Expansion and Contraction through Mechanisms: Exploring through Design Build
Disciplines
Architecture
Abstract (300 words maximum)
Through the exploration of expansion and contraction, efficient spatial experiences are created through architectural design. For this studio-built project, it will focus on understanding how mechanisms can help with pulling and pushing outwards creating a kind of tension that makes space feel more dynamic and alive. The studio-built design will explore the expansion and contraction using mechanisms.
For the design methodology, the process began with researching various types of mechanisms that examine the expansion through strategies of extension, projection, and spatial opening that connect interior to the surrounding context. The concentration is explored through the enclosure and spatial focusing that creates moments of intimacy and concentration. This paper aims to help position the contraction and expansion of the studio-built design to work together to create a space that people can experience.
By using spatial sequences that alternate between expansion and contraction, the studio-built design creates open areas and tighter, more focused areas of the space. The expansion and contraction of the design creates a rhythm through the space that gives the illusion that the pod is breathing. The material choices and the lighting strategies are used to emphasize the rhythmic quality. Having textured surfaces such as the wood, will allow for the experience of the building to feel more grounded and contained. Light becomes an important aspect of the space as it floods the space to open and create a focus beam that compresses the feeling of the room.
The research of this studio-built design demonstrates that expansion and contraction function to create experiential conditions that shape how the architecture is perceived and inhabited. The duality creates a unified design concept that responds to the programmatic needs of the design.
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Academic department under which the project should be listed
CACM – Architecture
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Dr. M. Saleh Uddin
Expansion and Contraction through Mechanisms: Exploring through Design Build
Through the exploration of expansion and contraction, efficient spatial experiences are created through architectural design. For this studio-built project, it will focus on understanding how mechanisms can help with pulling and pushing outwards creating a kind of tension that makes space feel more dynamic and alive. The studio-built design will explore the expansion and contraction using mechanisms.
For the design methodology, the process began with researching various types of mechanisms that examine the expansion through strategies of extension, projection, and spatial opening that connect interior to the surrounding context. The concentration is explored through the enclosure and spatial focusing that creates moments of intimacy and concentration. This paper aims to help position the contraction and expansion of the studio-built design to work together to create a space that people can experience.
By using spatial sequences that alternate between expansion and contraction, the studio-built design creates open areas and tighter, more focused areas of the space. The expansion and contraction of the design creates a rhythm through the space that gives the illusion that the pod is breathing. The material choices and the lighting strategies are used to emphasize the rhythmic quality. Having textured surfaces such as the wood, will allow for the experience of the building to feel more grounded and contained. Light becomes an important aspect of the space as it floods the space to open and create a focus beam that compresses the feeling of the room.
The research of this studio-built design demonstrates that expansion and contraction function to create experiential conditions that shape how the architecture is perceived and inhabited. The duality creates a unified design concept that responds to the programmatic needs of the design.