Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Crit 21102009 review

They want to know what it will look like.
I have been zoomed in to the details, engineering and industrial designing the components.
However all the tutors have kept asking me;

What is the building?
Test your system.
What will it look like?

 I have been attempting to solve the details, without a master plan. My reasoning has been that i would resolve the components, like the lego brick and then with that build any structure desired within the ability of the system.

My Architecture tutors want to see architectural compositions - whatever that may be.
I argue that architecture does not need to be produced in that way and this could be a paradigm shift. However to present the architecture there will need to be a composition made at some stage and as this is my assignment I MUST COMPOSE THE ARCHITECTURE.
There is also limited time 3 WEEKS LEFT this design does not need to be fully resolved and the important thing is the IDEA and the sensations which accompany it. THIS IS WHAT MUST BE PRESENTED.

I have now been given free reign to assume that the system works-
A superstructure carrying all service networks [aneX living Network] and providing an interface for a secondary structure of componentry with ikea scale and complexity. This secondary structure aneX' can be carried, assembled, disassembled and reassembled elsewhere by a single user.  An nonspecialist user is able to assemble their packaged house, apartmant, office, store or whatever it may be into the aneX livingNet. connections for electricity, plumbing, data and HVAC are as simple as plugging in your TV and eliminate the need and cost of specalised trades.

The setup of this system is supposed to achieve these goals:
-motalbilist architecture (growing, changing, indivdulised dwellings)
-reduce costs, for materials, labor, transport, cranes and 1:1 services
-reduce construction time
-reduce construction waste
-generate a market for second hand building components
-enable easy recycling through sensible material selection and ease of disassembley.
-enable ease of technological integration and upgrading
-standard networks and interchange for resources (rain, mains, grey, black & underground water, grid & alternative power, data and whatever else may be desired eg. beer on tap through a city.) and meetering to and from the building, enabling charges, credit and trade of all these.

stay tuned for the architectural interpretation of this system!

No comments:

Post a Comment