Module 3: Queen Victoria Garden Pavilion
Introduction
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This module required using parametric software to design a pavilion in the Queen Victoria Garden in Melbourne, to facilitate an evening quartet concert for an audience of 30 people, and a lunchtime seminar for 15 people.
Grasshopper script
Itereations
Iterations experimenting with the size and orientation of the openings and the areas they are placed.
Sun diagrams
Threshold and circulation diagrams
Threshold Diagram
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The various sizes of the openings serve different functions, smaller openings are either purely for lighting or to frame views, while the larger openings acting as transitioning between outside and inside spaces.
Circulation Diagram
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Most visitors approach the site via the tram stop on St Kilda Road, hence the pathway is orientated that way to invite more visitors. The west side of the pavilion has steps for passerby, while the east side of the pavilion provides spaces for visitors to occupy. The circulation is manipulated by the entrance, activities provided and the contents within the space.
Isometric diagram
Fabrication
Laser cut landscape (mount board + perspex)
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Contour
landscape
Contour
landscape
Layout
Laser cut
Attaching layers
3D printed pavilion (PLA)
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Exporting
STL file
MakerBot
Calculation
Removing
supports
Attaching to landscape
Final model
1. Photo showing entrance and performance space.
2.South openings penetrate lights into the pavilion.
3. North openings cast shadows onto the solid wall.
4. Photo showing interior roof design.
Real-time rendering
This real-time rendering showing how visitors approach the pavilion through the entrance facing St. Kilda road, the semi-reflective material reflected the surrounding landscape and lights onto the pavilion surface, to make a connection between the pavilion and its surrounding content.
The interior rendering showing how openings captured views and even lights onto the pavilion, providing activities for visitors to experience.
Portfolio
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