LINKS

SKETCH-UP MODELS

• CRYENGINE CELL MONUMENT - arch1101, powell, cryengine3
• CRYENGINE WATERFALL MONUMENT - arch1101, powell, cryengine3
• CRYENGINE MEETING PLACE - arch1101, powell, cryengine3

CRYENGINE ENVIRONMENTS

http://www.gamefront.com/files/21661391/Levels.rar

• arch1101_powell_v1
• arch1101_powell_v2
• arch1101_powell_final_version

FINAL CRYENGINE3 ENVIRONMENT

The meeting place itself displays aspects of the core design concept I based all of the architecture on, whereby the undulating stairs artificially replicate a natural environment situation of a rocky mountain or cliff face. Also the environment itself links to the structure through the landmass that acts as the foundation and also the water moving in and around the structure. The idea of the meeting place is that it becomes one with the landscape whilst also highlighting natural and biological elements that have been emphasised in the two monuments.



The waterfall monument displays qualities of both the cell monument and the meeting place with its shape, whilst the vertical linear forms effectively represent the waterfall that it encompasses. The structure looks to have been crafted from a rare blue stone and closely relates to the core concept of my overall design, 'linking nature to structures' through both a literal and metaphorical sense.

The cell monument is encompassed by a pool which enhances the reflective qualities provided by the object's materiality. The smaller central elements that extend out from the surface of the water give the impression of tall crystals that could be found in nature, whilst the cell-like structure itself represents a biological form. This structure is also closely related to the meeting place, in both the shapes used, and the undulating height levels of the stairs and the smaller linear elements of the monument. The different times of the day also provides different perspectives of the structure where the blue luminosity seen at night gives the impression of a crystal pool.

These three images show the effect the time of day has on the monuments where the meeting place coincides with the surrounding environment during daylight hours effectively and the three structures are highlighted in new ways at night. Shadows enhance the form of the waterfall monument and the water reflects light given off by the cell monument.

FINAL SKETCH-UP MODELS

WATERFALL MONUMENT

Further developed design using linear forms to artificially

depict the movement of water in a waterfall.

The shear size of the structure conveys the quality of a monument

and also the hexagonal shape seen from above the structure, to which

the linear columns extend from, ties in with the design of the cell

monument and the meeting place designed as well.

One of my custom textures was used to materialise the

design to make it almost appear like a natural blue stone

that has been hand-crafted to this specific form.

The blue texture is gives off a blue ambient light in the

cryengine environment and looks quite spectacular at night.

CELL MONUMENT

The repititon of the interconnecting shapes gives

the impression of cells being jioned together and thus

displaying the core concept of biomimicry

The structure is to be placed in a pool that can be viewed

from the meeting place, which coincides with the combined

concept I formed whereby nature is being linked to structures.

A biological form is represented through the monument. Blue

ambient light protrudes from the structure creating a bright luminosity

in the water whilst also linking ideas with the waterfallmonument. 

 Two custom textures were used to materialise this design -

A brown stone-like material for the more solid forms and a

transparent blue wavy glass to give the appearence of crystals

protruding from the water in the surrounding environment.

MEETING PLACE

The concept behind this was largely focussed on the structure

coinciding with its surrounds whilst also representing the core

concepts emphasised by the two monuments.

The design included many different steps slowly

leading down as a sort of undulating staircase with

many different platforms and areas to view the two

monuments from different perspectives.

Water rapids would be inter-twining in and around the

structure whilst the bottom glass platform would over-look

the pool where the cell monument would be. the middle

platform would act as a position to view primarily the

waterfall monument.

Custom textures were used to represent both a reflective white

surface used for both the larger platforms and the transparent glass

 platforms, whilst the brown material was used to reflect the rock

of the cliff-faces that surrounded the structure.

40 CUSTOM TEXTURES - LIGHT TO DARK

ELECTROLIQUID AGGREGATION

COMBINING CONCEPTS RELATING TO CHOSEN CONCEPTS

ELECTROLIQUID AGGREGATION: “Why still speak of the real and the virtual, the material and immaterial? Here these categories are not in opposition, or in some metaphysical disagreement, but more in an electroliquid aggregation, enforcing each other, as in a two part adhesive.” Lars Spuybroek, [1998] Motor Geometry

TWO CHOSEN CONCEPTS

• Biomimicry
• Relationship to lanscape

COMBINED CONCEPT - ELECTROLIQUID AGGREGATION

Linking Nature to Structures...
Inspired by cells and linked to nature, these monuments display elements of the natural and biological forms present within the landscape - whether it be the shapes formed or the relationship to the landform that encompases the structure.

This would be the concept used to shape my final designs...

WEEK 2 - DEVELOPED DESIGNS

DESIGNS OF MONUMENTS & MEETING PLACE

MONUMENT - Crafted to the Landscape

MONUMENT - Biomimicry - inspired by cellular structures

 MEETING PLACE - Both concepts used



MONUMENTS & MEETING PLACE

IN CRYENGINE3 ENVIRONMENT

The cryengine3 environment I created was largely focused on a

forest with a large surrounding area occupied by tall forest tress.

The monuments themselves were to be situated on the edge of this

forest and inter-connected or associated with large waterfalls leading

to the ocean below (hence produced over cliffs).

The idea was to arrive via helicopter on the platform and then make

your way to the meeting place, whereby you would view the

cellular monument based on Frei Otto, before proceeding down the

stairs to the glass platform overlooking the monument base on

Elizabeth Diller and her concept of incorporating architecture into

the surrounding environment.

Aspects of the design of the meeting place focused on incorporating

the surrounding environment (e.g. the tall linear extensions associated

in and around the forest tress) whilst also displaying elements

depicted in the two monuments.

This 'Biomimicry' monument was only a draft for the final design

that would multiply and combine the elements used for this design.

The 'waterfall' monument made use of linear lengths to convey

an artificial representation of the water-flow present in the waterfall

that it was linked to - associating itself with (and imitating)

its surrounding environment.

The link between the monuments and the surrounding environment

needed further attention whilst the materiality of the structures was

yet to be developed and utilised in the designs.

FURTHER DEVELOPED DESIGNS

DETAILED PERSPECTIVE DRAWINGS - COMBINING CONCEPTS

Combing the concepts 'weightless spaces' and 'static/stable states',

these sketches aided the development of depth in my sketch-up designs

for week 2, where free space can represent a structure better than any

solid material can effectively...

Combining the concepts 'crafted to surroundings' and 'efficiency',

I discovered the need for more variation in further designs, to not

restrict myself to purely linear forms - as this would restrict my

model's capabilities of co-existing effectively in a natural environment

This sketch, combining the concepts 'boimimicry' and 'natural elements',

actually lead to one of my final designs, not based on these concepts, but

rather incorporating the linear shapes to replicate the flow of water found

in a waterfall - crafted to its surroundings

WEEK 1 - SKETCH-UP DESIGN

SKETCHUP DESIGN - MONUMENT

I developed the concept of 'relationship to surroundings/environment'

further and used some natural elements for the materials of the

structure - with the aim of experimenting with placing an object

in a natural environment and make it looks like it belongs there.

These images show the sketch-up design when placed in my

first attempt at a custom-made environment using cryengine3.

As you can see, it's a bit raw and the object itself doesn't really

connect with the surrounding environment, but this process

provided me with an insight for further design.

EXPERIMENT 2 CLIENTS - CONCEPT AXONOMETRICS

CLIENTS - Concepts Displayed by their WORKS

Elizabeth Diller

1. Free-flowing, interconnected spaces and programs
2. Skin/surface and ideas of porosity, depth of field
3. Specific, crafted relationship to surroundings/environment
4. manipulation of 'natural' elements as building materials
5. Use of technology to enhance spatial field

Frei Otto

1. Efficiency of structure/materiality and space
2. Experimental and unique
3. Static/stable states - tensile models as basis for creating aerodynamic undulating forms
4. Biomimicry - looking to different cell structures as inspiration
5. Weightlessness and all encompassing superstructures/spaces

6 AXONOMETRICS - EXPLORING CONCEPTS

This sketch was inspired by the form of a waterfall

found in nature and what shape is formed using the

water-flow as a guide for design.

My aim for this sketch was to represent the

concept of weightlessness by creating a shape

that appears to float in some parts.

Solid, stable and still providing inspiration

for further design down the track...

Appears to rigid and linear to arise from

natural processes - thus man-made

This sketch was to be developed into a sketch-up

design for the first week's task to which I would

test the designing process and the program used

to display the design - cryengine3

The idea behind this sketch was to use it as an

element to later be multiplied/copied to make a

larger (overall) structure - therefore using it as

a form of cell or building block...