Textures

Here are the 36 textures. The three words that relate to movement are gradual, sharp and rapid. 

The textures chosen are shown below. 

Linear

Rotational

Sharp

These have been implemented on the moving elements which move in that manner. 

The exterior building supports rotate about the buildings, and the exterior plates move linearly on the pathways connecting the buildings to each other as well as to the campus itself.  

The sharpness that is applied on the glass facades of the buildings demonstrate how fragile the human persona is and how we must support each other through the interconnectedness of the community as to uplift our spirits and minds.

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Peer Reviews:

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Design Theory

The article that I read to develop my design theory was A.N. Furnam's The Freedom of Aesthetics (2018). 

Through this article, Furman speaks about how a growing stylistic consensus in architecture restricts the full expression of human complexities, and he encourages architects in the modern age to overcome this social restriction and strive for greater artistic freedom. 

Furman, Adam Nathaniel. "The Freedom of Aesthetics." Architectural Design, 88 (April 2018): 68-75. https://doi.org/10.1002/ad.2303. 

The keywords I have chosen from this article are: 

freedom

human complexities

raw

I also gained interest in tectonic architecture, which is the art of construction in relation to both the use and artistic design. Features include the design of non-monolithic structures and the incorporation of different materials and techniques. 

From this, I have developed the following design theory which relates to movement:

"Tectonic architecture is a freedom of raw brilliance as it allows for the embrace of disorderly complexities pertaining to the human experience and expresses this in strengthened material support."

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GIFs

To portray my design, I have made GIFs, one showing the opposite point of view of the other.

Axonometric View Diagram

Two Point Perspective Drawing

The three buildings are represented as three positive blocks, two of which are hollowed out by negative rectangular prisms and connected by another positive one.

Axonometric View GIF

Two Point Perspective GIF

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Plan to Section

The plan that I have chosen to adapt is Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon.

So, I have developed my design so that it'd consist of three buildings. 

The main building would have connections to the smaller buildings and to surroundings structures on the lower campus. 

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Perspective Sketches and Massing

Here are the one-point perspective drawings of the circulation cross. 

The data that I previously calculated for the size of the spaces has been revised in mind of the meeting from last week. The corrections are the downsizing of the lecture theatre, the studios/tutorial rooms, workshops, research spaces, and offices.

I have decided that I shall design for the Faculty of Built Environment, so the spaces in mind would be suited for design and architecture students. 

The types of students would span across different years - from undergraduate to postgraduate and research students, as outlined in the dataset below.

Moreover, I have drafted up two further versions for the bubble diagrams. Version 1 retains a rectilinear form while Version 2 holds more of a curvilinear form. These have been drawn to help me figure out which direction my design is heading towards in the future.  

Third Level

Second Level

First Level

As I am still at the stage of developing the massing of the circulation cross, I am yet to choose which of the two versions I will further as a design. I instead have enforced the splitting of the spaces into three levels of the cross in developing my circulation cross design. 

 The first level is in yellow, the second level is in orange, and the third level is in red. 

Here is the image that was rendered on Lumion. 

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