As part of the studio X_WS08 you are expected to participate in a short 2-week workshop to kick-start the course and warm your designer engines up!
The workshop is calling for the Design of a single surface canopy, that follows the principles below:
1. it is self-supporting
2. It is textured in such a way that it protects from the weather, but it is perhaps perforated allowing light in etc
3. it fits in an invisibe cube of 10x10x5m but doesn't have to extend to those dimensions
Imagine this canopy is used as a tent, a bus-stop, a kiosk, a gazebo a newsstand, an e-info pavilion etc.
I would like you to choose the functionality that suits you best as well as the material(s) that you would like it to be made of.
some suggestions might include: Corian, LG Hi-MAcs, composites, thermoformed glass, plexi-glas, concrete, steel, tubular steel, wood, fibre-concrete etc.
there is no restrictions in technique, let your imagination free...
Your canopy might have one or two or three supports and might also have an interior space although that is not a requirement.
Please read the studio brief again and try to understand it!
We are looking for serious investigations into intelligent forms, systems of diversification of the surface by the use of component based design or the use of parametric techniques such as tesselation, folding, deformations etc.
The canopy should take into account the weather, the orientation of the sun, its location.
Your site will be anywhere in Berlin, by the river, in front of a train station, an airport or in the city-anywhere. it is a generic device.
For references,GOOGLE!!
try also:
http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/
Look at the Serpentine pavillions in London, read something about Bucky Fuller and about Mr. Frei Otto's work.
GOOD LUCK!
XTOS
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