Exp 2: Week 3: Lumion Final Result

The following are my final result pictures of the UNSW Lightrail stop for Exp 2.

CONCEPT: SUSTAINABILITY

Each render has slightly different context and textures; to more accurately portray my ideas and concepts whilst still staying within the assessment brief.

This photo shows the view from slightly below eye level on the Lightrail platform. It also shows my first texture (medium) on the staircase leading up from the pedestrian area to the platform.

This picture has been posted to show platform detail. Very minimalist and elegant; a nod towards my Enric Miralles concept of an elegant geometrical composition. This is furthered when looking at my spiral detailing; simple and thin yet sculpturally unique.

This photo details my site and my pedestrian area. Anzac Parade has been reclaimed by pedestrians in a perfect world; where the air around high pedestrian areas is clear from motor traffic. In a lower photo you can see my tunnel created divert motor traffic from this area.
This space enables commuters to be relaxed in a fast paced environment and this detailing shows further how I feel that people will interact with this space.

This photo shows my train tracks flow into the distance. For my trams; they are all above ground for both safety and to maximise space; buildings are being built up and up! why not the entire Lightrail system? Just like Sydney's old monorail that travelled high across pedestrians in Pyrmont.

This photo addresses my theme; sustainability. At a first glance the solar panels are a deliberate attempt to be sustainable. Yet many siting choices such as trees surrounding the stop and my circular spirals address noise pollution and make the spaces around the stop liveable and workable; who wants to live next to a rickety train station? With noise absorbing qualities the spiral captures noise before it escapes into the area.

This photo is free from my railroad texture. the reflective surface is in relation to my Amanda Levete concept; simultaneous inclusivity and exclusivity. The objects around the station are mirrored; enabling it to be a part of the site, whilst its unique form make it sculpturally exclusive.

This photo details the 5 prisms i chose to curve, and form a link between the UNSW campus and the lightrail station.

 This photo is a close up of the 'glass elevator' i created in the prism holding the station upright. It makes the station wheelchair and pushchair accessable.

This shows the 'light' texture that was opaque in Sketchup but couldn't be edited properly in Lumion! This divides the area of people 'tapped on' to use the tram and general pedestrian areas.

This photo is from Sketchup. Lumion's terrain cut my tunnel off and I wanted to show what it is supposed to look like. A simple bypass tunnel with a ramp that takes all motor traffic and all it's pollution away from the area. This is a sustainable choice for motor traffic.

Here is a summary photo of my Lightrail stop

Exp 2: Week 3: Textures

Here are my 36 textures from light to dark

Exp 2: Week 2: Lumion Development

I chose the combination of my 4th and 5th axo's to form my lightrail stop.

I have chosen to keep my 5th axo curved; yet have made a few changes to the structure; hollowing out each of the two lower prisms and shrinking their width so it can act as a walkway connecting the University's main entrance and the Lightrail stop.

The following are Lumion screenshots to demonstrate my ideas.

1) This first image outlines the site and the amount of space I intend to use with this stop.

If I were to have designed the entire Lightrail system I would have placed all the motor traffic underground; easing pedestrian congestion along Anzac Parade and increasing the flow of movement in the area. I put people along ANZAC parade to suggest this.

You can also see that i have rotated my 5th axonometric away from 90 degrees; this is justified as it serves as a link between the university site and lightrail stop; anzac parade meets the entrance of UNSW at a non-right angle; this requires a non-right-angled link.

2) The second image shows a close up of my axonometrics detailing height and scale compared to its surroundings.
This image also shows a close up of the materials I intend to use for my main structure; reflective and inclusive of its surroundings yet sculpturally exclusive as per my Amanda Levete concept.

3) The third image is an eye level shot of the University access point to the stop.
This also gives the viewer a further understanding of scale with the pedestrians and how the structure has been changed to be less heavy; more thin, detailed and elegant in the two lower prisms of my curved structure; to relate better to my Enric Miralles concept.

4) This fourth image shows how the Lightrail stop is the standout architectural feature along Anzac Parade; sculpturally standing out.
Also, it demonstrates how people may interact with the space; playing with levels, height and pedestrian multi-directional movement.

5) This image is taken from my desired location of the physical Lightrail platforms. Each of the two prisms on this level will hold a train going either direction.

Situated above the pedestrian walkways as to not impede foot traffic; enclosed with the trees to prevent noise pollution travelling into the university

Exp 2: Week 2: Axonometric Pairs and Curved Sets

Below are my three pairs of axonometrics and their flipped/curved counterparts. 

I slightly smoothed each of the corners of my curved axo to continue my Enric Miralles concept of an elegant geometrical composition; the two axonometrics had to seamlessly blend together with nothing too over the top. 

I favour my 4th Axonometric as I can already picture it forming into my Lightrail stop.  I then looked through my other axo's to see if I could form them into the site around the Lighrail stop, or the junction connecting the stop to the site. 

Axonometric 1 and 4

Axonometric 4 and 5

Axonometric 4 and 6

Exp 2: Week 1: Lumion Development

Here is the axonometric projection that I chose to 3D model in Sketchup and Lumion.

I included some background objects to highlight one of my concepts on Amanda Levete's work;  the building's ability to blend with its surroundings; being both sculpturally exclusive and materially inclusive of its surroundings.

Exp 2 Week 1: 12 Axonometrics

My 12 axonometrics are a specific response to my Amanda Levete and Enric Miralles concepts:

1) Through the use of highly reflective building materials she mirrors the surrounding context whilst providing a camouflage that allows her building to sculpturally standout. her buildings are both inclusive and exclusive.

2) Miralles' shapes seamlessly blend together to form an elegant geometrical composition.



These axonometrics are minimalist and elegant; exploring the formation of thin, thick, small and long rectangular shapes.

Axonometric 1

Axonometric 1 (flipped)

Axonometric 2

Axonometric 2 (flipped)

Axonometric 3

Axonometric 3 (flipped)

Axonometric 4 

Axonometric 4 (flipped)

Axonometric 5

Axonometric 5 (flipped)

Axonometric 6

Axonometric 6 (flipped)

Exp 2: Week 1: Two Concepts

Enric Miralles

Miralles' shapes seamlessly blend together to form an elegant geometrical composition.

Amanda Levete

Through the use of highly reflective building materials she mirrors the surrounding context whilst providing a camouflage that allows her building to sculpturally standout. her buildings are both inclusive and exclusive.