The image identifies the key functions and areas of use within Parliament house. Many areas have the problem with private VS public spaces which will need to be analyzed further.
Monday, August 29, 2011
bioluminescence
bi·o·lu·mi·nes·cence
the production of light by living organisms.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bioluminescence
Inspiration to the design intent of the roof structure and form for our group...
Symbolic Icons of Australia
Is Canberra Really the symbolic icon of Australia??????
Some may argue that many international countries may not even know what our Parliament house looks like and to some extent even place it as and icon that signifies Australia. The perception of Australia's identity and iconic symbolism may be recognised through the means of Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge as many international countries identify these structures to Australia. Even large landforms such as Ayres Rock could be argued that is more recognisable to Australia Icon.
Does this Mean Canberra is lacking a sense of Iconic ownership as a capital city? Should Parliament be relocated to a city such as Sydney that is already worldwide recognisable through some of it's key architectural structures?
Australia's more symbolic Icons!!!!!
are these equivalent to Parliament!!!
Friday, August 26, 2011
Insiprational pic of original intent
This picture provided great inspiration to our group as it gasped Parliament house original design intent which signified the sweeping lawns which serve as the roof structure of the building.
parliament house facts
- The Parliament House site covers 32 hectares of Capital Hill; one of the hills around which Walter Burley Griffin designed Canberra in 1912. The building occupies 15 percent of this site.
- The building is 300 metres long and 300 metres wide. It is one of the largest buildings in the southern hemisphere.
- Parliament House was built to last at least 200 years.
- There are 8,340 spaces in the building including about 4,700 rooms and 2,700 clocks.
- Australian materials are used throughout 90 percent of the building.
- The building cost approximately 1.1 billion dollars.
- The underground car parks hold up to 2,000 cars.
- A multi-channel television and radio station broadcasts proceedings of the Parliament from both chambers and committee rooms.
- The building has two libraries; one a reading library, the other a research library for the benefit of answering questions on most topics from members and senators.
- The Parliamentary Education Office runs a parliamentary role-play program for visiting students and teachers to learn how the Parliament works.
http://www.peo.gov.au/students/cl/aph.html
Pics - http://www.peo.gov.au/students/cl/aph.htmltudents and
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
THEME GROUP
Studio Ad.ap.ta.tion
Brett Hudson
 Competition entry for Abu Dhabi airport by Adaptive Building Initiative. 2006 Ad.ap.ta.tion An alteration in the structure of function of an organism to any of it's parts that results from natural selection and by which the organism becomes better fitted to survive and multiply in it's environment. The aim is to look at adaptive skins and roofs to cover (a section of) the parliamentary hill that can change and morph shape, color and transparency to react to reprogramming of the building blocks underneath. The elements under will be like transformer blocks that reposition to respond to new requirements but all sheltered under a prominent outer skin. |
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Inversing the functions
" In versing the functions "
Flexibility in terms of external and internal spaces.
BUILDING FORMS - have private & public spaces. how could this become more flexible?
Whats would happen if you reversed the hierarchy of functions?
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Rubber Band Effect
Rubber Band Effect:
If you had to Hypothetically change the city form which already exists. Could it be possible to use a Rubber band effect technique were you could change the way and town layout? How would this effect or Benefit Canberra? Would This effect a already well thought out town plan?
Could this effect Parliament in anyway?
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Flexible
flex·i·ble
1. capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
2. susceptible of modification or adaptation; adaptable: a flexible schedule.
3. willing or disposed to yield; pliable: a flexible personality.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/flexible
Tutorial Group Discussions:
Images that Protray Flexibility:
Virtual
vir·tu·al
1. being such in power, force, or effect, though not actually or expressly such: a virtual dependence on charity.
2. Optics .
a. noting an image formed by the apparent convergence of rays geometrically, but not actually, prolonged, as the image formed by a mirror ( opposed to real).
b. noting a focus of a system forming virtual images.
3. temporarily simulated or extended by computer software: a virtual disk in RAM; virtual memory on a hard disk.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/virtual
Virtual was the next topic that we discussed as a group. The group began to throw ideas out there on what first came to mind about the topic Virtual.
Vitual_tutorial_Exercise
Images that protray ideas of virtual:
Mobile
mo·bile
1. capable of moving or being moved readily.
2. Digital Technology . pertaining to or noting a cell phone, usually one with computing ability, or a portable, wireless computing device used while held in the hand, as in mobile tablet; mobile PDA; mobile app .
3. utilizing motor vehicles for ready movement: a mobile library.
4. Military . permanently equipped with vehicles for transport.
5. flowing freely, as a liquid.
6. changeable or changing easily in expression, mood, purpose, etc.: a mobile face.
7. quickly responding to impulses, emotions, etc., as the mind.
8. Sociology .
a. characterized by or permitting the mixing of social groups.
b. characterized by or permitting relatively free movement from one social class or level to another.
9. of or pertaining to a mobile.
Mobile was the first topic our group discussed in week 2 tutorials. We began coming up with anything that we could associate to mobile. We further used some ideas we had found and linked some thoughts back towards Parliment more specifically.
Literal association to mobile
- mobile phones
- cellular
- transport (cars, ships/boats, trains, buses etc.)
- machines
- laws / politics / regulations
- temporary
- internet
- societies / traditions / culture
- Symbolic
Parliment VS Mobile
- Changing or altering the symbolic / iconic views of certain aspects such as PARLIMENT HOUSE.
- Creating a mobile parliment
- What would happen if you eliminate heirarchy
- What if Parliment house was not the icon people thought of. What would it be? Place | face | Groups/rituals.
Images that represemt Mobile| Transportation| Movement
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Canberra Snapshot
CANBERRA
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), 280 km (170 mi) south-west of Sydney, and 660 km (410 mi) north-east of Melbourne. A resident of Canberra is known as a "Canberran".
The site of Canberra was selected for the location of the nation's capital in 1908 as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's two largest cities. It is unusual among Australian cities, being an entirely planned city. Following an international contest for the city's design, a blueprint by the Chicago architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin was selected and construction commenced in 1913. The Griffins' plan featured geometric motifs such as circles, hexagons and triangles, and was centred around axes aligned with significant topographical landmarks in the Australian Capital Territory.
The city's design was heavily influenced by the garden city movement and incorporates significant areas of natural vegetation that have earned Canberra the title of the "bush capital". The growth and development of Canberra were hindered by the World Wars and the Great Depression, which exacerbated a series of planning disputes and the ineffectiveness of a sequence of bodies that were to oversee the development of the city. The national capital emerged as a thriving city after World War II, as Prime Minister Robert Menzies championed its development and the National Capital Development Commission was formed with executive powers. Although the Australian Capital Territory is now self-governing, the federal government retains some influence through the National Capital Authority.
As the seat of the government of Australia, Canberra is the site of Parliament House, the High Court and numerous government departments and agencies. It is also the location of many social and cultural institutions of national significance, such as the Australian War Memorial, Australian National University, Australian Institute of Sport, National Gallery, National Museum and the National Library. The Australian Army's officer corps are trained at the Royal Military College, Duntroon and the Australian Defence Force Academy is also located in the capital.
As the city has a high proportion of public servants, the federal government contributes the largest percentage of Gross State Product and is the largest single employer in Canberra. As the seat of government, the unemployment rate is lower and the average income higher than the national average, while property prices are relatively high, in part due to comparatively restricted development regulations. Tertiary education levels are higher, while the population is younger.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
CAPITheticAL project
The project brief that was derived from this particular competition.
The Competition
THE TASK
KEY PROPOSITION
WHO CAN ENTER
PRIZES
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
PROVOCATIONS
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
REGISTER
CAPITheticAL invites you to review the debates, influences and processes that led to the competition in 1911–12 for the design of Canberra as Australia’s national capital and imagine how an Australian national capital might be created in the 21st century.
The first prize will be to the minimum value of $70,000.
Design students are encouraged to enter the competition, individually or in groups, and the Jury may award a student prize with a value of up to $10,000 where high quality submissions are received from design students.
Additional jury prizes, commendations or honourable mentions may be awarded to submissions of high quality.
Entry is free.
(2) The entry should demonstrate knowledge of the debates, influences and processes that led to the competition for the design of Canberra as Australia’s national capital. This demonstration may be written or presented graphically or may be a combination of presentation media.
National versus Local: The architecture of a capital is imposing as an expression of nationhood and heritage, values and aspirations. How then should such a city express itself as a place where people also live, work and play?
Size: Australia is the world’s most urbanised nation, with 57% of its population living in the five largest cities. This figure is close to double that of Europe and the USA. Should a hypothetical capital have ambitions as a sixth metropolis?
What: What is a city?
Whose: Does our changing demographic influence the shape, substance or style of the city?
How: Do social, political and environmental pressures and expectations influence how an Australian capital might be created today?
Registration is free.
Register now
The full competition brief contains all you need to know about entering CAPITheticAL.
Source : http://www.capithetical.com.au/the-competition/
KEY PROPOSITION
WHO CAN ENTER
PRIZES
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
PROVOCATIONS
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
REGISTER
CAPITheticAL invites you to review the debates, influences and processes that led to the competition in 1911–12 for the design of Canberra as Australia’s national capital and imagine how an Australian national capital might be created in the 21st century.
THE TASK
CAPITheticAL invites responses to many questions, including:- Would you build a new capital today or could the Australian Federation be expressed in a different way?
- Would it be a city in the conventional sense or not? If not, what form might it take?
- What ideas would drive its design and development?
- How would 21st century social, political and environmental factors influence the nature of the city?
- Of what should our national capital consist?
KEY PROPOSITION
Between Federation in 1901 and the selection of the national capital site in 1908, various pressures particular to the concerns and conditions of the time influenced Canberra’s establishment and growth. Today, those ‘pressures’ seem less compelling.This competition, a hypothetical, invites participants to re-imagine the task faced by those whose job it was to decide how the capital would be created. What kinds of pressures and influences would there be if the city were being planned today?- Are there relevant security concerns that would influence the location and design of a national capital today?
- Can the design and location of a city influence clarity, compassion and productivity in the thinking of Governments and political representatives?
- What influence would climate change have?
- Can the design of a city influence the life and work of its residents?
PRIZES
More than $100,000 has been provided for prizes in the competition.The first prize will be to the minimum value of $70,000.
Design students are encouraged to enter the competition, individually or in groups, and the Jury may award a student prize with a value of up to $10,000 where high quality submissions are received from design students.
Additional jury prizes, commendations or honourable mentions may be awarded to submissions of high quality.
WHO CAN ENTER
CAPITheticAL is an international competition open to individuals and collaborative design teams of professionals, students and recent graduates in architecture, planning, engineering, landscape architecture, urban design, as well as artists, environmentalists and other suitably qualified design professionals who have a passion for cities and urban culture.Entry is free.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
(1) A design submission in the chosen format which contains sufficient detail to fully explain the entry to the Jury and the public attending the exhibition.(2) The entry should demonstrate knowledge of the debates, influences and processes that led to the competition for the design of Canberra as Australia’s national capital. This demonstration may be written or presented graphically or may be a combination of presentation media.
PROVOCATIONS
The following provocations are prompts, potential ways of creating a space for thinking through the consequences of bringing Canberra’s past history into our present and very different world. What kind of national capital would we imagine now?National versus Local: The architecture of a capital is imposing as an expression of nationhood and heritage, values and aspirations. How then should such a city express itself as a place where people also live, work and play?
Size: Australia is the world’s most urbanised nation, with 57% of its population living in the five largest cities. This figure is close to double that of Europe and the USA. Should a hypothetical capital have ambitions as a sixth metropolis?
What: What is a city?
- event?
- infrastructure?
- home?
- market?
- government?
- landscape?
- object?
- experience?
- commerce?
- community?
- communication?
Whose: Does our changing demographic influence the shape, substance or style of the city?
How: Do social, political and environmental pressures and expectations influence how an Australian capital might be created today?
REGISTER
To access the full competition brief you must register for the competition.Registration is free.
Register now
The full competition brief contains all you need to know about entering CAPITheticAL.
Source : http://www.capithetical.com.au/the-competition/
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