TOWARDS AN IMPERFECT UNION

ARCHITECTURE/ LANDSCAPE/ INTERIOR/ DIGITAL/ INSTALLATION

ARCHITECTURE/ LANDSCAPE/ INTERIOR/ DIGITAL/ INSTALLATION

Six divided original volumes

Breaking/ Locking/ Twisting

Downtown LA Museum Design

Instructor: Jenny Wu

Fall 2022, SCI-Arc

Location: 137 S Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Partner: Maggie Zou

Software: Rhino7, Photoshop, After effects, Illustrator, Indesign, Auto CAD

Handwork: 3D print, sanding, painting, CNC cut, electroplated copper and nickel metal

Geometric primitives are the basic shapes that people know and recognize One of the fundamental powers of the basic square, for example, is that our brain immediately recognizes its geometric characteristics, even if its form is not perfectly defined.

In addition to its formal qualities, the cube's articulated method of assembly is the entry point for the entire design. I evolved the cube into a building by combining the different parts in a special way of movement (twisting), locking them into a complete cube. A trace of the assembly is left in the building. This operation of deconstruction and reconstruction simultaneously creates a new architectural language.


part1: PUZZLE CUBE

Six elegant volumes with different shapes engage in rotation and twisting, and finally the twist volume in the middle locks the other five together. The puzzle cube is divided into upper, middle and lower parts, combined in a sandwich-like form.

Spatialization

1/96 SECTION MODEL

Physical Model/ PLA Filament and Painting

The base of the model is made of high-strength foam material and CNC cutting. The main body of the building is distinguished from the different blocks in the original puzzle through 3D printing and spray paint of different colors.

OUTSITE | Landscape, Corridor and Site

The terraced space on the middle floor of the building has a natural transition and connection with the external landscape. And it provides entrances and exits in different directions

SPACE | Gap, Entrance and Exhibition hall

The interior space of the building is inserted by different twist blocks at different angles, thus forming different spatial forms and function

LANDSCAPE | Middle Floor Plan

NORTHEAST SECTION

The building introduces the negative space of the middle layer to solve the sense of isolation caused by the height difference of the site


Assmebly Process


part2: museum design

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