Ideas
Seminar – E/Ye Design (Jefferson Ellinger)
Date:
August 14, 2013
Professor
Jefferson Ellinger talks about many computational system and construction
techniques. But I thought little bit more about the idea of geometric design interaction
with nature system viewing his projects. How natural phenomena can become
instrumental in the design of new architectures that radically redefine built
environment. Many architects and designers derive inspiration from nature
surrounding. I think the relationship between architects and nature is very
complicated. Sometimes, they bring some techniques from the nature and apply
them to existing construction system. Adding small and simple changes can
improve the built environment even computation design through systemic
integration.
A
good example of this form is W-House. The design of the W House is typical roof
construction system, but interacts more with the path of the sun and interacting
to create a new internal landscape that challenges the relationship between the
geometry of the site and the surface of the building. Building elements such as
the roof plane and floor plan are shifted to optimize environmental. Issues of
light, ventilation and circulation affect these shifts to create a dynamic
interior space that is inherently linked to the movement of the sun and the
land.
The
project entitled ‘High-density urban affordable housing’ in Malaysia that I’ve
done suddenly occurred to me. The project was intended to re-develop 5
acre-sized Kampong (village of) Puah Seberang which was the most representative
unauthorized residential area in Malaysia. I was charge in investigating the
climate condition of the field for more efficient building design, considering
its temperature, rainfall, sun path, shadow cast, and wind direction etc.
During the course of my research, I stumbled across the ‘Airwell’ which is
common in Malaysia. Airwell, a huge air vent exposed to the open air going
through from the bottom to the ceiling between the units and the corridor, is
an architectural form to optimize the natural lighting and ventilation. It is a
quite effective passive system that is designed to overcome the high temperature
and humidity of Southeast Asia. Taking the airwell’s manifold characteristics
of varied forms and sizes into consideration, I delved into the way of
optimization of natural ventilation and lighting through the Airwell. From this
project and then today’s lecture, I felt recent investigation in the world of
architecture in science guide to broad understanding of how we build interacts
with environment every level. Architects have the relationship with nature that
is symbiotic, even productive. If so we can push design beyond sustainability that
redefine the nature of the spaces that we occupy.
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