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Following a detailed survey of the building, the study of the context and the experimental use of light and digital facades the project aims to create a deeper consideration of architecture. The affect of light, shadow and texture on the composition is to be considered in tandem with the social effects. The project aims to review the architectural features of a building including the surfaces and spaces created. Innovative methods and tools are used in a way which explores architecture outside the box.
Site Selection
The Bute Building
This brief is derived from experience in previous studio projects which successfully used light to explore aspects of architecture and is a topic which is not normally considered. This project requires the student to select a site and to propose a new digital faade. The students will be encouraged to consider the implications of their work and will be engaged in discussion past lighting schemes towards using 3D projection as medium to express opinions on current issues, present information, and to explore and create as sophisticated critique of the context.
Joe Capiledero. Tom Cooper-Cocks. Cameron Hales. Sian Harry. McCulla. Laura Rokaite. Lauren Matt Sinderberry. Jamie Squelch. Lauren Tang Nicholas Humes. Welsh School of Architecture. Cardiff University
Studio
Facades
2012
The Aim: To investigate how lighting in public spaces affects experience, apperance and atmosphere.
Cathays Park
Underpass
The bute building displays a Classical facade and houses several university departments including the WSA.
The memorial commemorates the soldiers who fought during the two World Wars and is surrounded by park.
The disused toilet block provides shelter to the citys homeless and is an eyesore in the Cathays Park area.
The City Hall facade is adorned with imagery of the Arts, represnting its cultural importance to Cardiff.
The underpass lies below the Boulevard de Nantes. It is well lit at night and receives a heavy footfall.
Initial Ideas
How does lighting and projection interact with a large facade? How important is a buildings upkeep to its impression on the public? How can lighting to highlight the How can animation affect the overall environment of the building? Projection Schemes How can projection express the buildings function? and projection be used features of a facade?
Initial Ideas
Does the monuments function need to be exaggerated to the public? Can lighting and projection highlight the monuments initial function? How does changing the texture of the monument through projection affect the areas environment? Projection Schemes How can lighting the surrounding area add to the environment of the monument?
Cathays Park
Initial Ideas
How does the materially of the building affect the environment of the area? Can colours change the overall surroundings of the area? Is projection and lighting a good method of security? How does lighting the surrounding gardens change the feel of the toilet block? Projection Schemes
WO6 Lens
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Initial Ideas
Can the function of the building be represented through projection? Can projections and lighting negate the publics attitudes towards the building? Projection Schemes Should the intricacy of the facade be ignored and used purely as a canvas? the architectural
Colourblast 12
Underpass
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