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Hello my name is Tisara Samarasuriya. I’m a 3rd year architecture student. Dint always want to be an architect, started my uni career off as an engineer but learned that I love design more than the engineering aspect. Looks like the engineering aspect has come back to haunt me with vectors. At least I can use some of the Experience gained in my first year.

I’ve used basic forms of digital architectural programs such as sketch up 8 thus long for my Environments course. I’ve had a littleexperience with Rhino and thus not completely alienated by it. Have never used grass hopper before and well dreading it and also intrigued by it. Some programs that I’ve heard about it revit and #ds max which I’ve been meaning to learn in the future and have heard many design projects are based though this level and digital programming software.

Although these programs help in the productivity, presentation and overall quality of the project I do believe that using digital architecture kills an individuals creativity to a certain length. I guess I’m antic but I do believe architecture to its purest form should be done using pencil and paper.

The Sri Lankan Architect Geoffrey Bawa is now regarded as having been one of the most important and influential Asian architects of the twentieth century.Bawa’s work is characterised by a sensitivity to site and context. He produced “sustainable architecture” long before the term was coined, and had developed his own “regional modernist” stance well in advance of the theoreticians. His designs broke down the barriers between inside and outside, between interior design and landscape architecture and reduced buildings to a seriesof scenographically conceived spaces

Architecture As Discource

At Heritance Kandalama Bawa created an austere building that derives its beauty from the surrounding landscape. The simple geometry and lack of decoration help to highlight the natural environment.

When he first built the hotel, he told the staff that one day it would peer out from under a canopy of lush vegetation. The staff didn’t fully grasp what he was describing. Ten years later, after Bawa was long gone, the staff say he had described the hotel exactly as it is today.

“Bawa’s work is characterised by a sensitivity to site and context. He produced ‘sustainable architecture’ long before the term was coined, and had developed his own ‘regional modernist’ stance well in advance of the theoreticians. His designs broke down the barriers between inside and outside, between interior design and landscape architecture and reduced buildings to a series of scenographically conceived spaces separated by courtyards and gardens.”

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Overlooking the pearl River the Guangzhou Opera House is the largest performing arts centre in South China, Designed by Zaha Hadid, a most inspiring and forceful architect this structure evokes her radical approaches and multiple perspectives to designing.Combining art and technology this design is unique as it holds traditional art and music while expressing a modern and ambitious outlook on the exterior. Hence creating this mixture of old and new which is a captivating idea for added analysisn within the Expression of Interest Proposal.Like pebbles in a stream smoothed by erosion, the Guangzhou Opera House sits in perfect harmony with its riverside location (Schumacher).This synthesis between the building and nature is another consideration that will be implemented and experimented with in connection with the Gateway Project and the Wyndham City.

Architecture As Discource

Computers, by their nature, are superb analytical engines. If correctly programmed, they can follow a line of reasoning to its logical conclusion (Kalay, 2004). Hence, the majority of computer-aided design research over the past fifty years has been directed toward developing computational systems that provide varying levels for assistance to human designers by taking care of smaller or larger parts of the design process (Kalay, 2004).

Computers, by their nature, are superb analytical engines. If correctly programmed, they can follow a line of reasoning to its logical conclusion (Kalay, 2004). Hence, the majority of computer-aided design research over the past fifty years has been directed toward developing computational systems that provide varying levels for assistance to human designers by taking care of smaller or larger parts of the design process (Kalay, 2004).

Above the Corian Super-Surfaces Showroom by Amanda Levete Architects was awarded the Interiors and Fit-Out Prize at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona. Their idea came from a drop of water creating a series of ripples became the metaphor for transforming space through movement. Just as the ripple causes intricate moiré patterns in water, Corian Super Surfaces is about revealing the moment of change through visual complexity, creating dynamic kinetic effects. This concept of moving through the space, appearing to animate it is a exceptional concept and will definitely be integrated into the deisgn Gateway Project andis a major contribution into creating an spatial experience.

Containing both creative and practical compo- nents, architecture remains on the cutting edge in both worlds. Architecture can vary and draw inspiration from art movements at the time, but itPROJECT INFORMATIONis also affected by modern building practices and advancements. In the modern age, the result of this is that any design that can be thought up and manipulated digitally canbe fabricated in real life.One such example is Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in China, designed by NBBJ Architects. It was inspired by the geometry of a nearby river delta, and Grasshopper was used in order to ra- tionalise the geometries into a workable form. It features a large number of petal-shaped truss modules which enclose the stadium. Many dif- ferent variations were created in order to be able to evaluate and find the best possible archi- tectural solution.In terms of parametric modelling, however, it went beyond the facade of the structure. Para- metric techniques were also used in order to determine the seating layout in order to ensure the best possible view from each seat could be realistically achieved. The result of modelling both of these elements parametrically was the changing one would immediately cause the other to adjust to the new conditions.