MY IDEAS IN MY HEAD ARE NOT JUMPING INTO MY PROGRAMS LIKE I WISH THEY WOULD

been at this most of the day. Can’t seem to figure out some things in my programs, which in turn is slowing my progress down. Why oh why wont my ideas jump out of my head and materialise on my computer screen. Anyhow, I ended up cutting my loses and went with a representation of what i really wanted to produce. Its close, but it can and will be better. Ended up using grasshopper for this one. Need to make some adjustments to it so that the structural supports go down to the ground in some areas. Once my other organic structural piece is added to the roofing elements (as well as the office tower that needs to go up) I think that it will be looking pretty good.

MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS

Alright, I made some adjustments to the model as it didn’t look exactly how I wanted it to. I wanted the form to flow along more with the lines that already existed as its facade features. I changed the eastern facade a little (which will act as the public terminal entrance) and i also decided to fix up the inconsistencies within the design that were a result of some unwilling form lofting. I really needed to do this now so I was working with an defined working model opposed to an undefined and constant fix up model, if that makes sense.

Some of these images are taken during the actual form processing. It may be hard to see exactly what I did, but the final image is what the outcome was. I’m happy, the shape has really responded to my initial layout program, and has added elements which I can easily identify with further programmatic development.

TRYING TO MODEL

In my attempt to produce some 3d models that even half represent the form I have in my mind I have managed to burn hours upon hours away. I was struggling to get the form out, but I believe I was approaching it the wrong way. I managed to progress a little (it was a lot for me) and I know seem to have a working model of at least one aspect of the design.

I decided to work on the roof, as the roof form could possibly provide the entire shape I was after. This took ages! So many adjustments to try and make it look the way I envisioned it to. Finally got it to something I was happy with. I don’t believe these images do the form justice. Once I am at the stage of rendering and physically modelling it I think it will come into its own. The curves at some points will provide a really interesting look. I might even sketch over some of the images to show what I’m shooting for.

 

KNOCKED OVER SOME SKETCHES

I smashed these sketches out the other day. Hopefully I can recreate them in max or rhino. I think I’ll try and work with Rhino for this one. I have the ideas in my head, I just need to be able to recreate them and present them in a manner so that everyone knows what the hell I’m on about. Sometimes I fall down in this aspect.

Plan view

Front view (top image) and

Right view (bottom image)

Perspective from back-left side

Perspective from front-left

EVOLUTION OF DESIGN

After analysing the program of the building I needed to adjust the overall form. I am still eager to represent the vortex though, so I shall adapt the building form with that in mind. Whilst the basic and most efficient form is a rectangle, I am going to attempt to use this shape as my base, but add and take away certain elements to give the building its own unique character. I’m sure once I am done with the exterior facade that it won’t be easily recognisable as a rectangular form. I am still going to try to produce an organic element, whether it be in the form itself, the skin, or both. I have produced some base geometries in rhino (I’ll come back to grasshopper a little later) which I will work with. I will probably start sketching around these geometries and see what I can produce.

MY SITE PARAMETERS

I had a massive description about this image below, but my computer just crashed and i hadn’t saved it. So I have decided that I am not going to write it all again. Its self explanatory, it shows the design constrains that I have set for the site, and how the positioning of the building works with the buildings purpose and function.

Plus here is the diagrammatic layout of the freight terminal Import/Export warehousing facility.

SITE REMINDER

So here is the site that I decided to focus on after the analysis expressed in my pitch for the design approach. Currently it is the export park precinct, but minimal attention has been paid to this site. To increase revenue and local businesses, I am aiming to maximise cargo import and export at Brisbane Airport. This will aid surrounding industrial areas, as well as enabling BNE to be the cargo capital of Australia.

The site shown below shows the area I am focusing on (in red) within the entire BNE landscape. As you can see, it is a very large site which allows for expansion in the future:

From this site I am planning on designing the Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal at the base of the current light aircraft runway, which will be used instead to taxi the larger cargo planes to and from the terminal:

Because of the size of the planned building, it will almost match the current scale of the domestic and international airports. This provides a distinctive path between buildings, aligning the terminals, and allowing for a series of connection between the three buildings.