Link to Drop Box

 Glass House incorporates an open plan learning and work ethic, encouraging intra-spatial interaction.

This can be seen in the minimal use of wall structures, rejecting the modern axiom that architecture needs to be physically erected in order to exist. Instead, through changes in volumes, a change in purpose of each 'room' is suggested.

Further compounding this suggestion is the change in natural lighting that can be seen whilst transversing the bridge structure between Tyree and the Square House, providing a comfortable work environment with appropriate levels of lighting.

As a result of the lack of boundaries, a truly multipurpose and yet specific space is born; The Glass House.

Staff office/meeting space

General assembly/student meeting space

Block House entry point/Gallery floor

Student study/lounge/gathering space

an open studio space

Study/tutorial space nestled in amongst the library shelves

Space to sit and soak up the sun, encouraging architecture interaction;
whilst above sliding panels provide programmable shade for students within 

General Staff Office space

Computer lab, and beyond, the programmable shade element.

EDIT: P.S. Because the Underground sections are hidden in Lumion, please look closely at the Sketchup model in the area connecting to the Blockhouse to see the complete Gallery Floor as well as the underground lecture theater.

Vitra Fire Station_ZAHA

the hidden underground world

to my great irritation and dissatisfaction, I've discovered that Lumion in all its glory, is unable to sufficiently render an underground basement level with my current understanding of it. As such, I find myself unable to present an intended secondary element as intended.
Originally, an expanding elevator, able to restructure itself across different floors was planned between the entry point, mezzanine level and the lower Theatre floor. However, as the lower floor is impossible to access on Lumion there is a loss in drama of the elevator as it travels between floors.

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View of the lower floor

Grass intrudes into the gallery/exhibition space, under which is another Lecture Theatre Level

Entry Point

Progess Pics

Progressive elements of the new UNSW Architecture and Built Environment Building

1. Ramp System in foyer; 2,3. North Wing; 4. Louvred South Wing as seen from Anzac Pde. 5. South Wing as seen from Main Walkway; 6,7,8. Interior, South Wing; 9. INT, North Wing; 10. EXT North Wing

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Manifesto/ethos/primera

How do we create a sustainable design that prioritizes diverse and interesting spaces with great visual quality and daylight conditions? How do we make a building move?

architecture that challenges universal waste issues and traditional building techniques reject[s] the modernist axiom that architecture needed to be physically erected in order to exist

The layout and letting of the building reflect an aspiration to create a sociable and collaborative work environment. Functionalism, more a method than an end, became a gateway to eliciting architectural desire. Flexible spaces for primary workspace functions transform an element of sheer utility into a decisive architectonic component, cost-effectively build[ing] new creative workspace.

Raw aesthetics,differentiated spatial sizes, layers of visual connections through the building and great daylight conditions without internal partitions, to allow each space to be adapted for different uses. Artificial light is minimized, independently remarkable if often overlooked.

Views of the exterior are always present; even across the building; decorative, celebratory, that would activate a feeling of connectivity.

AD Classics: Austrian Cultural Forum / Raimund Abraham by David Langdon, 25th May 2015

http://www.archdaily.com/633790/ad-classics-austrian-cultural-forum-raimund-abraham/

Made to be Moved / Arcgency by Arcgency, 25th May 2015

http://www.archdaily.com/634691/made-to-be-moved-arcgency/

Colourful shingles front Assemble’sYardhouse Studios for east London creatives by Assemble, 15th July 2014

http://www.dezeen.com/2014/07/15/yardhouse-studios-artists-designer-london-assemble/

Reflection:

The purposeful amalgamation of curvilinear and rectilinear forms create a community viewing area and marker that can be glimpsed by passing motorists. The red mountainous form evokes thoughts of the indigenous peoples and the red land they inhabit.

Lumion Files:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/987tuse9ja6d9sb/AACVkaYPAXNMoRiUeVW1F9Swa?dl=0

The form bridges over the road, allowing for pedestrians to view fields on both sides of the road,
form=function

The rectilinear cutout within the curvilinear form acts as a frame for the world beyond,
form=function

Slits cut out into the structure act to both shield viewers from the sun and yet allow them to view
the sports fields, form=function

More with less

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It's not what forms represent but if they function effectively

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More is the effective function of form, wasting none


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Ornament must have function

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Optimization of material


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Computational optimization of ornament gives function as well as form


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Systematic method of  invention

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Architecture needs to produce novel effects in order for culture to evolve

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Methodical novelty in invention to further evolve architectural culture