digital portfolio wsa year 2

Hexagonal Explorations

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D a n i e l H a y e s W S A 2

WATER LIQUID - STATE CHANGE - ICE SOLID

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We thought the most interesting aspect of water (our ecological theme) was its fluidity: potentially being a gas, solid or liquid within a fairly small temperature range. We found the process of freezing particularly interesting as it has a curious and beautiful macro level as well as an intriguing scientific micro level.

These pages present our initial study into the aesthetics of the ice as it melts/ freezes. On the left is a live model we made of ice documenting its return to a liquid, and below is a model representation of the some of the qualities we discovered in mid-stage ice (semi frozen). These were made by casting hot wax into cold water which causes an expansion leading to an ex-plosive layered lattice effect which takes the appearance of both the decaying melting ice and the expanding, freezing water.

Left: further exploration into aesthetic and form using 3D Studio Max software, trying to capture the ice’s appearance on the surface and at a more fundemental level.Above and below: This pages take a more analytical look and the process of freezing. Ice is made of molecules that whilst loose and fluid in water form a fixed hexagonal lattice structure in ice. This page charts the change from loosly packed molecular volumes of hexagons to tighter and more regular formations as seen in the ice. Below is an intial 3d Studio Max model and above are the 2d sections we took from it, depicting the process of freezing in a simplified way.

State Change// Molecular study of freezing water Dan Hayes, Rory Houlding, Chara Simatou, Josh Burns

State Change// Concept Plans

Dan Hayes, Rory Houlding, Chara Simatou, Josh Burns

History.

Programmatic use.

Transport Network.

Site views.

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Noise.Pollution.

Victorian water tower used to hydrate steam engines, grade two listed. Old planning of-fices demolished in 2005.Old bus station building. The river Taff was usedfor transporta-tion.

Daily Sun path diagrams.

References.Pictures: Google Earth, Google maps, Pictures taken on site, Sun, Wind Analysis: Ecotect

State Change// Site Analysis Dan Hayes, Rory Houlding, Chara Simatou, Josh Burns

Residential Commercial Circulatory Open/Green

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Second Floor1:200

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Ground Floor1:200

CHIBA

Sapporofukuoka

Yokohama

Japan

TokyoHiroshima

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KyotoNagoya

KanazawaKobe

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Summary: Funabashi Apartments are located in Chiba, Tokyo. The building is located on a small urban site and has been built to the maximum size permitted. Contain-ing 16 apartments over three �oors and a built area of just 243.04m2 results in small studio size apartments. How-ever, instead of creating single room studios Nishizawa gave the apartments small, compartmentalized rooms so that the occupant can’t organize possessions and not spend the entire time in the same space. Nishizawa aimed to diminish hierarchy amongst rooms so that each room could have uses beyond the usual interpretation. For example, he envisaged dwellers growing plants or lis-tening to music in the bathroom.

Section 1:100

Lower Floor Plan 1:100

Upper Floor Plan1:100

Built Space - 71%Open Space - 29%

Housing - 51%Public open space - 29%

Shared Circulation - 11%

Retail/ Commercial - 9%

Public program - 0%Agriculture - 0%Water - 0%

2-D Percentages3-D Percentages

Green - apartments (di�erent shades have been used to distinguish between di�erent apartments)

Red - circulation spaces

Yellow - open/green spaces

Blue - commercial spaces

Bathroom Bedroom/ Living

Living/ Kitchen

Project: Funabashi Apartments Architect: Ryue Nishizawa Location: Chiba, Japan


Josh BurnsDan Hayes

Chara SimatouRory Houlding

Flowing Spaces Private Spaces division

State Change// Precedent Study Dan Hayes, Rory Houlding, Chara Simatou, Josh Burns

Group site analysis page established constraints and opportunities of the area as well as a sense of its less quantifiable qualities like feeling and atmosphere.

State Change// Molecular study of freezing water Dan Hayes, Rory Houlding, Chara Simatou, Josh Burns

State Change// Concept Plans

Dan Hayes, Rory Houlding, Chara Simatou, Josh Burns

History.

Programmatic use.

Transport Network.

Site views.

10 km/h

20 km/h

30 km/h

40 km/h

50 km/hhrs

845+

760

676

591

507

422

338

253

169

<84

Noise.Pollution.

Victorian water tower used to hydrate steam engines, grade two listed. Old planning of-fices demolished in 2005.Old bus station building. The river Taff was usedfor transporta-tion.

Daily Sun path diagrams.

References.Pictures: Google Earth, Google maps, Pictures taken on site, Sun, Wind Analysis: Ecotect

State Change// Site Analysis Dan Hayes, Rory Houlding, Chara Simatou, Josh Burns

Residential Commercial Circulatory Open/Green

Section1:200

Second Floor1:200

FIrst Floor1:200

Ground Floor1:200

CHIBA

Sapporofukuoka

Yokohama

Japan

TokyoHiroshima

Kawasaki

KyotoNagoya

KanazawaKobe

A

A

A

Summary: Funabashi Apartments are located in Chiba, Tokyo. The building is located on a small urban site and has been built to the maximum size permitted. Contain-ing 16 apartments over three �oors and a built area of just 243.04m2 results in small studio size apartments. How-ever, instead of creating single room studios Nishizawa gave the apartments small, compartmentalized rooms so that the occupant can’t organize possessions and not spend the entire time in the same space. Nishizawa aimed to diminish hierarchy amongst rooms so that each room could have uses beyond the usual interpretation. For example, he envisaged dwellers growing plants or lis-tening to music in the bathroom.

Section 1:100

Lower Floor Plan 1:100


Built Space - 71%Open Space - 29%

Housing - 51%Public open space - 29%

Shared Circulation - 11%

Retail/ Commercial - 9%

Public program - 0%Agriculture - 0%Water - 0%

2-D Percentages3-D Percentages

Green - apartments (di�erent shades have been used to distinguish between di�erent apartments)

Red - circulation spaces

Yellow - open/green spaces

Blue - commercial spaces

Bathroom Bedroom/ Living

Living/ Kitchen

Project: Funabashi Apartments Architect: Ryue Nishizawa Location: Chiba, Japan


Josh BurnsDan Hayes

Chara SimatouRory Houlding

Flowing Spaces Private Spaces division

State Change// Precedent Study Dan Hayes, Rory Houlding, Chara Simatou, Josh Burns

Our final group design showing the idea of modular growth and change from low to high density in reflection of the qualities of the process of freezing.

The group design abstracted away from the idea of hexagons as fundamental to the structure - something I wanted to explore despite some warnings. Below are the spatial diagrams of the first design showing alloca-tion of apartments vs communal/ retail space and the number of floors.

Conceptual division of spaces, showing the progression from fluid open and public space to your own more private, solid apartment. Materials would then vary accordingly,light to heavy.

Design 1 - an enclosed and accessible, fairly low rise development surrounded by generous amounts of public space including large communal areas and some public facilities. The hexagons expand out like the ice, flanked by tempo-rary structures which expand or collapse as needed (shown as light hexagons to right and left).

I n i t i a l p l a n

Above: two perspectives showing the monolithic nature of the stone houses (difficulty in avoiding the bunker aesthetic) and their intended connection to both water and nature/ plants and food growing. They would feature green roofs and the site would include al-lotment space with an accompanying market. Below: some precedents (including Zumthor and Kahn who both have very real feeling, mate-rial designs), some other inspirations, and some chosen materials (aiming for a tough exterior to react well with water, contrasted with a warm interior of woods and fabrics, also playing on the idea of increasing opacity as one progresses towards the solid.

Design 2 - Hexagon Hill.Trying to find a successful use of the hexagon, laying them into a hill allowing eachapartment its own courtyard removes some of the awkwardness of the shape, whilst allowing a large amount of space beneath for things like car parking and food production using artificial and controlled lighting.This page looks at the conclusions of the site analysis and the development of the latest concept including precedents and diagrams.

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-Keeping a river route.-Mirroring the public space of the cinema. - Protecting from the busy road and railway.

Protected green, communal core.

Apartments mirror this and have

an enclosed green, communal centre.

Hexagonal grid cut out and extruded according to site analy-sis. Layed upon with fields and subtracting to form landscaping like mini lakes.

Red are the commmerial units, which buffer be-tween the street and the residence.

Precedents including BIG’s mountain complex which wasthe inspiration behind thestacking of aparments.

Communal space is formed in the

gaps, e.g. the yellow area.

Master Plan

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The final master plan as presented in the final crit. For this project I wanted to make the drawings warm-er and more natural in appearance so used colour, shadow and material where possible. The scheme as out-lined involves the stacking of apartments above a space for car parking, retail, storage and food produc-tion. A major intention of this scheme was to make it a model sustainable community, demonstrating the potential of urban farming to reduce pressure on food sources and to get our food in a greener, more healthy ways. Unfortunately there are criticism of the overall design. Access to the apartments is slight-ly inconsiderate and somewhat confusing and there was also issue with the aesthetic of the hexagon hill.

View over the top of the apartments showing the way that with the farm roofs and stone walls, the development takes the form of mountain or valley. An expreiencially solid home nestled in like a cave on a hill.

In touch withthe seasons and nature.

P e r s p e c t i v e sAbove: This demonstrates one of the features of the de-sign which acts like a beacon both advertising a way of life and the produce available for sale. The other-wise wall like north facade (protecting the green heart of the scheme) is punctured with a green tower using hydroponic systems and artificial lighting to produce food which can then be sold. It acts as an icon of the scheme, advertising the nature of the development.The use of roofs for farming would be environmentally friendly, community building and economically rewarding. Green core.

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Again wanting to move away from pure black and white, by adding materials, colour and shadows.

Shows the design of the final single unit and the process of exploratory attempts leading to it. It is a very Challenging shape to work with and although there are positives of the final design it’s success is arguable.


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Above: a technical section showing the steel structure with layered on stone facade. Below: apartment facade, still struggling to move away from bunker connotations, but featuring lots of green and possessing a feeling of mass and quality (including warm funishings).

Living core (both natureand gathering space).

Inward looking and commu-nal in feel.

Showing route from internal toexternal garden.

M o d e l E x p l o r a t i o n sTwo of the most successful final models which look at the wider master plan and at a single apartment. The apartment model below was made by pouring plaster into a constructed mould. This material was chosen to represent the materi-ality and tectonic of the design, which included stone walls aiming to create a monolithic feel. This solidity also reflects the idea of the hexagon as the symbol of the water becoming the ice. The model was useful in exploring the spatial conditions within a typical apartment. Some spaces are quite successful and with light put upon them seem like nice places to be, however there are some that are not due to the awkward nature of the shape. There is no roomfor awkwardness in a new design, all spaces should be seamlessly use-able and appear flawless in design.

Experimenting with the newly available laser cutter, a model representationof the final master plan. It forms quite a natural looking shape, connotative of growth and expansion. You can see in the right images thatit begins to take the form of a creature or ameba, relating back to our 3d modelling beginnings which had quite organic appearances.