Vimal Fatania

As part of my theory subject, Computing Design and Theory, there are workshops on different computational architecture tools.

DDD or Dimension Driven Design is an aspect of Microstation (similar to CAD) whereby there are many design tools for the application of maths.

Task:

The idea was to take one or two of the tools of DDD and apply it to a brief.
I used a brief from a potential project from my year out.

Have a look at the process and tools and a full step by step guide to how the problem was solved!

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 10:15 PM | Permalink

Check out these short videos. They have been done for various reasons by students and professionals for adverts and final year projects!

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 02:34 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Went to the AA to see an exhibition with a few fellow classmates.

Great use of everyday materials!

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 10:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

To summarize the day.........SANDING!

The most part of the day was spent sanding and finishing all those little faults.

The best part was that it was a complete day of TEAM effort!

The base frame had to be welded up and supports put in place so it could be assembled in the main atrium space. It was first tested in the metal workshop and one of the sections was placed on......

Setup then began in the main atrium and the sections were being put on one by one.

And a little while later! (long time actually)

These were the people left at the end of the day...but not the whole team who contrabuted!

Day 6
was one of onsite learning experience, through having to make snap decisions and learning about the planning process and what erros can be made.

But despite this, a real huge amount of talent and hardwork paid off and it seems there is an excellent product which has been produced and will be of huge benefit!

Well Done Team 200 !!!!!!!!!!

ps The roads and how they will be shown are still to be completed. The main part is done!

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 12:09 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

By the end of play today the idea was to have all the sections done and legs for the base welded up and the ability to test its first attempt on putting it together.

The day of accuracy........Matt measuring up steels to be cut and checked.

Serious welding going on! Dave making the legs for the base.

Sparks were flying.....

Legs for stands

Close up detail of supports and fin for the rod to be threaded through.

Again the finishing of the sections was high priority. Grant was on the case!

A general finishing and cleaing up. Tom did an excellent job posing as a cleaner!

And at the end of the day!!!!!

The Team (some not in high spirits)

All sections done and ready to assemble!!!!!


Only one more hurdle to go guys!!

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 08:41 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Day 4 started off to a slow start in progress because there was a miss-guided error, but continuation of marking out and cutting was at slow pace. A tally of the sections was taken and all the sections were printed and approximately 5/6 sections are still left to cut.
Also Dave had made a start on the base of the model, with welding the frame legs.(images to come)

Goings on, on Day 4:-
Alot of extreme cutting going on!!!!!

Some had more advanced skills and techniques than others!

Some tried to use some advanced machinery!

But they failed and got stuck! (This is why you don't wear scarfs while using machinery)

Some needed a little guidance...

Some just pulled it off!

One thought he would just relax......

But most did actualy do alot of work which brought us alot closer to a good quality finished product!

Keep it up!

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 08:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Today was a hard and fast progressive day.

The following events took place:-

Liam did some cutting of timbers for the 1:1000 model

We were pleased to recieve some Japanese Royalty!

So Tom thought he would show his awsome power!

But he failed and dragged the wood. Also the door proved a struggle!

And then some people got very annoyed and took it out on their sanding!

And the royalty caught wind of it also!!!!

Later things calmed down luckily.....

And at the end of the day there was plenty of excellent sections produced!

The days progress did hit a few bumps.
There were some issues with the datum point being in the wrong place. This then had to be adjusted by setting the marking out up by 15mm and this meant the sections correct in the most part. Other areas were concerns on man/woman power available and tools, but a huge effort was put in and a fairly successful day was achieved.

Today was mainly a continuation day and day 4 will hopefully be the only full day of this, so as day 5 can be used to setup and produce the base and final product.

Well done team and keep up the good work!

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 10:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Day 2 was an early start. 9.30am
Some of the sections had been printed out and were stitched together an marking out on the pieces of timber had commenced.
After the timber had been marked by knife, the silohette was drawn in pen and then taken outside to be cut.
Some issues arised:-
-the use of a circular saw was proving to make the edge finish flake and splinter. This was then abandoned.
-the complete sections then needed to be cut out by jigsaw but due to lack of tools only 1 was available so i continued to do the whole section cuts.
-the weather then turned and we could no longer work out side due to rain.

The model then took a production line style of manufacture.
-A few group members would print out the sections.
-Some would stitch together the sheets and lay them out onto the timeber.
-Another would mark onto the wood the outline and markup the datum points and ones where the wood would need to be extended for tall buildings.
-A section would then be cut in the workshop
-A initial filing and sanding would accur over the section to pullout any erros or awkward parts.

This produced a section which could then be put in order for initial visual testing incase any unforseen errors had occured.

Todays images:

Me with some power tools and Dave looking like a lost Panda in the background! Lovely in pink, very builder like!

Me working away with arm ache from using the one and only jigsaw available!

Production line, Grant and the great Omer, doing a fine job on final adjustments to the shaped timbers.

Matt N. Dynamite accidentally ordered space boots instead of workboots!

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 08:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Day 1 was the drawing up and planning of the way to make the model.
The group was debating multiple ways to carryout the model. After much deliberation, a decision to take the sections from east to west on the site was concluded.
The final outcome was to be modelled over night and sections taken as to test the final outcome of the model in 3d. There were some technical difficulties and differences of opinion. Through having difficulty of how to position the long sections and how reference points will work so multiple datum point were to be inserted as this would create points where threaded rods would be to link one section to the next.

Over night the sections would be printed out and i was involved in discussions of the best process with time constraints. Some ideas on scheduling and group organisation were given.

The day mainly consisted of discussions and the materials of wood and ply sheets being organised ordered and delivered, stored and an appropriate space for constructing.

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 07:57 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

As part of pre-site visit to Istanbul each member of the group was given a research topic and 'Iznik Cini' (Turkish Tiles) is my chosen topic to put into a guide for others to use on the trip and as an aide to maybe influence and create some ideas. The document contains history on the tiles and thier orogins and styles.
Turkish or Ottoman tiles consist of patterns mainly because the Islamic religion does not allow representation of relisious figures, the tiles have either geometric patterns or patterns of the national flower-the Tulip.

The following document
exaplains more!

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 09:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Starting off with the most basic form and then attempting to 'intersect' them. Then looking at the spaces created:-

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 12:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

An analysis of a text: "The Architectural Brain" by Mark Wigley. This is a chapter in 'Network Practices, New Strategies in Architecture and Design' edited by Anthony Burke and Therese Tierney.

I have analysed the examples used in the text and through this created the relationship links between them and also how Wigley came upon his current theories. This is an introduction to network theories which are used to form architecture in many different ways.

Have a read

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 12:04 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I have been recommended to watch 'The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover' for research into the underlaying goings on in a similar field.

This is another showing of the secret things that actually go on in the places we design to carryout a different function.

Also watched 'Cook Along Live with Gordon Ramsey' to foresee any key influences to a design.

This video outlines a key point that cooking schools don't always let you make it, and the example in this clip about the indian resort is the best one which is to learn where your food comes from so the customers pick their food out.

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 09:30 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

This is a video of Istanbullian architects

Tabanlioglu Architects

Check out the video on Wallpapers site!

Also another emerging architects office in Turkey

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 04:48 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

A version of the final model in its primary raw state.
The Design statement, talks about the visual connectivity which is the areas i would like to explore in the future.

From the statement, the main theme was to have visual connections to all the various options the user would potentially like to go to. Meaning, from any one point in the lobby, the user would be able to see another point where they want to go and a visual connection is created along with a simple enough route.

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 07:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The first time the Raincatcher built was opened to the public to come and visit the nature reserve.

The image shows the client and the local residents who commissioned the project.

There will also be a formal and public opening in spring time as further works are on site currently.

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 04:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Representative images of the basic room as in the video.

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 01:54 PM | Permalink

The Rainwater Catcher in Gospel Oak Nature Reserve

Initial model

The project was carried out over construction week and finished over a further 2 days and completed on 30th Nov 08

To see drawings and progress......

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 04:52 PM | Permalink

Final Lobby presentation

Design Statement

A simple visual connection for the user to identify the required destination and the ability to see the path connecting the two spaces.

The visual connection is achieved by solid and separate functional enclosures.
These enclosures are:-

-Indoor / Outdoor Waiting spaces
-Conference space
-Informal presentation space
-Bar
-Restaurant

The business person we envisage will be the main occupier of the lobby and every users approach will be seeing the conference space first. This business person will not be using the hotel as a means to which he or she will enjoy the sites of Canary Wharf. He or she is not on holiday. The hotel is therefore a means by which they can stay for a short period of time, perhaps only one or two days, and enjoy the amenities on offer, whilst attending conferences and meetings based there. These amenities must therefore be immediately recognisable to the user, so that he or she can familiarise themselves with this environment quickly.

The entrance is the point where the user is given the opportunity to move to the most desired function at that point in time. Therefore, residents checking in will divert to the reception desk and adjacent waiting area. Residents that have already checked in who require access to their rooms will divert towards the core. Those meeting at the hotel will divert towards the more informal spaces such as the bar or restaurant. Each of these locations has a visual connection to and from the entrance space.

From the entrance or any point in the lobby there should be a visual aspect connecting you as the user to multiple functions. In the same way you see the conference centre as you walk in and the ramp over the check-in desk creates the perfect visual connection to the destination and the path that you will be taking.
Using a mixing of formal and informal functions and connecting them with an interesting pathway it becomes a visual traverse. Therefore the concept of bifurcation is continued through the visual connections that the user makes from the space he or she occupies to the space that is their destination.

Continue reading "Hotel lobby (Group C) Lobby presentation" »

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 07:52 PM | Permalink

To create a hotel room by using a piece of music and a narrative.

See the end result:-

the steps we took to get there........

Continue reading "Showroom" »

Posted by Vimal Fatania at 08:46 PM | Permalink