Books, 1998), 141

image source:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/File:Stephen_Hawking.StarChild.jpg (accessed: 20 April, 2010)

Nicole Kuepper

“But over time, you learn to prioritise and manage your own time better which means that you can break a seemingly huge mountain of problems down into solvable hills that instantly become easier to climb!”
http://stelr.org.au/nicole-kuepper (accessed: 20 April, 2010)

image sorce:
http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/solar-research/pizza-oven-inkjet-printer-nail-polish-solar-cell (accessed: 20 April, 2010)

4/11/2010

EXP1: 3 Animations of Developed Model

Animation 1:
This animation captures the holistic perspective of the model, which allow us to experience the dramatic form of this model from distinctive angles.

Animation 2:
The second animation demonstrates the interrelation between above ground space (Piccinini's workshop), on groud space (shared gallery) and below ground space (Goodwin's workshop). It explains how the two workshop studios connect with the gallery and where those custom textures are applied.

Animation 3:
The sectional animation provides a fancy view to experience the transformation of the interior space. In the meantime, we can get an opportunity to communicate with the lights and shadows.

EXP1: Images of Developed Model

a vantage point

interior space

below ground space(left part: gallery; right part: workshop)

original sketch

EXP1: Resolved Model in Goodgle 3D Warehouse

link: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=8b383c57f8aaada4e77e93ca6c7bd4cd&prevstart=0

4/10/2010

Zaha Hadid: Hermitage - Guggenheim Vilnius Museum

Architecture should be a typical example of integration between nature and artificial achievements. The architecture showed in this vedio inspires me the way to play with lights and shadows and the way to creat organic architure, thereby breaking through the conventional architectural style.