Adventuring on

Inspiring for Façade and expressing the pathways concept to create shadows

(Architecture & Design, March 2012)http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/article/Pixel-receives-the-highest-environmental-rating-in-the-world/533760.aspx?utm_source=20120312&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletters

The above image of the Pixel Building in Carlton, Melbourne has the world’s highest LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating. Though it’s a small building, its impact of sustainable excellence and innovation has been recognised in Australia and internationally. The façade of this building is striking combination of ideas, vision, innovation, architecture and sustainability. The involvement of Studios 505’s designers reflected a concept of ‘Living Edge’ beds and creating shadows. The façade is not only for aesthetics but also to allow maximum daylight, shade, views, glare control and creating an identity for the building.

Seating and Pole creation 

(Home Design-Ideas, February 2012) http://www.homedesign-ideas.com/tmw-technical-museum-entrance-by-querkraft-architects

This is placed in a foyer in a technical Museum in Vienna. The purpose has made the building more modernized and allowed it to expand while still being attached to the existing historic structure.It allows for ventilation, and more optimal visitor circulation within the foyer. It has created a more welcoming emotional atmosphere improving the building’s design. The multifunctional pieces of furniture are glass-fiber reinforces plastic and fabric. The ‘trees’ provide seating, shad and acoustic absorption and at night they serve as illuminate bodies which fill the room with white or blue glowing light. The resemblance of trees has been perceived as an innuendo relationship between technology and nature. This design reveals an architectural statement communication an attachment to an existing structure and fulfilling functional requirements of an entrance.

Intentions of Material with the possible reflection back into the water could help in our concept and draw attention to other people on the other side of the river or on citycats to come visit this place

(Architecture and Design, February 2012)http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/article/High-end-retail-design-LK-Jewellery-Sydney-and-Melbourne-stores-completed-by-Woods-Bagot/533524.aspx

The retail design of LK Jewellery Sydney and Melbourne stores reveals a prestige through the clean-lines and combination of sophisticated material palette. The façade has been created to reflect the watch and interiorly jewellery boxes. The concept has strengthened the image which appeals to clientele and potential customers. The store has full height of walls and in the middle having lower-height counters which creates intimacy.

Pole inspiration/ Canopy Web/ Additional learning tools interiorly/ Seating underneath
different colour poles

(2010, Glenwood) http://www.glenwoodnyc.com/manhattan-living/moma-ps1-warm-up-pole/

MoMA has an architectural program that transforms their museum courtyard; a pole dance system of light weight highly flexible poles situated in a grid and connected by bungee cords and a netting ceiling.There are balls and hammocks, pool, audio devices that turn the pole’s movements which add an interactive pleasure to the installation.

The placement and shape of the poles: Bending of the poles/ Creating connecting small bracing at the groundUsed as a steps and stepping stones for people to continue up to next level and sit higher

(Radhika Seth, November 2009) http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/06/11/artsy-electric-pole/

This is a design of electrical poles placed on either side of a highway in Stockholm, Sweden. The dynamic poles greet the passerby as you enter the fringe of the cityscape.

Textured ceiling/ interplay of shapes in 3D/ texture of the central pole/ Imagine it as a wall- metaphor of the cliff face

(Architecture & Design, January 2012)

http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/article/Great-Hall-now-even-greater-at-University-of-Technology-Sydney/533262.aspx

The University of Technology in Sydney’s Great hall.

The creation of the columns with the illumination of light/ to create an atmosphere of light bouncing and reflecting

(Decorating Contemporary Modern Design,  March 2010)

http://www.decomodes.com/architecture/the-building-tamina-thermal-baths-design-by-smolenicky-partner-architecture/attachment/pole-design-of-the-building-tamina-thermal-baths/

The building of thermal baths has a pole design in the interior; thus adding illuminating light to create a welcoming, relaxing atmosphere. The lights bouncing off the walls and roofs and interplayed between the structures of the columns gives this sense.

Organisation of the poles suspended from the canopy/roof web and not touching the ground;
Possible seating inspiration to make the user have variable seating options/ An intricate detail that's appealing

http://www.isabeaupeep.com/2011_01_01_archive.htm

A: More inspiration for layout and floor plan/ B: creating shadows interplayed against ground/ C/D: illuminated effects and C: interior inspiration of the floor/ E/F/G/H: another organisation of the poles close together. The additional placement of combining geometric shapes and having connection platforms above for people to walk and sit

What does learning mean?

My brainstorming exercise of what learning means; what comes of it, how does it evolve, the levels, the feeling and atmospheres and interest of complex definitions.  From numerous sources, the creation of a learning document was the first step to understanding.
What is learning? Is it a change in behaviour or understanding? Is it a process? What is its definition? What do others think of learning?

THE GREAT ALBERT EINSTEIN
    The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
 A GUY WHO HAS CHANGED LEARNING- Steve Jobs
    Each year has been so robust with problems and successes and learning experiences and human experienes that a year is a lifetime at Apple. So this has been ten lifetimes.
FROM INSPIRING PAINTINGS and INVENTIONS and EXTENSIVE ACHIEVEMENTS- Leonardo da Vinci
   While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Learning never exhausts the mind.

Inspiration of Works

The inspiration of other works to help progress of What a Folie is and how it represents learning. The ideas that premitted this works were words of research of; installation, interactive, design, architecture, repetitious, park interactions and exemplars from other Architects in particular places we had seen.

This inspiration reflects a three dimension that users could interplay and interwind amongst objects and the structure. An interplay of learning by "touching", "climbing" - "to play", "to experience new endeavours". It not only teaches but people can decide where they sit and what view they choose. The speculation of light would interplay wonderfully.


http://www.ecologicstudio.com/v2/projects.php?idsubcat=29

 To inspire and learn through materials being on site and able to experience that ideal. To have and show different ways of how to use materials and expanding people's knowledge would be instrumental to our design and concept to learn. This project also refelcts great texture and a new typology of levels.

http://www.ecologicstudio.com/v2/projects.php?idsubcat=29

To acquire knowledge as "light bulbs" and setting up different process of a task and stepping to the next step. The way learning occurs is through this interaction of steps and taking different pathways and failing and succeeding. The light bulbs are an aesthetic entity for night time space and create an illuminating atmosphere.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/10/led-light-insta/

This creation below use geometric shape interwoven amongst one another and opens up dimensions not otherwise seen. The light softness and eagerness to go inside is intriguing. Exactly what we would want in our Folie.

http://fashionarchitect.blogspot.com.au/2010_02_01_archive.html

A German Pavilion of wood texture at different levels. This structure makes ideal seating arrangements, frames views, allows people to choose their seating. Not only does the diverse functioning give this a good basis for a Folie but also through its aesthetic quality of wood material.

http://www.beinteriordecorator.com/tag/wood/

To have an infective Folie is to create adventures and programs through the structure; each individual creating their own experience. Only the individual can mould their pathway throughout and this is the idea inspired from a paper orgami form someone has exhibited.

http://cubeme.com/blog/category/art/exhibiton/page/2/

The overlapping of boxes and "steps of learning", the different colours representing the individual and the jounrey they take; the square inside a larger scaled object gives this abstract of the overpowering "teacher" the more knowledgeable person teaching the steps of a task. The overpowering strcuture has more knowledge and therefore helps in succeeding.

http://cubeme.com/blog/category/art/exhibiton/page/2/

Another interactive piece to imply learning as a stepping curve and your choice of steps is endless and varies depending on which pathway you take.

http://cubeme.com/blog/category/art/exhibiton/page/3/

An installative piece of work that just grabs you attention through the interaction of texture and light. A geometric simple shape with fragments abstracted cuts that would provide a form and function of learning. You start a small step and work through complicated learning tasks to get to an outcome.

http://cubeme.com/blog/category/art/exhibiton/page/3/

To create an atmosphere inside the Folio structure and for the onlookers to appreciate the sensing of a person inside a structure. The colours and intensity of light can change due to the person's task inside and temperature. The onlookers will be intrigued and will want to contribute.

http://cubeme.com/blog/2010/03/16/your-chance-encounter-by-olafur-eliasson/#more-10318

The next two images have many appealing features; one being the material, the intricate detail and the organic form shape. It "plays" with light and detail; an interaction learning and the processes taken.

http://architecturas.com/contemporary-design-building-boffo-mode-installation/contemporary-design-building-boffo-mode-installation-7/

http://architecturas.com/contemporary-design-building-boffo-mode-installation/contemporary-design-building-boffo-mode-installation-7/

Lets talk about detail! The immense abstraction and metaphoric element onto a structure interplays with the viewer and the user inside. As the photo reflects people are intrigued and interested in why? To experience it you would have ot adventure inside, the notion of the concept of detail, scale and metaphoric symbolism grabs you. Also its tension and compression qualities are interesting.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/read.php?CATEGORY_PK=&TOPIC_PK=2654

The playing of boxes overlapping, staking and materials appeal to inspiration. People can play around with the pushing and pulling of this structure. People can go up to it, put their head through, play around and physically touch it. The stacking could work to our inspiration of pushing and pulling ideas.

http://www.scoop.it/t/images-in-context

Imagine this as a structure in scale, imagine the abstraction of seats, the interactive of the user, the user's thought scrabbling in their head. The user is thinking, learning and experience new ideals of form. It could come from the cliffs and other structure on site, pushing and pulling away and evolving out.

http://www.scoop.it/t/images-in-context

Though this image is printers and light bulbs. The verticality of the light and the horizontal placement of the lid gives a blurred image of intrigue of what is inside? Is it hidding something? Does it lift out? Does it evolve? People could play, touch and sense an event is happening.

http://purple.fr/diary/entry/an-installation-by-mounir-fatmi-from-his

The next two images interplay with the learning interaction of taking different pathways. Each person takes their own view and perception of the task and drives through at different rates. The use of mirror reflective material could be useful into the river and the surroundings. There is so much detail on site and patterns that there is not just ONE to choose to be more important. This would reflect a different image onto the structure depending where you stand. You can't just stand in one stop to get the full story you must shift and move about the structure to grab the entire story and process of learning. Maybe you could climb on it, sit on it at different heights.

http://www.scoop.it/t/images-in-context

http://www.selectism.com/news/category/stores/page/2/

The next images gives inspiration to attaching to an existing structure and evolving out. The material selection can ce replicated from site or a completing different new material to reflect light and allow a silhouette of movement inside  the structure. Do you go for a soft harmonised material which is able to move and form different structures? Or do you go for a hard set non moveable material such as timber?

http://www.homedsgn.com/tag/contemporary-architecture/

http://www.domusweb.it/en/video/-reorder-by-situ-studio-at-brooklyn-museum/

http://sweethomeideas.com/art-installation-original-urban/

The inspiration of overlapping and pushing and pulling for the user. The interactive metaphor of learning pathways and progression of tasks.

http://www.concerningtime.org/

http://designplaygrounds.com/tv/mos-talks-about-experimenting-with-architecture/

http://www.sense-aware.com/2009/10/interactive-polymedia-pixel-media.html

The attachment to the site grabs the viewer. Why? Because its different? It's unseen? It's unusual? Its a different form? It implies activity inside?

http://clarkrichardson.wordpress.com/

The detailed structure on the right could be an elevation of a simplistic floor plan (on left). From the ground you get a different view from above. You have to experience the structure to get the message. Every person is different in how they understand a particular interest or building; to mould their decision up close and personal is important.

beautifuldecay.com

The overlapping of geometric simple shapes and shaping people's movement through. Which pathway should I take? Do I check them all? Do I want to go in? Do i want to take the challenge?

http://www.infrabodies.com/?tag=interactivedesign

http://www.core77.com/blog/salone_milan/salone_milan_2011_preview_the_non-linear_solution_unit_presents_the_social_cave_18981.asp

To appeal to onlookers far away by placing a simple structure with a digital image of the outside that changes depicting on the season, time and events.

http://www.ecopolis.org/tag/interactive/page/3/

To depict light from above and creating a enclosed structure. The framing of views if this material and detail was placed as a wall.

http://www.abitare.it/it/architecture/serious-play/

Where does it go? What's the next step? The creative abstraction of twigs gives it detail and scale at the same time.

http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/072409.html

I want to go beyond I want to continue through I can do this I can defeat anything But first I must go react to my surroundings and the obstacles that are placed in front of me. Which pathway of learning and interaction should be taken?

http://www.antonygormley.com/news/item-archive/type/show/id/2331

An inspiration that is simplier to the lecture in the way it has repetitious shapes and how it could create level of light. These images and works below, have a repetitious element of either, shape, colour, detail and scale. The structure gives the viewer opportunity and challenge.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/tags/lighting/page/3/

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/tags/lighting/page/3/

http://learningmaterialswork.com/blog/tag/mini-art-installation/

These works formed basis for our ideas towards a Folie of interaction to learn. But what does Learning mean?

Form Work