Sketching
Before progressing with my CAD model, I attempted to revisit and sketch the biomimicry-visceral datum concept in an attempt to visualise how the cross section of the building would work. This time, attempting to place a greater emphasis of space and proportion of the gallery and studio spaces which can be used by the two designers.
CAD Process - Model
I continued my CAD model by drawing a similar shape of the base of the building and making it a component. This was only done because I had forgotten to keep the initial shape when I first started modelling and while this may be detrimental, this could create the opportunity for an interesting shape.
I commenced modelling by alligning the base of the model with the newly drawn shape and subsequently lock the shape down along the blue axis. It was here that I used the two-point arc tool to join the top and bottom of the datum together.
Once this was complete, I attempted to create faces out of the arc lines using the 'loft along path' tool from the Curviloft extension. This produced an unorthodox and strange shape which can be experimented and explored during design development. How this may help with the work flow and effectiveness of using space must be critically analysed later for Mountain and Moon and thus changes may need to be made.
However, it is worth noting that while curviloft could achieve and interesting shape, two gaps where made on both sides. Again, while this may be an issue and as oppose to troubleshooting this, I will use this as an opportunity to think critically, laterally and fill space.
I progressed development on the work space of Trent Jansen Studio by considering a dome like feature which could be situated within the space, both for aesthetics and potentially natural lighting. I created this by using a 'circle platform component' I had drawn previously and drawing to arcs so that it could be later 'skinned' into shape.
I considered placing another circle platform within the 'shell like' component of the building as a means to separate the space within that area into two storeys. The curved feature that had been 'skinned' had its edges flattened using the move tool and was scaled to fit into the building model.
CAD Process - Stairs Concept (Trent Jansen)
Importantly, the size of the model seemed proportionally big relative to human scale. I had attempted to fix this by selecting all components and scaling down the Sketchup model so that the spaces were more appropriately sized. This also enabled the stairs to be more suitably sized and scaled while producing them.
Before I began designing the stairs I had sketched, I had to consider where I was going to integrate each pair for each respective designer. Using the cross-section tool, I made a cross section of the building to consider how this may be achieved. In addition to this, I used circular platforms to minimise the distance between each stair well to control my use of space.
Once I had decided where the stairs would be located, I began drawing my first set of stairs for Trent Jansen studio. I used the two point arc tool to create the curvature and face which was then duplicated and rotated. The two shapes were joined to form until it was satisfactory and a small shape was drawn in between to bridge them.
Afterwards, I used the push/pull tool to create a thickness for the stairs and it was then made a component. Through the alt and move key and arraying shortcut (x18), I quickly made 18 identical stair tread components along the blue axis which bridged the vertical transition between two platforms.
To quickly form the staircase using components, I used the select shortcut (space), move shortcut (m) and rotate shortcut (q) to quickly interchange amongst the appropriate tool. (space) was used to select all relevant components as I moved the group to form each step of the stair. The stair had to curve to maintain an appropriate shape within the model which is where the rotate tool was effective.
Shortly after the stair was formed, circles were drawn underneath the stairs to form pillars which would support them (this was initially designed to be risers at first). I used the copy and paste shortcut as well as the move tool to efficiently place the 2D circles underneath each platform.
Once all circles were drawn, I used the hide tool to conceal the platform but also the 'view hidden objects' option in Sketchup to maintain its visibility. This resulted in a quick and efficient push/pull process to quickly snap the pillars to an appropriate length.
To create the balustrade of the stair concept, I had drawn an enlarged circle and a two x,y lines along the diameter of the circle in order to produce a straight line along the blue axis. This was used to create two arcs to form a horn-like shape which was then 'skinned' using curviloft to produce a shape.
The 'skinned' component was then duplicated and flipped along the red axis to complete the horn shape.
Once the horn was created, it was scaled down and copy and pasted into the 'stair tread' component. This allowed the horn to be effectively replicated on all of the stair treads. The horn was then angled from the stair to form the balustrade and the line tool was used to project its cobweb like features.
Once the stair concept component had been complete, the cross section tool was used to open up the CAD model and place the stair into the building where appropriate.
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