Zaha Hadid to design new London airport

Zaha Hadid Architects has been approached to build the much needed transport hub in the capital. The prize winning architects have already released concept designs of the possible airport.

MiniMax

The Minimax project is a group and individual project that includes structures one designed by each member of the group for a celebrity client. The brief states we must have minimum space but maximum seduction hence the title MiniMax.


We also had to produce the Guildhall, the central hub of the community, as well as the other entire infrastructure associated with the design and founding of a settlement.



My celebrity client was Marilyn Monroe, I had a look at her main interests and found out that she was very committed to her work but in her spare time she enjoyed reading. Reading was the main interest of hers that I latched on to by opening up the walls to let as much natural light in as much as possible. It also includes a book case that flows into a reading sofa in a design that is very liquid that is in context with its location.



The Location of the settlement was on the island of Koh Ryang Nok in the Trat Province of Thailand. My MiniMax is situated just off sure to allow for a submarinal level with a glass side to allow for views of the ocean life. It also is in the shape of a wave in response to its surroundings.



I used wood to construct it with as it was in abundance on the island as well as fitting in with the vernacular architecture of the local area. However this did initially throw up some problems such as making it water tight. In response to this I looked at joining wood through tongue and groove, boat building and a bridge in the Netherlands known as the Moses Bridge.



The curved roof is held aloft by the main central column that cuts through the bed and into the ground floor. I am currently looking in to the ability of having this retract and extend to allow for the weather to be kept out when it becomes necessary.



The Bridge that connects mine and Rachels Bridge is designed to be interesting yet easy to build taking ideas of form from the JK Bridge in Brasilia.

 

The guildhall 1:200 model

Also as a part of the project previously stated I have created a model of a guildhall for the new settlement of minimaxs.

Recent model work

As I am designing a minimum space maximum seduction dwelling for a client in thailand which has allowed me to build a model of my design, though the project isnt finished i am posting some photos of model.

Oscar Niemeyer

The Pritzker prize winning architect Oscar Niemeyer has died at the age of 104. He was famed for his contemporary work in brazil especially city of Brasilia.

The Rio 2016 concept art

The London Olympics have only just finished and the attention is already starting to turn to Rio. AECOM have just released the Masterplan of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic park. A change to the usual, the olympic stadium is not to be built as existing venues are to be used, this is a sesible method to save money as places already exist to suit the cause.

 

The perfect Bench

In this project we had to use what we had learnt from the lectures on proxemics to create a seating arangement that would be comfortable for peiple to use and interact with. To start with we had to study people talk and interacting with each other  and how they moved around a space.

What we found was that a majority of prople were sitting across corner of the table to get closer making interaction more easy. A reason for the need to get more close was the noise levels in the cafeteria.

I looked at designs that could enclose the users in making interaction alot more easier and reducing the noise level. I also looked at making out of plastic or wood to make it light to move around as well as making it easy to clean.

 

Allthogh this was a very short project I did enjoy it.