Thursday 9 June 2011

The Next Stage of Development

 

At present F.A.M.E lives for 8 hours life, its birth is a 9am when the office community arrive and the shops at the base of the towers open, its death is a 5pm when these people pack up and leave for the day. The main goal of this project will be to create a 24hr life for the site through the introduction of several programs rather than just the bi programmable nature that site currently employs.

The research studio has developed several support structures and methodologies that will guide the development of the site. External structural circulation space, bio elements that adapt to the changing climate, folded support structures, and a more integrated use of the human typology into the language used by the site, The aim is to remove the irony from F.A.M.E and turn it into an area that can live up to its name.

Blog Content

Research Summary
Market Image

Research Matrices
Final Research Matrix
Matrix Panels 

Initial Research Matrix
Matrix Panels
Neo
Bio
Inversion

Experiment 3 Inversion
Inversion Market Image
Inversion Final Documentation
Preliminary Fly Through
Preliminary Documentation
Experiment Results
Inspiration

Experiment 2 Bio Inversion
Bio Market Image
Bio Final Documentation
Preliminary Documentation
Experiment Results
Concept Sketches
Bio Pipe
Bio Fold
Morph Fold
Bio Plane
Crystals
 
Experiment 1 The Fold

Fold Market Image
Fold Final Documentation
Preliminary Fly Through
Laser Cut Models
Preliminary Documentation
Experiment Results
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Bio Manipulation

Market Image

Inversion Market Image



Bio Market Image

The Fold Market Image

Experiment 3 Documentation


Experiment 2 Documentation


Experiment 1 Documentation

Final Research Matrix







 Below are the scans of my research matrix and while they showed the character of the folds and the manipulation they did not carry the base images as well as could be hoped, so I have uploaded the content images as well.












Laser Cut Models




The results of my first laser cut model trial, I admit I did have some problems with the more jagged model the cross pieces did not line up properly, something that I will need to take into much greater consideration when working with such an accurate machine.