WEEK 11 project 3 site review and inspiration

Week 11

Site review and inspiration 

Howard Smith Wharves is a wharf site on the Brisbane River. The 3.5 ha site is culturally and historically significant and is one of the last undeveloped location in Brisbane.At same time, the site locates in the intersection of cultural, business and residential area in Brisbane.Due to these reasons, this project must respects to its certain culture and history in the site.

  Therefore, the project must bring minimum influence to the site or perfectly fit into the context. This mains the shape of the building can not be anything that is very  abrupt or have very strong contrast the surrounding environment.


The studio of design school 

Users

Designers are the main users of this interaction centre of design studio

This interaction centre of design studio will also open to the public who like arts and design

Know about design:

This shows the most common process of design. The design process can be divided into 6 stages and

each stage is closely related. They actually do not have a certain order. So as a space for design studio it mast have randomness and interactivity.

Space to Fit each Stage:



In a design studio, for each design stage, the space requirement is different. Each stage need certain hardware and space to support .

Define-----Office & Reception: to manage this studio, get projects & provide business from customers

Collect----- Resource & reference: library & access to online data

Brainstorm and analyze-----Inspiration &creativity: other people's works, man-made structures

& natural elements

Develop-----Environment: private, sunny & quiet space to ensure concentration

Feedback-----Communication: open & semi-open spaces to maximize chance of communication

Improve-----Hardware: computer lab, sufficient support & relaxing facilities.

From above we can see in each stage of design process, different spaces and different hardware are need. They do not have certain order but closely interrelated.

Tangram

Tangram:The tangram is a dissection puzzle consisting of seven flat shapes, called tans, which are put together to form shapes. The objective of the puzzle is to form a specific shape using all seven pieces, which may not overlap.  It is one of the most popular dissection puzzles in the world. In China, the game was designed to evaluate a person's intelligence, along with the ancient game jiulianhuan or nine linked rings. Psychologist Robert Sternberg states that it is considered "the earliest psychological test in the world," albeit one made for entertainment rather than analysis.

The tangram has seven pieces that allow you to from a lot of shapes as you want. This game could be very creativity and be able to inspire people. This character is fit the requriment of design studuio.

So what about ..............