The projects aim is to reimagine a historic building precedent in a contemporary context. Reinforcing design concepts, tectonic, materiality and ecology to create a temporal evolving framework.
The precedent that i wanted to reimagine was Nemasus present in nimes. The challenges for this building was to meet the needs of a society for constant transformation and build houses at low cost. In doing so Jean Nouvel described a good apartment to be as large as possible, which is able to convert.A good cheap apartment in a democratic sense. The surrounding townscape is a mixture of low-level housing and light thus it is a mid rise building. There is also a tradition of living outdoors in Nimes.
Process
1. Precedent under study: To be changed
The challenges for this building was to meet the needs of a society for constant transformation and build houses at low cost. In doing so Jean nouvel described a good apartment to be as large as possible, which is able to convert. A good apartment is flexible, able to convert. A good cheap apartment in a democratic sense
1. Precedent 2 selected to incorporate certain qualities.
LJ wu design project beyond the shell was a stab at solving social housing problems in London. She created a grid frame structure with unfinished architecture paths. This creates a free form space which is flexible and enables the user to participate in enhancing the design. The fabrication was a super quick and was 3d fabricated
Analysis of precedent 1. Highlighting positive and negative elements
Key take aways and changes i want to make.
external terraces should be privately owned, and activity based rather than used for circulation.
These terraces should be activity zones. spilling into one another. – communal
Allowing for people to connect with one another.
Temporal growth and development. – through modular constructivism
should celebrate ecology and be used for growing.
Low-income housing community, provide for themselves? – Growing fruits and vegetables
Precedent 2 analysis and break down. Selecting keywords and elements in terms of prompts.
Preserving elements of precedent 1 and incorporating elements of precedent 2.
Strategies inspired by AI generated images.
Building raised to incorporate easy access, mass is broken into smaller zones to create opportunities for terraces. Connection to the exterior and a staggered affect
Iterating generated sectional Images with prompts.
(Modular constructivism, flexible, unfinished)
Generating AI images:
(Eco village, communal terraces)
Generating AI images:
Merging iterated sections and plans together.
Incorporating architectural tectonic qualities complementing the site.
So the best opportunity to create greater interaction is through topological variation. Terraced affect. This not only provides people with housing but also a connection to the outdoors, flexibility in circulation, visual connection
Image to model transition.
Using Displacement mapping to translate architectural form into Rhino model elements.
Defining the construction system qualities. Mapping material system to sectional image
Solution
A reimagined building concept which is created, managed and iterated through AI keeping in mind building surrounding context, communal housing concepts and novel material studies.
Impact
Users can train their ML models so it can understand real world concepts
Helps user test out and explore Novel and new ideas by layering methods.
