For the modelling proposal I have decided to choose the third site at the corner of cathedral street and crown street. The reason for choosing this site is because I found the brief to be the most intriguing compared to the others, with the broadest possible outcome. The site shall incorporate a central plaza with paths that lead towards the main portion of the building, along this path there will be different types of shops and a Theatre for different performances and concerts. The main purpose shall be to have a number of buildings that are separated and have different purposes but also have similarities in regards to the fractals that would be incorporated within the design.
The design shall be predominantly reliant of the use of fractals as discussed in the research paper. Through the use of grasshopper fractals shall be explored that have defined parameters which will allow for many different iterations. This will provide the a larger selections of possible designs to have fractal geometry represented in different aspects of the proposed building, such as the roof and building face and depending how deeply you look at the detail of the building it shall reveal the recurrent pattern seen over the entire structure. In defining what a fractal is, it is an object that is self similar that can be seen in nature, the proposal shall be to see how such a concept can be represented digitally to emanate nature in the un-natural built environment that links us back to our roots and our closeness with nature.
The location of the site is dependent on the neighbouring crown and cathedral streets. These roads are used as the main junction for exiting the city, so therefore in the proposed design the shops will be facing internally along the path to be a shield to the outside traffic and noise. With the exterior of the building emanating a shielding type facade it will exude a natural look in how it would resemble a row of trees that keeps the bustle of the city out. The interior paths will also incorporate trees that are shielded from the exterior facade.
For the proposed design it will emanate nature in which it is fractal but yet also have a mathematical aspect to it. Koch snowflakes are one of the earliest forms of fractal curves and dependant on the number three. Cantor set's are a set of points lying on a single line segment that are quite fascinating and they are also self similar because they is equal to two copies of itself, if each copy is shrunk by a factor of 3. For this reason I will then incorporate three main arms that are each 1/3 less of the other that contain two paths within.
This underlying feature represents how there are key mathematical elements that are predominant in fractals. The design will seek to show different ways in which fractals can be incorporated into the architecture using parametric modelling, that will give a deeper meaning of a metaphor, in how we now have changed in the way we regard nature, in the way we protect it instead of destroy that links together the entire idea of the proposal with nature melded back into the built environment.
The design shall be predominantly reliant of the use of fractals as discussed in the research paper. Through the use of grasshopper fractals shall be explored that have defined parameters which will allow for many different iterations. This will provide the a larger selections of possible designs to have fractal geometry represented in different aspects of the proposed building, such as the roof and building face and depending how deeply you look at the detail of the building it shall reveal the recurrent pattern seen over the entire structure. In defining what a fractal is, it is an object that is self similar that can be seen in nature, the proposal shall be to see how such a concept can be represented digitally to emanate nature in the un-natural built environment that links us back to our roots and our closeness with nature.
The location of the site is dependent on the neighbouring crown and cathedral streets. These roads are used as the main junction for exiting the city, so therefore in the proposed design the shops will be facing internally along the path to be a shield to the outside traffic and noise. With the exterior of the building emanating a shielding type facade it will exude a natural look in how it would resemble a row of trees that keeps the bustle of the city out. The interior paths will also incorporate trees that are shielded from the exterior facade.
For the proposed design it will emanate nature in which it is fractal but yet also have a mathematical aspect to it. Koch snowflakes are one of the earliest forms of fractal curves and dependant on the number three. Cantor set's are a set of points lying on a single line segment that are quite fascinating and they are also self similar because they is equal to two copies of itself, if each copy is shrunk by a factor of 3. For this reason I will then incorporate three main arms that are each 1/3 less of the other that contain two paths within.
This underlying feature represents how there are key mathematical elements that are predominant in fractals. The design will seek to show different ways in which fractals can be incorporated into the architecture using parametric modelling, that will give a deeper meaning of a metaphor, in how we now have changed in the way we regard nature, in the way we protect it instead of destroy that links together the entire idea of the proposal with nature melded back into the built environment.
The above images show renders that I have taken of the possible facade of the building that I experimented with in Grasshopper.
