// OTHER MOVING ELEMENTS

// PROGRAM

Also known as what leading firm OMA do best.

Link and images below to assist you with the planning of the spaces required as briefly discussed with you last Wednesday.

// SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY

OMA - Seattle Public Library, Seattle, 2004.

More on SPL here.

// CCTV Headquaters

OMA - CCTV Headquarters, Beijing, China, 2005.

More on CCTV here from A+U.


// DEE & CHARLES WYLY THEATRE

OMA - Dee & Charles Wyly Theatre, Dallas TX, 2009.

A thorough process of the Wyly Theatre here (with structural analysis for you future engineers).

// FONDAZIONE PRADA

OMA - Fondazione Prada, Milan, 2015.

History and more images here.


And to bring it back home, a masterplan for Sydney's Darling Harbour.

OMA - Masterplan and ICC Hotel, Sydney 2012

Source: e-architect.

// AWAY

Unfortunately, I won't be there today for studio due to a family emergency last minute.

My preference is for you stick around and press on with studio - I'm sure Russell or Jacky will assist you in today's class.

My apologies if this has caused any inconvenience. 

Ro.

// CONCEPTS

Today's concepts below:

Carlo Scarpa

• Design to elude time.
• Landscape synthesised with architecture.
• Locally influenced through production and materials - embodies a strong sense of context.
• Profound incorporation of traditional crafts.
• Interplay of materials and forms at both the micro and macro scale.

Olson Kundig

• Ascension the ground plane.
• Collaboration to create unique responses, e.g. in detail, planning, art, etc.
• Spaces form ambiguous boundaries.
• Architecture seen as kinetic and dynamic - embodies the machine.
• Architecture as a vehicle between nature, culture and people.

// ESSENTIAL

This one link is all you need to boost all your presentations.

If you have any questions before Tuesday's submission, please leave a comment below.

// TO ZAHA

For many of you just starting your architectural careers, Zaha Hadid's 30-year body of work will constantly be a source of inspiration now and in the future.

Below are some images of her work and keywords to hopefully trigger relevance to your current project.

Motion. Representation. Provocative.

Study drawing of Vitra Firestation, 1990.

Ambiance. Movement. Angle.

Sunset photograph of Vitra Firestation, Weil am Rhein, Germany completed in 1993.

Pattern. Effect. Scale. 

 Photograph of Phaeno Science Centre, Wolfsburg, Germany completed in 2005.

Solar. Device. Drawing. 

Detail section of the screen at Maxxi Museum.

Hierarchy. Mute. Restraint. 

Lobby of the Maxxi Museum, Rome, Italy completed in 2009.

Display. Scale. Detail.

Interiors of the Riverside Museum of Transport, Glasgow completed in 2011.

Landscape. Construction. Reality. 

In progress construction photo of Messner Museum Corones, Kronplatz-Plan de Corones, Italy completed in 2015.

Landscape. Marketing. Standard. 

Rendered section of the same Museum.

Some more photos of this last project via. Also here is another photo essay on the construction of Hadid's buildings.

R.I.P Zaha Hadid 1950 -2016.

// SKETCHUP HELP

Just two quick videos below on plugins and sandbox to assist you with your complex sketchup models.


My advice would be to have a look at some of these plugins and familiarise yourselves with these as the following assignments also use sketchup as the primiary modeling medium.