Wire Frame

Different angles and added wood and material made with knots that using the terms tightening and tying.

Floor Plans

Looking act floor plans: Classic Lockwood plan- VERANDAH

What we found when looking at our plans as a group

Feedback

Think about how it will function in a space. conceptual plan. Keep pushing the wire knot, have different materials coming out of the sides- paper, wood, made materials. take more photos of different angles. Made material could be interesting to introduce into model with new perspectives. keep looking at the terms i got out of knotting.

Wire Knot

I took the curving and fluid transaction of the knot and put it into a wire frame.
I built it up, as the house will reflect the text review of sustainability, with climate changes being the main focus, lifting the house incase of flooding. 

Although used as a lamp I found Jeroen Molenaar's wire frame interesting, he himself is interested in and inspired by architecture. This frame looks as though it could be made inhabitable, with spaces being built up much like what i am interested in doing.

http://www.wetheurban.com/post/3206493466/design-light-objects-by-jeroen-molenaar

 Here showing a ,ore inhabitable space due to added materials. 

http://jeroenmolenaar.com/portfolio/category/objecten/

Sustainability & First Experiments

Drawing out sustainability from the text reviews, focusing on water. Climate change forcing increasing water levels producing flooding and storm events and looking at collecting rainfall. Sustainable resources: plants, rain water, sunlight.

First look at knotting.. thinking about using wire to show a knot- being tanged. Also knotting together smaller material to become a larger and different material- relating back to swing/rope bridges as it moves in a similar manner yet holds its structure, reflecting the idea of flooding and escaping the water. 

http://www.extreme-backgammon.net/session/extreme-backgammon-to-the-bridge

PROJECT TWO AND READING

My generator term was Taiponapona- to tie with knots, fasten with knots.
I looked at knots in many different ways coming up with and taking away the words associated words:
folding, tying, curving, tightening, fluidity and weaving.

Naenae Community Reading: Pages 15-30

Age:

Taita and Naenae have a young population, 1/4 of residents are under 15 years.

Elderly residents may not feel comfortable in the area now due to the community getting younger.

Ethnicity/Language:

Taita and Naenae have more ethnically  diverse population than the Lower Hutt city generally, the Wellington region and NZ. From highest to lowest: European, Maori, Pacific, Asian, other.

Religion:

70% report religious rather then the regional average at 62%. Predominantly Christian.   

Social and Legal Marital Status:

40% of Taita and naenae never married. 

Duration of Residence:

The 2006 Census states that the population of Taita and Naenae was highly mobile, about 24% of people had lived at their current addressees for less than a year. In 2008 1/4 of tenants lasted over apron. 12 years. 

Socio-economical Status: 

Low socio-economic area. Primary schools in the area except for 1 are decile 1 or 2.

Smoking: 

Residents in Taita and Naenae are more likely to be current smokers than others in Lower Hutt or Wellington region.

Tenure:

More likey to not own their own dwelling than regional or national averages. Out of households that were rented a much higher proportion were reported to belong to Housing NZ than regional or national averages. 

Presentation

Tuesdays presentation to the class. 

Reviews

Alex Ware: Plenty of orthographic drawings to show the transformed space clearly.
good use of party models of elements in her space, she has clear introduction explaining how the space worked. Folding and sliding created a dramatic geometric space.

Emma K: Good introductions- nice slide of development. Rendered photos show plenty, with good light effects in cryEngine and a nice material material study to show us how it works. COmpletely transformed the space into an art gallery, should have showed the original space.

Alex Love: Affective lighting photos of light portraying water, had good development through presentation. Had beautifully rendered photos that showed reasons for his natural materials. CryEngine photos brought a nice moodiness. Good explanation of orthographic drawings. His idea works well with the original room (sunroom) nice that he stuck to the same sized room.

Sarai Nathan:Good idea of a dressing room, was shown the space well through orthographic drawings, had a strong development from her spatial gesture, plenty of nice sketches showing the room. Whole concept works well for the client.