Step 1: Identify the Problem:
Demonstrate how a structure can be designed for a specific location to be as efficient as possible.
Step 2: Identify Design Criteria and Constraints:
· Must be efficient for the given design
· Must include evidence of Design planning ex. Practice designs
· Use the Elements and Principles of Design
· If using Sketchup (should include some 3D model Warehouse objects)
· If making a house (should follow basic housing protocol)
Step 3: Brainstorm Possible Solutions. Use this space to list ideas or use the blank area to mind map out your thoughts:
· Art Museum (Cube and Geometrically based form, just the outside)
· A basic house (using Sketchup and 3D Model Warehouse)
· A School (using Sketchup and 3D Model Warehouse)
· A Hotel (using Sketchup and 3D Model Warehouse)
· A Housing Project (using Sketchup and 3D Model Warehouse)
· A community centre (using Sketchup and 3D Model Warehouse)
· An Opera house (Using ingenuity to create an artist space acoustically)
· An Outdoor park (using Sketchup and 3D Model Warehouse)
· A church (Using Fusion 360 Organic Forms)
Step 4: Generate Ideas. Using your brainstorming, select at least 3 ideas that would be good solutions. Using full sentences write out your idea, include a thumbnail sketch of each one.
Art Museum: I would create an Art museum Using Geometric Shapes to give it a modern look compared to other art Museums currently in place. I would like to make it modern basing my ideas off of the OCAD University in Toronto and The UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Idea #2: A Basic house that is energy efficient with the use of Solar panels and other environmentally friendly resources. It would be economically priced with many utilities within it using things from the 3D Model Warehouse.
Idea #3: A redesign of Meadowvale Secondary school making it more energy efficient, basing the design off of David Suzuki Secondary school in Brampton (one of the most Energy efficient schools in the Country). It would have many of the utilities used at David Suzuki but on a much grander scale.
Step 5: Explore Possibilities. Consider the Pros and Cons for each of your design ideas. List them below.
Idea #1
Pro: Will be taking a new step in learning how to use geometric shapes in our everyday life to create thought provoking designs. It would be a challenge for me as I am not fluent in Fusion but I will receive much from this “experiential design”. It will also be very interesting to see how this project comes out in the end.
Con: Must be done in fusion giving me Zero access to the 3D Model Warehouse. It will be harder to make it in Fusion rather than Sketchup due to the complexity of the exterior design (Geometric Shapes). I may not finish it as this is an experiential design.
Idea #2
Pro: Basic to do, not much thinking involved making it less stressful for me to complete. Pretty confident in my use of Sketchup and will complete the task with ease.
Con: Wouldn’t satisfy myself, as I wouldn’t be going out of my comfort zone. Creating things in Sketchup are too easy, just importing pre-made products/designs isn’t exciting for me.
Idea #3
Pro: Would really enjoy creating. I’ve had this idea for a while now and would be interesting to see a new design and perspective of our technologically advanced school.
Con: Would be tough to recreate the entire school considering how large it is. Would probably create the exterior rather than the interior.
Step 6: Select an approach. From your 3 ideas choose your strongest one and revise it to address the Con’s. For this project I am going to:
Go with the art Museum Design. Some of the major cons is that it must be completed in Fusion 360 as it will allow me to create more sophisticated shapes in a sense that it will be more comprehensible in the figures of the lines. This will damper me to relinquish the 3D model warehouse products. The products from the warehouse gives a more aesthetically pleasing look to the product as a whole as some users spend hours on end creating these products for users like me to use. This will give my design a bland look with no interior design, but I am willing to sacrifice that for a challenge. There are many areas in which my design could fail, such as if the geometric shapes create an imbalance of the weight distribution when being 3D printed.
Include a final sketch with modifications to address the con’s:
Step 7: Build a model or Prototype. Use the page below to make a scale drawing with dimensions and multiple views. Suggestion – Draw a front, top and side view of your design. You may wish to use a separate sheet of paper.
When finished your drawing, create your design in a CAD Program.
Step8: Refine your Design. 3D print your project.
1. Did your object turned out as planned? Use the space below to Explain
Will be ready on the day of presentation.
2. Test out your object. Try using it for its intended use. Does the design work?
It is just meant to be visually appealing, no intended use otherwise.
3. Can the design be used in any unintended ways that you may not have expected when you first designed it?
No
4. What changes might you make to this design to improve it?
Maybe change the colour of the 3D printed model while printing (colour variation to add colour as one of the Principles and Elements of Design rather than just a single coloured 3D print)
5. What design step would you need to return to in order to make these improvements with the tools available?
Step 8, Refine the Design
Next Steps: With this reflection feedback in mind, staple another package to the next page and revise your design starting at the step you feel appropriate. You do not have to start from the beginning but from a point that makes sense based on the changes you need to make. This entire package will be handed in with your 3D prints.
Just Reprint the design and change the colours as needed
The Design Process:
Critique of Famous Architectural structure
http://www.azuremagazine.com/article/az-award-winner-best-architecture-1000-square-metres/
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Architectural Firm: Saucier + Perrotte Architectes, Montreal, and Hughes Condon Marler Architects, Vancouver
Architects involved: Roger Hughes, André Perrotte and Gilles Saucier with Craig Lane, David Moreaux, and Bill Ulrich
Building: UBC FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, VANCOUVER
Critique: In my opinion I believe that this design by the Saucier + Perrotte Architectes for the UBC Facility of Pharmaceutical sciences is an outstanding representation of a cubic styled building. I was fascinated to find out that some of the windows are tinted to give it the effect of depth between the windows of the each individual cube. While inside the main floor is more asymmetrical than symmetrical, the exterior of the building involves the incorporation of a multitude of tiny individual cubes, or rooms in the case of the building. What really stood out is to find out that UBC’s Campus is very traditional and didn’t aim to evolve with the designs of the 21st century, as they state this is one of the most eye catching buildings on campus for its modernistic look (built in 2013). I also love how they use the concrete risers to double as an outdoor bench, “almost” a genius idea. It is also cool to know that it is expected to receive LEED Gold certification for its environmentally/sustainably friendly design (They incorporated cedar planks of wood for the walls). Another interesting thing is that the entire roof is made of glass letting natural light shine through the entire top floor. Overall, the design of this building really was brought to my attention through the thoughtful design and how clean the look of it made it seem. If I had the opportunity to see this masterpiece I would probably bask in its glory. Roger Hughes, André Perrotte, Gilles Saucier, Craig Lane, David Moreaux, and Bill Ulrich all did a wonderful job at incorporating their own unique designs into it to bring this wonderful architectural design into this world.
Artist Proposal and Location choice:
For this project, I intend on creating something that would be beneficial to the community of port Credit in Mississauga, Ontario. Currently there is a huge chunk of land in the area which doesn’t have a purpose currently. I would like to implement a community art Museum in which local artists could place their pieces of art for the whole community to see. It will resemble the square shaped architectural design at UBC which a little more flare to it. It will have cubed walls with front steps pointing upwards as a design with the doors sitting in the middle. Also it will have a cubed roof with layers of these little squares on top of each other. Overall I think this design will go well with how the area of Port Credit is set up. http://www.insauga.com/5-things-to-build-on-this-land-in-port-credit
Principles and Elements of Design that will be used:
· Shape
· Space
· Size/Scale
· Form
· Direction
· Texture
· Proportion
· Unity
· Emphasis
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