Handing in DS3 marks the end of semester 1's work. Overall I was fairly happy with the work that I handed in for this draft submission.
Format
One of the main aspects that I viewed as a success was the use of the A3 portrait accordion fold format. It had taken quite a lot of careful thinking of how it needed to be formatted in InDesign, and then tests of how it could be printed on the plotter and folded correctly, but it seemed to work well. In the end, I didn't have many drawings which ran over more than one page, but it did work well for the site photographic sections which spanned 5 pages. I think that I may use this format again for DS4, where it will likely be more useful for more large drawings spanning more pages.
The physical draft submission, demonstrating the format's ability to be leafed through as a conventional book of facing pages and also to be opened out for longer images, such as the photographic site sections shown here
Precedent studies
Another useful aspect of this submission was that it gave me the impetus to reflect on precedents which had been useful to me up to this point and then curate the relevant information, images and drawings on each of them. This helps contextualise my project, and is also a useful resource for me to keep returning to over the next semester, as I further develop and refine the design. The precedent of Mark West and Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology's work with fabric formwork is going to be especially useful for the next technology study. The Bazaar of Tabriz will be useful for helping to refine the programme and think about sequencing and dimensions of spaces with regards to that.
One example of the fabric formwork studies carried out by Mark West and C.A.S.T.
Design development
In terms of design development, this hand-in has come at a time when the project is still very unresolved in a lot of ways, which is something that I don't see as a problem. The design development section of this document demonstrates how my ideas have evolved, from initially looking into agroforestry and permaculture, to the idea of bamboo as a material being introduced, and then that evolving into the fairly unique construction process of using living bamboo and fabric formwork which I am now in the middle of exploring. This is something which I do feel fairly set on using, so moving forward it will be a case of researching and resolving this further, whilst also looking at what form this may take on, how it will occupy the site, and what phases it will develop in.
The last part of this submission used an analogy for the way that I would like the project to develop over the site – like bacteria growing in a petri dish over time. The next steps will be to work out how this manifests itself in more tangible, built form.
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