ASSIGNMENT THREE FINAL SUBMISSION

SITE LAYOUT
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2kvyyi7b9ter6y3/arch1201_assignment3_final_SITELAYOUT.skp?m=

GRASSHOPPER FILES
https://www.dropbox.com/s/arzxpr0poikrazh/arch1201_assignment3_final_BUSSTOPS.gh

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wsw0xea112fpvyi/arch1201_assignment3_final_LIGHTRAILSTATION.gh

RHINO FILE
https://www.dropbox.com/s/74dza5aoy4w7vts/arch1201_assignment3_final_RHINOFILE.3dm

POSTER FILE
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u0pegy3dyh0jq4e/FINALPOSTER1.jpg

ANIMATION
https://www.dropbox.com/sm/create/ARCH1201-PROJECT%20THREE/FINAL%20SUBMISSION/Animation_arch1201.mp4

https://www.dropbox.com/s/502nbwy51tqzaez/Animation%20One.mp4

https://www.dropbox.com/sm/create/ARCH1201-PROJECT%20THREE/FINAL%20SUBMISSION/Animation%20Two.mp4

Assignment Three Final Images

Interim Two Modifications

Interim Two Submission

LINKS

Poster:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ix1hc9fvh1ftpn1/Interim%20Poster.jpg?m=

Animation:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2vl2cqxvqz7o6oh/Interim2.wmv?m=

Design Modifications

Interim One Submission

INTERIM ONE PDF SUBMISSION UPLOADED TO DROPBOX

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8f2putml7rymblm/Randwick%20Light%20Rail%20and%20Bus%20Interchange.pdf

Links

Animations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InmT_QVZ3I8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD-PSgE67K8

Poster:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1o8w1xgs2seiji5/ARCH1201_PROJECT2_POSTER_dominique_heraud.jpg?m=

Grasshopper File:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gjlrz5cv9atwsmz/ARCH1201_PROJECT1_dominique_heraud_z3461717-bakedfile.gh

Rhino File:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3a0xskkq0nklj1m/ARCH1201_PROJECT1_dominique_heraud_z3461717_bakedfile.3dm

Animations

Poster

Sentient Roof Shadow Effect

Rain Sentient Roof

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Final Responsive Roof.

Adding Colour

Recreation in Grasshopper

I spent a lot of time researching and playing around with ways I could mimic the effect of rain hitting water.  I came up with a simple method, which I turned into a complex method, creating the patterns and depicting the sporadic nature of rain falling on water.

Below are some images of the different patterns and sequences that can be created from my script.  The first image shows the ‘control’ circle.  This ‘control’ circle is the main spot that moves around, creating more or fewer circles.

The way in which the code works, I believe is also a direct representation of the effect rain has falling on water.  The ‘control’ circles is very much like one single rain drop and the ripples created on the water from that one drop.

Rain

After the interim presentation and the feedback received, I thought it was central to the success of my responsive architecture to research in depth the patterns and effect of rain/water falling on glass.  Below are images that I will be using as inspiration to recreate in grasshopper.

For my initial design, I wanted to create an effect on the roof of my building that was a direct representation of rain falling on water, water on water.  The two images below show the theme that i was aiming for.  

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RAIN ON WATER

My initial responsive roof in grasshopper, was too regimented and structured (image one). The circular patternation seen in image one is around the middle stage of the responsive roof before it turns completely transparent.  However, after the interim presentation I have decided not for my roof to turn completely transparent, conversely for it to simply mock and imitate the effect of water/rain falling on glass.

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RAIN ON GLASS

The changes I intend to make for my responsive roof, is to enable it to simulate something more like rain hitting or falling on glass.  In the images below you can see a recurring pattern of a sporadic, infrequent and periodic shapes.

Ideally, I would love to create a roof that responds to light rain by expressing the effect of rain on glass and then having the effect of rain on water once the rain gets really heavy, however the hardest part is doing it in grasshopper.

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/70509550386656612/

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/473792823270847465/

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/74731675036517824/

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/110619734568487636/

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/129197083031389054/

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/426997608390886551/

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/555772410235538373/

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/480477853967285371/

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/52917364341339879/

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/151363237445962871/

Further Research

Project 2 - Interim Notes

The main notes and changes taken from the interim presentation were;

• Patterns are too regimented and structured
• The actual pattern of the circle reflects the patterns of rain, however the organisation of the circles does not
• The process of the roof changing isn’t very clear
• Change the colour from red
• The top left rendered image on the poster sells the design – more rendered images are advised

Dropbox Files

Grasshopper File
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jaz6ib0a6daprr/baked%20file.gh

Rhino File
https://www.dropbox.com/s/atol7u2bkk8lrv/baked%20file2.3dm

Poster
https://www.dropbox.com/s/68gzc988u32bpo/interim_poster_project2.jpg

Animation

Interim Poster - Rain

Animation

Grasshopper Images

Mock-up proposal which responds to the same environmental factor as you.  Present to each other your design proposal then discuss and take notes in pairs, covering the following points: 
• Does the design proposal fulfill the basic requirements of the brief? 


• Is the design proposal a thoughtful and well-thought-out response to the brief? 


• What strengths and weaknesses can you identify of each other’s proposals? 


• Compare the design proposal to the examples shown in last week’s lecture. Are there similarities? Are there difference? Are these differences significant enough such that it is not an imitation? Is the design proposal 
innovative?

Independent Study

http://yazdanistudioresearch.wordpress.com/

Grasshopper

• Program a sphere that can move along an arc representing the sun’s path. Design the system so that you may specify the azimuth (sphere’s location along the arc’s length) and the altitude (arc’s rotation about the Y-axis). 

• Program a façade that responds to the shadows cast on it by the sphere, so that wherever there’s a shadow, there’s an opening. Try using the “exposure” component and assign a vector between the sphere and the façade. 





• Reprogram the façade so that wherever there’s a shadow, there is no opening. 


• Program a cube that can move along a circle centered on the origin. Design the system so that you may modify the cube’s location using a control knob. 


• Program a façade that responds to the cube (“attractor”), so that when the attractor is near, there are more openings. 


• Reprogram your façade, so that when the attractor is near, there are fewer openings

Story Board

Week 4 - Architectural Matrix

Reflect on the lecture and develop a matrix of 9 proposals for how yours (or a classmate’s) architecture from Project 1 could respond to its context. Each proposal should be a short description. Your matrix should include the three environmental factors (sun, wind and rain) on one axis, and the interactive methods (toggle switch, incremental slider, and infinitesimal slider) on the other axis, as shown in the matrix below. Complete your matrix by 11:30pm. 

	Toggle Switch	Incremental slider	Infinitesimal slider
Sun	A single circular element that contracts and expands in accordance with light of the day, responding by either covering or uncovering the deck.	A series of squares that vary in opacity and size in response to the movement and use of a room.	Rectangular panels that vary in transparency responding to the inhabitants use of space and movement within a room.
Wind	The glass panels open when there is no wind present, but when wind is present they close.	Vents on the roof and walls that sense wind direction, speed and humidity, activating the window vent to open and close in responds to these senses, allowing wind to drive through the building.
Rain	The roof of the architecture turns transparent when there is heavy amounts of rain present.	A valve that has a low, medium and high device that collects rain water for the use of grey water. The level of water is depicted through the colour of the columns.	A series of turning metal panels that create patterns that fluctuate and rotate creating a feature wall on the exterior of the building.

PROJECT TWO - RESPONSIVE ARCHITECTURE

Poster

Files

Download Link of Final Sketchup Model:
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=ued5b6e5f-8f98-4e4c-bd00

Project 1 Final Poster:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oyzwirp7yutjji5/dominique-heraud-arch1201-p1.jpg

Project 1 Set of Drawings:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ll3em495gj18gjt/dom_plansheets_arch1201_p1.pdf

Project 1 Interim Poster:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zf7rfaq938yoi3q/ARCH1201_INTERIMP1_Dom.pdf

Seven Principals Of Universal Design

H O M E  &  I D E N T I T Y

"beyond the individual's private space within the home, the home itself becomes a vehicle for expressing identity through manipulation of its external appearance"

"personalisation may confer psychic security on the occupant of the home"

"personalisation promotes both security and identity"

Using one of the seven principals of universal design, 'Home and Identity' is central to the concept for the emergency shelter house I want to create.

Building upon "the home itself becomes a vehicle for expressing identity through manipulation of its external appearance"  The design of my shelter will be constructed of a skeletal system, the steel structural frame and 1m wide wall and floor modules.  The wall and floor modules will allow the dwellers to personalize and customize the size, length, shape and etc.   The wall modules also contain pop-out panels allowing the dwellers to position and place doors, walls and windows in accordance with their preference.

Also, the concept of "personalisation promotes both security and identity" I hope to address through minuet possibilities of the interior of the dwelling.  The ability to move and place furniture within the shelter will allow the dweller to build a 'Home' they feel secure to live in.  For example the shelter comes with two detachable beds that can also be used as lounges.   

Personalisation is also achieved through the main division of public and private space, the shelving system.  The Shelving system is put in place to encourage the dwellers to put on sow personal artifacts, belongings and memories to increase the levels of 'home' that is created, to encourage security and nostalgia.

Design Proposal Development

Identify and list the aspects of your current design proposal which should be developed further to appropriately address the needs of your clients.

Personalisation of:

- Wall modules:  different people/clients may prefer to have a smaller dwelling that makes them feel a greater sense of security, furthermore, some clients may prefer to have a larger area to display more personal belonging
- Pop-out Panels: Allow the client to choose and modify their building in accordance with privacy, security, climate or personal preference.
- Interchangeable Interior: Allow the client to move and rearrange the interior to suit their needs and personal preferences.
- Efficiency: How can i make this design more efficient, not only for my client but everyone.

Client and Environment Conditions

Conduct research on your clients: the dwellers displaced by a natural disaster at your nominated location.  Consider the following questions: 

The brief of the project outlines that we have to design a emergency shelter for two people who have been affected by a natural disaster.  The shelter must be able and fully equip to house these two people for a duration of at least 6 months.  The clients i have chosen are an elderly couple who have been lost their home as a result of fire.

• Who has been affected? How have they been affected? What are their needs and vulnerabilities? 
My couple, being elderly are very vulnerable to many dangers and risks. Their homes homes have been completely destroyed and so have many of their personal belongings.
Being elderly they are vulnerable to illness and even death, as a result of new environment, rapid change and climate conditions.

• Are they in an urban or rural location? 

My clients home was located in a rural setting.  Their temporary shelter will therefore be located in a rural scene.
• What housing existed before the natural disaster? How did it deal with the division of spaces, privacy, security, climate control? 

The housing that existed before was predominately single story brick or fibro homes with tiled or tin roofs.
The division of space, privacy, security and control of climate was undertaken in the way small townships were organised; with every single house house it is enveloped by
parcels of land.

• What are the climatic conditions? Cold climate? Warm, humid climate? Hot, dry climate? 

The climate in Victoria in the summer months is predominately hot and dry, where as in the winter months it is extremely cold.
• Do those displaced dwellers have cultural or religious traditions which influence their apparel, day to day activities, or social interactions? 

The displaced dwellers don't have any specific cultural traditions that influence their apparel, day to day activities, or social interaction.  However, the diversity of the rural community may have specific and differing religious traditions.

Concept of Home

Write a description of the concept of home and how it relates to the way your design proposal responds to the brief. 

As explored through the texts, home is a multidimensional concept, and each individual has their own idea/view of what a home is.  Home is a place where one can relax, replenish and be ones true self.  The home is a reflection of the people that dwell within it.  My design will endeavor to bring to life certain aspects of the displaced dwellers life.  Whilst my main design concept is that of a flat pack, the components within the shelter will enable an extension of self for the dwellers.  

The interchangeable interior of the house will allow the dwellers to arrange the house accordingly to their needs, desires and preferences.  Also the pop-out panels on the wall modules allow for quick and easy removal/installation for walls and windows.  Like wise the main division between the public and private space, the shelving system allows for the dweller to create a wall of visual memories, in turn allowing them to customize and personalize their own shelter which will be their home for a minimum of six months.

Small aspects of my design including the inter-changeable beds allows for the separation or joining of beds depending on the user.  One of the many aspects that forms my design is objects with a multipurpose.  when the beds are detached they can be used as sofas in either the public or private part of the dwelling, depending on the users preference.

Studio Two - 'Home' & 'Client'

Present to each other your three statements (and supporting quotes) that describe different concepts of “home”.  Discuss these concepts of home and identify how the understanding of “home” has changed over time, in the context of the  prescribed readings from 1976 and 2004. Write a description of these changes and post it on your blog. 
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Supporting statement (and supporting quotes) that describe different concepts of "home"

Darcy

• Home is a place where you can be yourself and it can reflect you and your attitude.
  "The home itself becomes a vehicle for expressing identity".
•  A home is a place where you can feel safe from the rest of the world.  It protects you and gives you peace of mind
  "The concept of security includes both physical and psychic security.  Both forms of security are obtained in the home "
•  houses are not built, homes are made by the people that live in them.
  "Humans are homemakers"

Dominique

• the features of a home and its surroundings should not only provide a sense of identity, but it should provide either a physical or metaphoric sense of security and stimulation.
  " "
• home is a multidimensional concept.  To understand and build a 'house', one needs to understand the many fundamental ideas and feeling surrounding a 'Home' and how this is created.
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• Stimulation within a 'home' is important in assuring
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Discuss these concepts of home and identify how the understanding of “home” has changed over time.

• Whilst the understanding of a 'home' can change over time, the understanding of 'home' changes more with the aging of its dwellers.  When the dwellers of a house age, their 'home' becomes a place of nostalgia. The home becomes a display of personal items or tokens, reflecting the time change
•  Up until the 90's  a family home consisted of a square house in a yard, whereas now a 'home' can be a studio, or a small apartment
• in recent years the concepts of making a home have changed, due to the culture change.  A 'home' not longer is centered around family, the idea
• the family structure has changed significantly, resulting in a dramatic change to a house as a 'home'

Independent Study

http://smallscalehomes.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/essential-systems-pod-esp-could.html

Initial Design Concepts

Shipping Containers

Independent Study - WK1

HOME: THE TERRITORIAL CORE

(J. DOUGLAS PORTEOUS)
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• both individuals and groups tend to assert exclusive jurisdiction over physical space
• at the level of personal space, the portable bubble of corporeality which surrounds each individual, spatial control is necessary for the maintenance of physical health.
• the exclusive control of territory confers three beliefs on its occupants; identity, security and stimulation.
• home provides a small primary group
• the control of physical space is controlled by two major means; the personalization of space - an assertion of identity and a means of ensuring stimulation, and the defense of space - by which stimulation is achieved and security assured.  ('security' includes both physical and psychic security)
• the approach of a stranger to an unfamiliar front door raises the anxiety levels off both the stranger and occupant
• seek security through creating and maintaining an idiosyncratic decor - 'keeping the same flower pots in the same place for four years'
• an occupant derives personal security and satisfaction from the unchanging arrangement of his chosen surroundings - the territorial space has taken on the personality of its occupant
• personalization promotes both security and identity
  individuals are most likely to find a space to be alone within the home
• the home itself becomes a vehicle for expressing identity through manipulation of its external appearance
• a house reflects how the individual sees himself, how he wishes to see himself, or how he wishes others to see him
• a house is a means of projecting an image both outwards and inwards
• stimulation is achieved by making, modifying and defending the home
• a garden provides maximum opportunity for personal expression
• boundary line are important to the home owner
• a home is a major fixed reference point for the structuring of reality
• a preoccupation with home decoration, external experience and comfort
• a home is ebuded with emotion
• the home may smother an individual who is unable to leave it for considerable periods
• home may in fact become a trap which first encapsulates and then submerges the ego
• home cannot be understood except in terms of journey
• travelers are temporarily homeless, they carry small articles from home along with them and perform certain rituals that confer the feeling of home upon any temporary abode
• emigrants try to reproduce home
• a home is simply a sure refuge between journeys
• the chronic traveler may indeed be seeking home
• during an absence both home and the individual may irrevocably change
• the transfer of an individual from "felt home" to "euphemistic home" is usually traumatic
• bereft of family, familiar space, of psychic connections, the removed person frequently suffers a drastic decline in health
• suffers of urban renewal grieve for their lost homes
• euphemistic homes lack warmth and privacy
• indeed for the severely institutionalized the trauma of release may be greater than the trauma of admission
• institutionalization may exacerbate or even initiate serious illness
• the euphemistic home is not a preferred living environment
• when asked to describe their ideal home, an individual will often refer to ownership of a rectangular, single-family structure standing in its own yard
• apartments, the opposite of the free standing ground occupying house tend to be rejected as structures suitable for family living
• apartment dwellers have discovered that they also tend to consider the private house as an ideal home setting
• an overwhelming majority would prefer to own a single-family detached homes
• individuals spend a greater part of their life in the home
• a considerable emotional investment made by the individual
• a preferred space which provides a fixed point of reference around which the individual may personally structure their spatial reality
• a home provides the territorial satisfactions of security, stimulation and identity.

UNDERSTANDING HOME: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

(SHELLY MALLETT)
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• home is a multidimensional concept
• memories of home are often nostalgic and sentimental
• the home touches so centrally on our personal lives
• "the house of every man is to him as his castle and fortress, as well as his defense against injury and violence, as for his repose (Rykwert, 1991)
• home ownership is significant as a source of personal identity or status, and/or a source of personal and familiar security.  it can also provide a sense of space and belonging in an increasingly alienating world
• elucidate the relationship between house and home many researchers particularly architects and historians, have examined the ways design, spatial organisation, and furnishings of domestic dwellings influence and inflict concepts and/or ideologies of home
• peoples personal and familial experiences as well as significant social change, influenced by their perceived needs and desires in relation to house design
• the home is a multidimensional concept or multilateral phenomenon.  the physical dwelling or shelter is described as simply one aspect of home.
• home is conceived 'simultaneously and indivisibly a spatial and a social unit of interaction'
• the physical 'setting through which basic forms of social relations and social institutions are constituted and reproduced'
• home is a 'socio-spatial system' that represents the fusion of the physical unit or house and the social unit or household
• home brings together memory and longing, the idealization, the effective and the physical, the spatial and the temporal, the local and the global, the positively evaluated and the negatively

Comparative Precedent Study

Nominated Location & Disaster

VICTORIAN BUSHFIRES!

ABOUT BUSHFIRES...
The whole of the Australian continent is prone to bushfires, or wildfires, regardless of the physical location. When a bushfire strikes, it can be devastating, resulting in a loss of land, lives and property.

IMPACTS OF THE FIRES...
Large numbers of people are evacuated from areas deemed a threat.  Once a fire has struct, the impact of one returning to scenes of destruction - the loss of their sentimental possessions.

WHAT CAUSED THE VICTORIAN BUSH FIRES TO BE SO SEVERE... 
The extreme amount of dry and dense vegetation, along with record-breaking temperatures, alleged arson attacks and high winds were the main contributing factors that caused one of the nations worst and most destructive bushfires.    With the increase in house development and the urban sprawl from Melbourne CBD, more and more homes are at risk of a similar event.

THE AFTERMATH... 
There is a huge amount of challenges that communities affected by a fire face; both short term and long term.  Apart from the physiological effects, the shortage of resources makes the recovery process a very challenging one.

EVIDENCE OF EFFECTS...
"...A total of 28 months after the bushfires, reconstruction in the worst-affected area...was proceeding slowly despite the institutions and procedures set up for recovery."

(http://search.proquest.com.wwwproxy0.library.
unsw.edu.au/docview/1355293643?accountid=12763)

EVIDENCE OF EFFECTS continued...

"...slow reconstruction was due to the unavailability of building resources, 
Changed Building Standards, increased building markets outside the bushfire zone, lack of economic incentives, combined with home owners' socio-economic vulnerabilities, created a chain of impacts on households' ability to get resources..."

(http://search.proquest.com.wwwproxy0.library.
unsw.edu.au/docview/1355293643?accountid=12763)

"Living, working and playing in the bush grows ever more popular, and with it comes the recognition that this lifestyle carries the risk to safety of regular 

bushfires. At the same time, people in bushfire-prone areas increasingly expect the risk will be better assessed and managed by fire and land agencies. 

This Bushfire CRC program studied ways to increase the safety of people and property. It focused on the health and wellbeing of the community and 

firefighters through research as diverse as building protection and ways to improve the retention and relocation of the community"

(http://www.bushfirecrc.com/managed/1102_bcrc_ar_p01-60_final.)

"In the aftermath of the 2009 Victorian bushfires, Australia was not immune to common resourcing problems such as shortages of building materials, lack of builders and cost escalation of rebuilding, all of which translated into frustration for the communities as they attempted to recover. Within this context, this study aims to empirically identify the key resource challenges that impeded housing reconstruction after the Victorian bushfires. By tracking the changes of resource issues over the longer term, this study provides an evidence-based enquiry into improved recovery planning and preparedness from a resource perspective."

"The availability of these resources was affected by external factors including the changes in Building Standards, a construction boom outside the bushfire zone, risk perceptions of construction workers and insufficient incentives from the government. These challenges, combined with the internal attributes of the affected communities, including lack of property insurance and socio-economic vulnerabilities have determined the ability of people to rebuild their houses."

A chain of impacts as a result of changed building code

"The "resource crisis" for post-bushfires housing reconstruction in Australia existed in the most extreme bushfire flame zone BAL-FZ. In June 2009, when housing reconstruction commenced, the fire-resistant building products for houses in BAL-FZ, such as the window systems, roof systems, shutters and external cladding materials, as required in the new standards, were not yet available on the market."

"The main reason for this unavailability was that it required a considerable time for manufacturers to undertake the research and development, to test and release these new materials onto the market. Only in March 2010, a year after the bushfires, a compliant window and screen system manufactured for use in BAL-FZ was released onto the market ([41] The Building Commission, 2010). The delays came more from the time needed for testing and producing compliant materials."

Considering community socio-economic conditions into resource planning

"In a market-driven recovery model, like the bushfire reconstruction, the status of economic circumstances is a particularly important measure for the community obtaining resources for reconstruction ([14] Comerio, 1998). This was seen in the bushfire townships where differential ability to access funding for housing restoration and reconstruction shaped the capacity of communities to rebuild their houses. In this sense, this socio-economic aspect and its ripple effects on rebuild need to be considered alongside the communities' expectations regarding housing repair and reconstruction ([2] Blong, 2004)."

 Conclusion

• The Victorian "Black Saturday" bushfires in 2009 shed light on the resourcing challenges facing housing reconstruction. 
• The longitudinal case study of the bushfire recovery process show that changed Building Standards, increased building market outside the bushfire zone, risk perception of construction workers, lack of economic incentives, combined with homeowners' socio-economic vulnerabilities created a chain of impacts on housing rebuild in terms of getting resources.
• an understanding of resourcing dynamics over the longer-term bushfire reconstruction in Australia and identifies the resourcing issues that are specific to a market-driven housing reconstruction approach.
• Examining these resourcing issues provides insights into the appropriateness of the role a government plays in community recovery and the impacts of socio-economic capacity of communities on their ability to recover after disasters.
• To reduce the adverse impacts of the identified resource constraints in Australia, a supportive mechanism is needed for effectively legislation implementation. Initiatives or a campaign aiming to understand the needs of those who provide building products and services such as temporary housing will be helpful.