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The rule of derivative

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System

Universe

Planet

GalaxyFamily

Community

IndividualTo see the world in a grain of sand, And to see heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palm of your hands, And eternity in an hour.

-William Blake

Key words:

VAST INFINITE DUPLICATING REPEATING HIERARCHICAL

instructed by Y.H. Chiu & H.K. ShihDep. of Architecture, NTUST, 2008

An interpretation of a chapter in FICCIONES. In the novel, the author used only sentences to give a spatial description of an imaginary system - the Library of Babel. The system is a mega-structure which is derived by a specific rule.

Here I introduced the concept of recursion to visualize the imaginary universe in my mind.

TYPE 1 : Point to Point

overlap: 0elev.

TYPE 2 : Line to Line

overlap: 1/4 widthelev.

This is the most STABLE module for developing a mega-structure of tower.

TYPE 3 : Face to Face

overlap: 3/4 widthelev.

...

To develop the overall system, I first tried several types of system with different rules of devirative by following the principle of RECURSION and then choose the most applicable one.

Each hexagon is a SPIRAL STAIRWAY.

The very basic elements is a HEXAGON.

1m

4m

* counterclockwise

Level 0 Level 1 H0 = 0m, H1 = 5m

Level 2 Level 3 H2 = 2m, H3 = 20m

Level 1 Level 2 H1 = 1m, H2 = 10m

Individual SpaceHn = 1/5 Hn

Hn+1 = 2HnHn

* nN, n1

Shared Space

Simulation of Level 7

Spiral Stairways

The principle of recursion & rotation makes the whole system consist of spiral stairsways and itself an infinite, giant spiral stairway.

Infinite Number of Galleries

Number of each size of hexagonLevel

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 ...

1

2

3

4

...

60

6 + 6 + 6 + 60

n

6 + 60

6 + 6 + 60

...

6

Rate of Expansion : 2

Plan

Elevation

4m8m

16m

5m10m

20m

Privacy Boundary

Public

private

private

Stably Derivative

In each level of groups, there always exists a coreas main structure, gives the units and the overall system a basis to attach and grow stably.

Though everyone follows the samerule of universe to exist, all of them have their own irreplaceable position. Everyone is unique.

instructed by Hata LoFA school of design, 2012

A bridge nearby my home interested me. Its a footbrige for people and bikes go from offices/residential to a riverside park across a wide expressway.

Through observation, analysis, deconstruction and re-construction, I tried to do a siteless design to represent my site observation - a spatial experience which we go through, transform and even escape from a specific status to an opposite other.

The Passage

Site Observation

B : Riverside Park

A : Residential & Offices

Expressway

The spatial experinces of the walking process from A to B. Recorded by photos and doodles.

A sequence of normal planes indicates the direction of the process and forms spaces.

Slices of Normal Planeinto

To adapt the volume into parabolic profiles (for both top view and side view).

Parabolic Profileswithin

Base Volume- a Cuboid

transform

width of slices(top view)

height of slices(side view)

front view ( 2x )

Views oftheElements

d

equdistant dcontinuous process discontinuous elements

Elements for Development

Deconstruction

projectionready for carving

Status BStatus A

The process that people passing the footbridge can be seen as a STEP-BY-STEP gradual change between 2 opposite status.

Compressing Releasing

Daily routine Leisure time

Artificial Organic

Potential Energy, U Kinetic Energy, Ek

EkU

EkU

Ek=OUMAX

Status A : up Status B : down

It is similar to a projectile (parabolic) motion - a transferring between kinetic energy and potential energy.

Study Model

Re-construction : Up & Downdiscontinuous elements continuous volume

extrude

carve

pack up

lie downpull up around

done.

elements

2 in 1

By stacking and rotation, a new space reformed. It shows two contrast spatial experiences

in one continuous volume.

3 Excercise of Modular Space Design (independent), 2013A solution of modular Emergency Refugee Housing inspired by pop-up cards and flatpack furnitures to meet the requirements of low cost-ing, easy transport and intuitive installation.

Valley line

Mountain line

Cut line

Valley hinge

Mountain hinge

The Pop-Up Module

secondaryspaces formed

outerprofile

A B C D A B C D

water-proof & fire-prooflightweight, reinforced material (eg. EPS)

ShelteringA 2 two-floor unit of box (include at least 4 walls, 1 floor and 1 ceiling) can be formed with a compostion of 3 modules. 1 wall, 1 floor 2 walls 1 ceiling, 1 wall

Composition A

Composition B

0 90 180 270

0 90 180 270

electric piping

plumbing

steps

water supplyfrom outside

illumination

storage

Main entrance Rooftop terrace High-ceilinged spaceMain entrance Backdoor space for laundry Landscape adaptation

stack rotatemirror

faades

Residing

With additional components such as steps, pipes, fences, windows and doors, the definition of usage gets clearer. Further, by assembling and adjusting the orientations of multiple boxes, the functions and services go further and more comprehensive.

ApplicationUsers can assemble the boxes based on their practical needs. Vertical and horizontal assembling are typical ways of arrangement.

In this case of application, I stacked 4 boxes and rotated the 2nd and the 4th by 180 to form a continuous verticle path. Then a main service core formed. (highlighted with yellow)

Furthermore, to assure privacy, I attached another stack which can be reached from each floor of the service core aside with mirror arrangement, as private rooms.

continuous path in the main core

separatedprivaterooms

4 Activities & Practices

Exhibition map & introduction (answers of the theme game)

IMPRINT Arch-initial Conceptual Exhibition 2011 SummerOrganizer : members of NTU Prospective Architecture Students ClubCurator & Visual Designer : Ivia Chien (me)Exhibitor : J.P. Chou, D.L. Chen, Elsie Chiu, I-Hui Li, Pan Tsai, Richard Fan, W. H. Wang, Y. L. ChiuInstructors for reviewing : Chu-Joe Hsia, Ke-Chiang Liu, Shu-Chang Gong, Si-Mien Mu, Da-Wei Linwww.facebook.com/ImprintArchitecture

Theme-game ticket

Exhibitors and crewImage of concept

With passion and longing for Architecture, I and my schoolmates established NTU Prospective Architecture Students Club in 2010 Summer. After a 1-year running, we decide to hold a con-ceptual exhibition as a milestone and declaration. The topic is about the original intention of Archi-tecture, and we had eight spatial or multi-media works in different scales to show the intentions of each exhibitor. Im the curator who was responsible for overall coordination, exhibition and visual design.

During the eight-week preparation, we had four times of minor reviews and two times of major reviews. We invited five teachers with different academic background of architecture as our instructors of reviewing.

NTUCE Student Space 2013Students Practice Project (under construction) Designer : NTUCE studentsInstructor : Prof. Herve CapartStructural consultant : EEC(me as assistant structural engineer/drawings engineer of EEC)

This project is a design & fabrication practice for students of NTU Civil Engineering.The object is a steel-structured loft with wooden floor-panels. The highlights of the overall design include the main steel frame, steel railings, a steel-plate desk and a stairway with cantilever steps and steel rods. The role of EEC is the advisor and reviewer who assure structural safety.

To make the drawings of advices more clearly for students and manufacturers, I used 3D graphics to help illustrating the system and details of materials and jointing.

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