FINAL POSTER FOR EXIBITION

Words on the poster:

THE CATHEDERAL CROWN APARTMENT PROJECT IS LOCATED IN A VITAL ARTETY OF SYDNEY SITUATED ON THE CORNER OF CATHEDRAL STREET AND CROWN STREET. THE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX WILL BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LIVING CITY. ITS ARCHITECTURE IS A COMPOSITION OF TWO CONTINOUS LAYERED VOLUMES THAT ARE SET APART BUT LINKED BY A STRETCHED BRIDGE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR.

THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO HAVE 360 ° VIEWS OF THE AREA THROUGH THE FIFTH FLOOR AND ALSO UNOBSTRUCTED VIEWS FROM EACH APARTMENT. THE DIFFERENCE IN FLOOR SIZES FROM SMALL TO LARGE PROVIDES SHADE FROM THE SUN. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING ON GRASSHOPPER INVOLVED CREATING THE VERTICAL GEOMETRY, DIVIDING THE SOLID ELEMENT ALONG ITS Z-AXIS WHICH PRODUCED THE LEVELS I WANTED. CURVED SHAPED LINES WERE CREATED IN RHINO AND LOFTED TOGETHER THROUGH GRASSHOPPER TO CREATE A WAVE EFFECT ALONG THE SIDES OF THE BUILDING.

DEVELOPING THE ITERATIONS INVOLVED CHANGING THE BASE SHAPE OF EACH BUILDING AND THEN ALTERING THE SCALE AND SIZE OF EACH LAYER BY CHANGING THE VALUES THROUGH GRASSHOPPER. MY CONCEPT WITH THE COLUMNS IN EACH BUILDING IS TO HAVE IT MADE OUT OF CLEAR ACRYLIC WHICH GIVES THE EFFECT THAT EACH LAYER IS FLOATING AND UNSUPPORTED.

CONSTRUCTED PHYSICAL MODEL

FINAL MODEL UNDER CONSTRUCTION

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IMAGE OF FLAT CUT MATERIAL

FINAL DIGITAL MODEL

TWELVE ITERATIONS OF MY MODEL

IMAGES OF LASER CUTTING FILES

All pieces were set out through Rhino/Grasshopper set out in Rhino. Then imported into two Adobe Illustrator files as the model is to be constructed using two materials (one for the buildings- white pasteboard, and one for the columns- clear acrylic)















above is the layout for the levels and below is the layout for the columns.















The columns were laid out into this formation as the laser cutter machine cuts from left to right therefore saving on cost as the material sheet can be re used.