AIR STUDIO

2016 SEMSTER 1

RAN TAO668728T 10

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My name is Ran Tao, you can call me Ran which rep-resents happiness in Chinese. I am a third year archi-tecture student who born and raised in China. This is my first time to study abroad. The issues on language speaking are the most disturbing obstruction during the study period. I love traveling and photographing the architecture and the landscape of different cities. These are the symbols that record the history and culture of the city. I believed that architecture is similar to the tale which also includes the beginning, climax and ending. That requires visitors to experience them at first, after that gradually achieve deep reflection for the city.

My first time to touch on digital design was in the year one when I took the Visualising Environments. I learned about the basic knowledge of Rhino, CAD and Indesign that I can only use them to do some simple design. During year two, I almost did hand drawing and physical model making in Earth and Water studio that result in my digital design skill generally forgotten. I felt that I can come up with new and further designing ideas only by making physical models. During the making and draw-ing process, models could bring me the real reception and experience. Furthermore, I really enjoy the progress that the buildings were made step by step.

The algorithmic modelling is interested to me, but it is also a challenge for me. I am eager to learn grasshop-per and rhino to make my design more elegant and parametric and create more possibilities on design. Nothing is impossible, even if I did not know anything about the digital skill. I would put enough effort on the learning of grasshopper as soon as possible. Wishing my computational skills would be developed and boost-ed when finish the Studio Air.

A.1. Design Futuring

In current years, belonging with the rapid development on economy, technology and society, the earth is trapped in an

unprecedented challenge. Human beings keep consuming the limited resources and destroy the environment which caused the damage on the natural environment and the unstainable development, such as global warming and water pollution.

Therefore, the importance of design was in-creased. Humans cannot wait for the chance to change the condition. Design is the only solu-tion to the current urgently problem. Design futuring requires designers to create the most suitable things which beyond function and materials to promote against unsustainability in the future.

The pavilion was designed by the architectural firm EMBT and completed with MC2 Structural Engineers which located in the Shanghai Expo. The structure and materials utilized in the pa-vilion were amazing and unpredictable. The project attempted to use the universal language of

material to connect the relationship between the Eastern and Western countries. The wicker, a natural material both traditional in Spain and China is used for covering the facade which make the pavilion liked a basket. The antiquated method to weave these wickers brings the historical elements into the future designing which lead to a new and unique weaving structure. The reference and improvement of historical elements also promotes the possibilities on designing.

The interior structure is made of steel and concrete. The highly irregular curved form is good at supporting loads which have ideal performance on deformation and seismic behaviour. The really complex form was

also inspired by the traditional structural form. Designers used computation to extend the possibility of the traditional curve. By using the digital skills and communicate several times with structural engineers the free form of the pavil-ion was achieved.

The building was destroyed now due to several reasons, but its concept and idea are good sources for learning. As the first weaving architecture, the usage of natural materials reflects the relationships between human and nature. Human beings’ future depends on the nature which is a sign to remainder people to pay attention to the natural environment. It is worthy to implementing. The concept on innovate radical things into traditional ideas is also can be utilize. I believed that designers should not abandon historical items. We should find an open minded approach to explore the potential advantages of design.

The house was designed by Werner Sobek which located in Stuttgart, Germany. The facade of the house was fully glazed which it was the first time to make the idea of transparency come true. It advanced the transparency into further development and practice. The glazed facade enlarges the

ventilation, sunlight and sight views for the residents which provide different spatial experience inside and outside the building. The closer relationships between nature and human brought nature and archi-tecture come together. That was the first building in which on the same sight line through all the storeys.

The house was designed by Werner Sobek which located in Stuttgart, Germany. The facade of the house

was fully glazed which it was the first time to make the idea of transparency come true. It advanced the transparency into fur-ther development and practice. The glazed facade enlarges the ventilation, sunlight and sight views for the residents which pro-vide different spatial experience inside and outside the building. The closer relation-ships between nature and human brought nature and architecture come together. That was the first building in which on the same sight line through all the storeys.

I really like this design which not only achieve the sustainability, but also use the advanced technology in design as well.

The design of the house supposed to tell other architects, sustainability will lead fundamental change in the design. Putting sustainability in design is the compulsory choice for architects.

To make ecology breath takingly attrac-tive and exciting.