Tuesday, 20 November 2012

Sunday, 4 November 2012

Impact C - Inviting the Climate

Assingment: Pushing and Pulling the Envelope - Phase II C - Inviting the Climate

The room I have selected in this investigation is the kitchen. I thought this was the room, which had the greatest demands according to inviting the climate. Over the last ten years the kitchen has become a really important room in our homes. It is mainly used for cooking, but also for coffee drinking, reading the newspaper, to make homework, etc. Therefore I have designed a room with two zones, which suits the above mentioned in the best possible way.


To create a good climate indoor, I have studied the sunlight and designed an opening, which is open for the sunlight during the winter months and closed for the sunlight during the summer months. This is done to avoid an overheating in the room during the summer. In the winter months the idea is to heat up the room with the sun instead of using energy to heat up the room.




Sun angels at 12 p.m. in December and June


The indoor movement of generated heat from the sun


By making a platform to the relaxing zone, a warm and cold zone is created. These zones suit the actions in the room. You can cook in the cold zone because the body is in motion, while the zone in the back is warmer because the body mostly is sitting in this zone.


Sunlight in December 12 p.m.


Sunlight in June 12 p.m.


The months between June and December at 12 p.m. (September and March)


Thermal material in the relaxing zone of the kitchen to retain the heat for a longer period when it is cold outside and the heat is needed


Elements to keep the sunlight outside during the summer


Elements to bring the sunlight inside during the winter


The arrangement of windows in the opening

Model of my kitchen



Diagrams of the process


Technical drawings


Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Montre for the Body

Assignment: Pushing and Pulling The Envelope - Phase II B - Bending the Light

I have called my result in impact B "Montre for the Body" because I have created a frame around the shower action. Basically the idea is to have this light constantly and when the action bathing is in use the steam and water will interact with the light. That interaction will give the user some kind of artificial shower curtains and the montre will appear around you.


The montre

The light beams to create artificial shower curtains 

The montre seen from above

The process

Technical drawings of the result

Pictures of the result

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Impact B - Bending the Light (investigations)

Assignment: Pushing and Pulling the Envelope - Phase II B - Bending the Light

These models are some of my investigation models. Models built to see how the opening can control the behavior of the light in the room. The selected room for this assignment is the bathroom. The light becomes visible when it hits something. Therefore the bathroom is preferred because water and steam will appear when the action is in use, which I thought was an interesting thing to work further with.





Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Impact A - Framing the View

Assignment: Pushing and Pulling the Envelope - Phase II A - Framing the View

This is the room to relax in which I especially have worked with the framed view. The room is divided into two zones. One zone to asocial relaxing with its own view and another more social zone with the greatest view.

Drawing of the Relaxing room - 1:20


Adjustable slats to further investigations according to framing the view
Adjustable slats to further investigations according to framing the view
Adjustable slats to further investigations according to framing the view

Monday, 22 October 2012

Drawing for Manipulating the Opening

Assignment: Pushing and Pulling the Envelope - Phase II A - Framing the View

These pictures are the technical drawings of my envelope with the new openings designed after intuition to create the best context to the actions and my "program of intent"


Technical drawings of the envelope (complete)

Technical drawings of the envelope (plans)

Technical drawings of the envelope (sections)


Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Manipulating the Opening

Assignment: Pushing and Pulling the Envelope - Phase II A - Framing the View

In a time interval of 24 hours I worked by intuition to create different types of openings for every action. The opening should suit the action and frame the view of the newly given context. These models were my result.

3D Rhino model of the new developed envelope (South and East elevation)
3D Rhino model of the new developed envelope (South elevation)
3D Rhino model of the new developed envelope (West elevation)