Exp 2 - One Rendered Image of Circulation Cross with Massing Elements

One rendered image of the circulation cross with massing elements in the UNSW lower campus context - (FX : Colour Sketch)

Exp 2 - Three 1-Point Perspective Drawings

Below are Three, 

One-Point Perspective Drawings of the Circulation Cross with Massing Elements

Exp 2 - Theory

Theory 

' By challenging traditional methodologies of architecture and approaching design in a quasi-philosophical matter, can we explore the relationship between the dynamics in form and mediate the tension between the pragmatic and the idealistic.'

Portion of Taken Article

"Whatever the form architects frequently veer into the philosophical terrain... reliance on quasi-philosophical spin is one of the fundamental ways architecture...

Those disciplines are based on structures of knowledge (precedent or code, economics, and science, respectively) that mediate between professional decisions and subjective judgement.

Referring to architectural theory in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Saul Fisher noted that, “…authors in the tradition have been (and are) in the main architects who seek to account for what they and others do, and should do, in architecture.” This to say architectural “theory” is mostly written by architects for architects and, depending on one’s level of belief... While Cramer was celebrating what he believes to be a contemporary replacement of theory with pragmatism, it could easily be argued that the old tradition lives on in the current zeitgeist. This is perhaps most evident through the poster child of today’s visionary architectural pragmatism, Bjarke Ingels, who was once described by Smithsonian magazine as having “elevated problem-solving to a philosophy...”

4 Words 

1. Form
2. Quasi-philosophical
3. Pragmatism
4. Mediate

Reference
"How Architectural Theory Distances People From Design." 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed, March 31, 2020.
https://www.archdaily.com/903947/how-architectural-theory-distances-people-from-design.

Exp 2 - Initial Circulation Cross In Context in UNSW Lower Campus

Above is the rendered image of the cross in context with UNSW lower campus - Round house/Squarehouse

Above is the circulation cross in isolation 

Extra Rendered Perspective Images

3 Rendered Perspective Images

Exterior Perspective 

Interior Lower Floor Perspective (Mountain and Moon Workshop)

Interior Upper Floor Perspective (The Kyza Workshop)

3 Sectional Perspectives

Isometric Section

Front-back Section

Left-right Section