Flythrough

Lumion Captures of the School and the Valley

Bridge and main school building.

A view of the environment from the folly situated on the valley floor

Main school building which contains the lecture theater, studio spaces, workshops, computer labs, all meeting rooms and library. As you can see it is an enormous building with much of it being open-air, in order to blur the boundary between interior and exterior spaces. I also used the shape of rising spikes or stalactites in all of these structures to symbolize the way knowledge allows us to rise up in today's world. 

Lecture space, partly open-air.

View of the Dean's lunch space from the elevator

View of the folly and the valley. I chose the soft blue colour in order to provide the illusion that the folly is at one with the water it sits on, as well as to give it a more relaxing feel, as it is a lunch space.

Office areas are located in this building

This office space is located much closer to lunch space, for the Dean's convenience

The inside of the bridge is also a gallery

Partly open air bridge

Elevator connecting the bridge/gallery to the folly. The two adjacent cables are electromagnetic and lift the elevator into the air. When this elevator is lowered it floats on the water and becomes a boat that travels to the Dean's lunch space.

Another interior view of the bridge

Main school building

Entire school

Sketchup model with folly and moving elements

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Moving Element 2

Moving Element 1

36 textures with respect to movement

18 Sketch Perspectives (plus a few extra experimental ones)

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Draft Bridges and Valley

I decided to go for a monumental look with high bridges that oversee the rest of the valley. However i tried to make sure these bridges did not overpower the nature, but rather exist with it.

EXP3 Betaab Valley, Kashmir, India

I chose this to be the basis of my location for Experiment 3 as this valley projects a majestic aura. Ranging from its gigantic snow-topped mountains to its pristine crystal clear water that runs down to an opening amongst a scattered forest, this valley provides the perfect relaxing, carefree atmosphere.

 

A real life image of Betaab Valley which inspired the Lumion Landscape

 

Final Submission of Both Monuments

These are different Shots of monuments and the stairs which connect the two. I decided to integrate these monuments into the tropical island landscape, to give the facade that they are at one with each other. Therefore it was only natural to integrate the stairs into the cliff face.

These stairs provide passage between the monuments. I aimed to integrate them within the cliff face to make them a natural backdrop to the unnatural looking Nouvel Monument.

 

I decided to go with a tropical island landscape with my monument attached to a cliff face. I wanted my Wren monument to be very in-tune with it's surroundings, whilst maintaining a sense of awe and mystery. The dense tropical forest provides a sense of mystery, and as you proceed towards the monument, the forest becomes much more open and allows the viewer to take it all in. The shape of the monument is a little mysterious as although it looks man made, it could almost pass off for a series of naturally shaped stones, or a building made by an unknown civilization.

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My conceptual inspiration for the Wren monument came from his belief that architecture was "More than a set of rules and formulas, but a combination of reason, intuition, experience and imagination". This explains the larger than life design and placement of this monument and its mysterious shape.

For the Nouvel monument, i wanted the building to "Harmonize with its sites and surrounds", and aimed to instill the building comfortably within the landscape.

I drew inspirtaion from their unique styles to create mysterious, imaginative shapes that are installed within the landscape.

Drawings Including the 18 Sections and 36 Textures

18 Sketches

 This was the basis for my Nouvel monument

 This was the basis for my Wren monument

 36 Sketches