Architecture Design Studio AirResponsive Group - Dai Duong, Cheng Chen, Kaiying Yu & Hamish Bartlett

Site Analysis

WYNDHAM MELBOURNE

SITE

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Direction Of Prevailing Winds

Site A

Site BSite C

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Direction ToWyndham

•Responsive architecture

•Dynamic sculptures that respond to varying wind conditions

•Symbolic of the social growth within Wyndham

•Marriage between natural and manmade elements.

The Aim

•Experience for motorists that conveys the rapidly changing populous.

•Using dramatic yet consistent changes in color, shape and volumes of space.

•Create a constantly changing experience for it’s consumers..

Articulated Cloud - Ned Kahn

The design intent of the “Articulated cloud” was to suggest that the building has been enveloped by a digitized cloud. The sculpture’s appearance changes dramatically with variations in light conditions, weather and time of the day. Its prime driving factor is wind. Ned Kahn used the invisible force to create ‘moving’ facades through the use of smaller dynamic units in a repetitive nature.

Cell Size

Time

Cell Growth and Size Regulation in Yeast

Linear Sine Cosine Exponential Logarithm

Frequency

Curvature

Curve fromgraph

Curve from chosengrasshopper matrix

Curve

Curve

South Boundary Line

North Boundary Line

Divide Curve

Divide Curve

Line Split Curve Move

Interpolate Rotate Loft Fins Extrude

Isocurve Divide Curve Interpolate Wires

Extrude Panels

Inputs OutputsSystem

Site B

Direction Of Prevailing Winds

Direction ToWyndham

South Elevation

East Elevation West Elevation

50m

STEEL REINFORCEMENT

CONCRETE

Steel Reinforcement

Concrete

Responsive architecture can generate dynamic sculptures that respond to varying wind conditions (The rapid change that can be seen in such a sculpture is symbolic of the social growth within Wyndham itself). The movement of components due wind, combined with an organic structural form, creates the illusion of marriage between natural and manmade elements.

The aim is to bring them together to create an experience for motorists that conveys the rapidly changing populous that is Wyndham through the use of dramatic yet consistent changes in color, shape and volumes of space. The ever-changing forms that the structure can take will create a constantly changing experience for it’s consumers. This will allow greater appreciation for the project as an art piece in its lifetime.

Wyndham City GatewayKaiying Yu, Dai Duong, Cheng Chen & Hamish Bartlett