This project was established as a community centre for the people of Miyako. The structure was designed and built by Architecture students whom worked closely with a local carpenter to ensure that the design was a realistic construction option. The building has a timber structure with timber clad sections and utilised the pentagon shapes as “apertures,” glazed using an inexpensive film. It is clear that the structure of the building is a key feature of the design, with a focus in using inexpensive materials to produce an interesting piece of architecture that will help to shape the community and build social bridges. The structure itself is a truncated dodecahedron (soccer ball shape). The geometric shapes that are used to produce the 3d form of the building have also been reinforced using timber slats in order to increase stability over the 85.8m^2 area.
https://www.archilovers.com/projects/128924/odense.html#info, [accessed 16/02/2019] https://www.japlusu.com/news/tohoku-small-projects, [accessed 16/02/2019] |
Heatherwick studios were commissioned to produce a in-house production facility for the Bombay Sapphire Gin Distillery company. They wanted to develop the site of an old water-powered paper mill, with the River Test as a focus for the master planning of the site. The idea behind this development was to encourage visitors to engage with the process of gin making. The focal point of the entire project are the two glass houses constructed by the river and in the courtyard area which are temperature regulated using heat produced from the distilling process within the building. The glasshouses are very much inspired by the form of the copper gin stills. The building encourages visitors to gain an authentic experience and understanding as to the process involved. The greenhouses grow Mediterranean species and tropical plants which will be used in the gin making process. The air is transported into the greenhouses through steel pipes which are then clad in metal on the exterior to produce the sweeping form.
https://www.dezeen.com/2014/09/22/thomas-heatherwicks-gin-distillery-bombay-sapphire-opens/, [accessed 16/02/2019] http://www.heatherwick.com/project/bombay-sapphire-distillery/, [accessed 16/02/2019] https://www.archdaily.com/554750/bombay-sapphire-distillery-heatherwick-studio, [accessed 16/02/2019] |
An old Copenhagen Iron Mongers was refurbished into a Brewery. In particular, the renovation focused on the interior design and how this was designed for form to follow function with everything being functional and having its design inspired by the brewing process. The main timber used within the interior and seating arrangement is oak- being the material used to manufacture old beer barrels. The design of internal seating also echo the curvature of such objects, with functional oak beer barrels on display to customers as the beverage matures prior to being served. The building as a whole has a very honest approach with the original brickwork having been exposed and the ventilation system being left uncovered. This has allowed the structure of the building to be understood and reflects the raw nature of the oak and timber used throughout the interior spaces.
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/12/31/to-ol-transforms-old-copenhagen-iron-factory-into-independent-brewery/, [16/02/2019] https://tapperietbrus.dk/about/, [accessed 16/02/2019] https://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/brus-gdk1080393, [accessed 16/02/2019] |
The Eden project was a biomimicry design, in which it was entirely inspired by soap bubbles. It was designed to sit within an old former clay mine meaning that the ground was unstable. Therefore, the design had to be versatile. The two main biomes of the project are produced from linking domes and house both Mediterranean and Rainforest species of plants. The two biomes are connected through a linking building. The domes have been produced using a hex-tri-hex space frame in order to produce a very geometric curvature. The main structure of the biomes are frame with interlocking timber and are made transparent and bubble like by using multiple layers of ETFE foil to glaze the structure. The frame is also a double layer structure with the exterior layer being made up of hexagons and pentagons, and the inner layer being constructed from triangles. The main feature of the Eden project is how the geodesic design is suitable for most of the terrain levels and form of the site- this was inspired by a previous Grimshaw’s project on the Waterloo International Train Station whereby the structure had to be lightweight, provide a vast surface area and be strong.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/conservation/conservationists/eden3.htm, [accessed 17/02/2019] https://www.edenproject.com/eden-story/behind-the-scenes/architecture-at-eden, [accessed 17/02/2019] https://grimshaw.global/projects/the-eden-project-the-biomes/, [accessed 17/02/2019] |