hey D dawg this was on archdaily it was shortlisted for the piranesi awards and kind bridges the landscape!! Aloni House in Antiparos / deca ARCHITECTURE

Final Reviews 26 & 27 November

Units 1 & 3 - Memorial Hall

REVIEWS COMMENCE AT 2pm SHARP 26^TH NOV.

It is a requirement to pin up in advance for each half-day session. 

Please ensure that you have finished pinning up before the start of each session. This means starting to pin up at least half an hour before the start of each session. 

In fairness to others Latecomers will not be accepted.  

Class reps  to delegate a few students to put the site model in the relevant review rooms together with selection of survey drawings, to explain sites to visiting critics.

Suggested presentation material:

1:500 site plan and site section

1:500 model in context

1:200 plans, sections, elevations

1:200 model

1:200 axonometric of structure/circulation

1:50 part plan/part-section/part-elevation / 3-D study

1:20 construction model

Technology assignments: 1:20 key section + 2 details, structural axonometric

Sketches, diagrams and other supporting material as appropriate

Studies of landscape

’50 Words’

Critics will include:
Stephen Bates, Gary Boyd, Michale McGarry, Siobhan Ni Eanaigh, Brian Ward, Michael Pike, Emmett Scanlon


Timetable:

Thursday 26^th November 

2.00pm-3.00pm

Darran Brennan

Aiden Carty

Thomas Conlon

Keith Walsh

Adrian Wong

3.00pm-4.00pm

Michael Corcoran

Alan Coughlan

Lloyd Helen

Shane Sugrue

Fiona Shiels

4.15pm-5.15pm

Elizabeth Bourke

Caitriona O’Connor

Niamh Gilmore

Orla Monaghan

5.15pm-6.15pm

Christina Devereaux

Greg Jackson

Mary Smith

Sandra Plantos

Dawn Parke

Friday 27^th November

9.30am-10.30

Muireann Egan

Denis Forrest

Kate Cregan

Barbara McShane

Damian Milton

 

10.30am-11.30am

William Spratt-Murphy

Tara Kennedy

Kevin McGonigle

Conor McGowan

Jennifer McLoughlin

11.45-12.45pm

Sam O’Brien

Cathal Monaghan

William Hutch

Daen Kelly

Amy Bulman

1.45pm-2.45pm

Ultan O’Conchubhair

Ekaterina Tikhoniouk

Nicola Eason

Elaine Fanning

Liam Farrelly

2.45pm-3.45pm

Helena McCarthy

Ciana March

Amy Widdis

Stanislav Kravets

Jo Anne Butler

4.00pm-5.00pm

Clive Hennessy

Aisling Donnelly

Edwin Jebb

Beibhinn Delaney

Bronagh Doyle

5.00pm-6.00pm

Neil Keogh

Stephen Laverty

Donal Groarke

Sarah Halpenny

Donn Holohan

Reviews 26 & 27 November

This week, we will be working towards the final reviews next week.
The timetables for these will be posted next week.


The requirements are as follows:
1:500 site plan 
1:500 site section
1:500 model to fit on site model, or within own context
1:200 plans
1:200 sections
1:200 elevations
1:50 part section/elevation
1:200 model
sketches
3 dimensional studies
50 words, revised if necessary


Plan out your presentation this week, and start work on it!

Review Friday 13 November

Unit 1 & 4 Crossover Review
Lower Review Space
Group one is to hang up at 9.30. 
All subsequent groups are to be ready with their presentations for quick change-overs between groups.

10am-11am

Darran Brennan

Aiden Carty

Thomas Conlon

Alexis Anderson

Suzanne Betts

Rebecca Carroll

Patrick Conway

11am-12noon

Michael Corcoran

Alan Coughlan

Kate Cregan

Christina Devereaux

Donal Crowe

Sarah Doheny

Mark Doherty

12-1pm

Aisling Donnelly

Nicola Eason

Muireann Egan

Jude Duffy

Aprar Elawad

Ellen Fitzgerald

Thomas Fletcher

LUNCH 1-1.30

1.30pm -2.30pm

Denis Forrest

Lloyd Helen

Clive Hennessy

Greg Jackson

Nicole Hardy

David McMillan

Andrew Howell

2.30pm-3.30pm

Edwin Jebb

Tara Kennedy

Neil Keogh

Orla Monaghan

Kathleen Kelly

David Kennedy

Shirley Kenny

Jill L’Estrange

3.30pm-4.30pm

Stephen Laverty

Helena McCarthy

Ciana March

Cathal Monaghan

Brona Waldron

Sean Lynch

Caitriona McGilp

4.30pm-5.30pm

Sam O’Brien

Ultan O’Conchubhair

William Spratt-Murphy

Ekaterina Tikhoniouk

Amy Widdis

Caoimhe Merrick

Robert Reid

Jennifer Martin

Rebecca Wallace

Fiona Harte

Wednesday 11 Nov

This afternoon, work will continue in the studio towards Friday's review.
There will be short group discussions with the engineer at the following times - these have been divided into groups based on the uploads of the 1:20 model & the development of the project since. If you think your project is in the wrong group, let me know.






2.30 - Roof - span, glulam, gridshell etc.
Greg, Clive, Lloyd, Katia, Ultan, Edwin


3.30 - Load Bearing Walls - rammed earth, brick, concrete plus lighter structure.
Nicola, Muireann, Helena, Cathal, Aisling, Kate


4.30 - Frame - Steel & Timber
Sam, Christina, Stephen, Tara, Neil, Ciana, Alan


here's a primer for the discussions...

Gregs Gridshell

Review Friday 13 November

We will have a cross-over review on Friday from 9.30 onwards with Unit 4 in the lower review space.
Requirements are as follows: 
Hardline:
1:500 site plan.
1:200 plan and sections
1:20/1:50 section
Interior/Exterior elevations
Models: 
1:500 scheme outline
1:200 of communal spaces and their relationship to site
Images/Sketches:
Interior/Exterior rendered perspective 
(sketch or hardline, you could combine this with the 1:50 section above to make a sectional perspective)
Axonometric describing how your building sits in the landscape.
Rendered sketches describing how your building sits in the landscape, (axonometrics work well as underlays for this), how one approaches your building from the landscape, how one moves through your building and how the landscape is experienced through your building.


Here are some of the references that cropped up at last Friday's review.

 3xn - Orestad College

Poli House - Pezo von Ellrichshausen

Fuglsang Kunstmuseum  - Tony Fretton Architects

(photography by Helene Binet)

Siedlung Halen - Atelier 5

Kingo Housing - Jorn Utzon

Casa Malaparte - Adalberto Libera

1:20 Sectional Model + Description of Structure

Springtecture H, Japan [Shuhei Endo]

I know you've probably moved well on from your 'wood shaving' concept Greg, but when I saw this I felt I should throw it up on the blog.

1:20 model

I took my 1:20 section through the corner of the building to look at the different facade conditions and how they related to each other. The structure comprises of radial, two storey rammed earth walls with timber boxes slotted between them to create rooms. The main facade treatment is a perforated plywood screen which sits in front of windows, plain plywood clad walls or an open timber frame depending on the condition of the internal space. These screens open out to create private terraces for the bedrooms and access to the garden from public spaces.

1:20 model

In this Model I wanted to explore my construction and façade with a focus on the repetition of structure, and how a modular façade could work within this framework. The façade must address differing conditions on site, privacy, openness, lightness, shade and must do so whilst maintaining a visibly coherant architectural language.


The model shows the regular timber structure, and two types of infill wall type, the open large glazed panel, and the private shuttered and clad wall above.


The building material is timber, and there is a mirroring of the surrounding trees on the site, with slender vertical elements.

UPCOMING LECTURES

In between all the work described below, you may want to attend some of these...


RIAI lunchtime talks - 1.10-1.45, RIAI, Merrion Square.
Wed 4th - Clancy Moore Architects
Thurs 5th - O' Donnell & Tuomey Architects
Fri 6th - de Blacam & Meagher Architects


AAI lectures - Thursday evenings:
Thurs 5th, 7.30pm Aurelio Galfetti, Thomas Burke Theatre.
Thurs 12th, 6.30pm - Grafton Architects, National Gallery of Ireland


UCD lunchtime lectures - Fridays @ 1.30pm
Fri 6th : Aurelio Galfetti
Fri 20th: Mark Dyer of Trinity Haus

03.11.09 - WORK THIS WEEK & REFERENCES

This week we will work towards the cross-over review next Friday 13th November.

Friday 6th Nov, 9.30am

We will hold group reviews throughout the day, starting at 9.30. For this, you will need drafts of some of the drawings that you are preparing for next week's cross-over review, ie:

1:500 Site Plan & Section

1:500/1:200 Model

1:200 building plans and sections

1:50 section

Sketches & Images: Interior and exterior views, sketches, perspectives, axonometrics.

If you are looking for inspiration for drawings, have a look at Richviewer, James Rossa's blog for Representation at Richview -  a lot of the material from his lecture is on this. There are also links to tutorials etc for computer programs and drawing systems.

Also, have a look at the drawings  Bratke made that Michael Pike spoke about in his lecture. 

Meantime, here are some references that cropped up at Monday's desk tutorials.

Peter and Mary Doyle - Birr Community School, Offaly. 1980.

Use of an economic method of construction  - repeated elements, interspersed with courtyards, bringing light deep into the building.

Brick Court House by Architects Bates Maher, 2003

photos by Ros Kavanagh

Poustinia by Architects Bates Maher, 2004.

(photographs by Ros Kavanagh)

Taliesen West, Scottsdale Arizona by Frank Lloyd Wright

(photographs by Pedro Guerrero)

Marlowe Academy -  BDP Architects, Ramsgate Kent 2006.

A timber gridshell structure especially for Greg!

This model gave me the opportunity of studying the structure of my design. My concept of the design is using glulam beams from the back wall which curve over the building to support the roof. The glulam beams, on the other side of the building, are supported by posts, allowing the facade to be glass. This gives a direct relationship with the landscape and the river which flows along the front of the building. Whereas a blocked off view towards the road and public is formed on the other. The glulam beams change in height throughout the building, creating different height spaces for more public and intimate areas. The glulam beams allow independent floors to be formed underneath, which are supported by posts. The design for the roof comes from my concept of echoing the flowing water. This is done by using a metallic surface which is made up of different angles which will catch sunlight at different angles, similar to when water is flowing and the ripples catch sunlight. Furthermore, the geometry of the roof allow roof lights to be formed to bring light into the back of the building. The angles are biased towards the back of the building so rain water will flow off.

1:20 strutural Model

Making this model has informed my design more
than anything. So far it has shown some of the limitations in what I am trying to create. I want the building to overhang this rather steep slope floating on stilts and to create a world beneath the under croft where lectures and demonstrations can take place alongside an area for people sit and reflect whilst viewing the river.

Model and description.

1:20 Model

The aim of my model was to examine the materiality of the building by focusing on the entrance area.

From the exterior my design is quite pure in form. Thus I have chosen concrete as the primary material to be used in the building's construction.The walls consist of two layers of reinforced concrete, between which a layer of insulation is sandwiched. I intend the concrete to be dyed to give it a a charcoal grey colour.

The floor and roof are also concrete in structure. However I have chosen a wood finish for the floors and copper sheeting for the roof. These materials, which are warm in colour, stand in direct opposition to the cold concrete.

1:20 FACADE MODEL

My aim for this model was to explore, materiality and facade detail and how they relate to structure.

In terms of Materiality I choose a timber frame with timber cladding and timber internal finishes. My inspiration for this was Aaltos' Villa Kokkonen, a house for a Musician. Timber has a nice resonance which makes it ideal for music playing, however the Music room had to be structurally separate due to timbers poor sound insulation. I want to use this property in order to enhance an acoustic experience of the river. Visually I was trying to set up views to the water and trees and trying to block views to the built aspects of the site such as the M50 Bridge . Through level changes and a series of windows at different heights.

Having completed the model I feel I now need to work on how the new and existing buildings meet in terms of threshold and junction.