FINAL SUBMISSION

IMAGES

 STRATEGY STATEMENT
Given the unusually overengineered structure of Rudin House and its concrete shell, my investigation into decay will focus on the permanence of the skeletal concrete structure and the breakdown of everything else. Timber and glass will not maintain integrity in a natural environment with no maintenance. In addition the landscape itself will overtake the built form, with flows of sand and new vegetative growth.

CRYENGINE FOLDER
Cryengine SDK zip is available here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/w3swsi4a0z46cjs/9_Sg8sr-HD

TRAILER

EXP02 Week 5

INTERACTIVE STRATEGY STATEMENT




LECTURE REFLECTION

EXP02 Week 4

BLEND LAYER IMAGES



TRAILERS



LECTURE REFLECTION

EXP02 Week 3

THINKING ABOUT DECAY

Sketches

Reference Images

PROGRESS IMAGES


STRATEGY STATEMENT

Given the unusually overengineered structure of Rudin House and its concrete shell, my investigation into decay will focus on the permanence of the skeletal concrete structure and the breakdown of everything else. Timber and glass will not maintain integrity in a natural environment with no maintenance. In addition the landscape itself will overtake the built form, with flows of sand and new vegetative growth.

LECTURE REFLECTION

EXP02 WEEK 2

BEFORE AND AFTER MAPS


NEW BUILDING



MATERIAL PROPERTIES


CONCRETE

STEEL

GLASS


LECTURE REFLECTION

EXP02 Week 1

EXPORTED OBJECTS

BUILDING BACKGROUNDS:


RUDIN HOUSE

Designed by Herzog and De Meuron Rudin house is notable in the context of this assignment for its unusual construction. Its form is of a sort of idealised 'cartoon house' but much of its construction is heavily reinforced concrete. The support of the house on pillars leads to some interesting possibilities for its decay.

BARCELONA PAVILION

The Barcelona Pavilion was a temporary structure designed by Mies Van der Rohe. It was demolished in 1930 and reconstructed in 1986. Especially notable in the context of this assessment for the water used on site and the faux-monolithic marble walls.

HOUSE AT BORDEAUX

The House at Bordeaux is a Koolhaas building from the 90s. It is especially notable in this context for the extensive use of large aluminium components in its construction, unusual for a building of this type.

LECTURE REFLECTION

The concept of the decay experiment is very interesting to me. I've always been interested in the archaeological remnants left behind by other civilisations and I think its both valuable and humbling to spend some time thinking about what we are leaving behind for future generations and beyond. I think its interesting that Russell chose the buildings shown for this experiment given that they're very much atypical in terms of modern residential construction. Its possible that in 100 years without maintenance most of our own softwood frame detached homes won't have much structure left to them at all. 

Strategy Statement

The first revealing of the motif comes in the sublime reveal of the massive scale of the island and its wild nature.

In the most literal interpretation of the 'e1' , the writing on the beach the protagonist is calling out in a direct way to the viewer. He is building up the E and the 1 is formed by the existing line of rock.

A recurring theme is the contrast between the presentation of the motif in the beginning as a man-made relic of the protagonists past. As the narrative progresses and the protagonist adjusts to his environment there is a transition to natural elements as in the vegetation and fallen trees. This transformation from the civilised to the wild is the key message of the work.