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Beyond the horizonality and verticality: An archaeology of complex contradiction

Credits to the guidance from Prof. Kong and contributions from my fellow teammates:

 

- Hamimah Binte Salim

- Shirmine Tan

 

 

Site

Padang Singapore

 

Concept

The horizontal condition of Padang being a Ying force will begin to support the vertical elements which are the High Court and City Hall.

Horizontality of Padang gives the rise of the vertical buildings.

 

The complex contradictions to the existing of the horizontal and vertical: Beyond horizontal and vertical reality, which is hidden; and lies below.

Content

. Consumptions of things

. Complex Contradictions of products

. Contradictory experience of the normal

. Contradictory life of the everyday life

A Rectilinear Icecube

. Gaps between waterfall for water to flow underground (with barriers).

. Cylindrical pipes install along borders and brim of the Ice cube, for water to fall smoothly. 

. Skylights fill up the Rectilinear Ice cube supported by polished stainless steel columns.

. Water flows through and around the elevation of steel columns with an effect of a phenomenon transparency.

. Top of the rectilinear skylight; the floor of Padang field, made of glass becomes a platform for functionality.

 

 

Programs

Dining

Interactive

Rest seats

Shops & Stalls

Indoor Gardens

Restrooms

(Left) From the book of  Geometry of the Unconscious, An uncertain truth in Architecture

by Prof. Kong, Jyanzi Kong, Pg 108.

(Right) An image traced digitally (AutoCAD) with construction lines and shapes.

(Center) A published version of the traced image.

5 3D models(below) were created by

the traced image, with the 

skill of Extrusion, Merging,

Transformation, Manipulation

and Twisting.

(3D software used: 3Ds Max) 

Extrude 

Twist

Transform

Manipulate

Merge

Models by Lim Yu Zhi

Potential spaces found within and between.

Pipes installation for water to fall smoothly.

Gaps between waterfall for water to fall (Barriers)

A Rectilinear Ice cube

. Gaps between waterfall for water to flow underground (with barriers).

. Cylindrical pipes install along borders and brim of the Ice cube, for water to fall smoothly. 

. Skylights fill up the Rectilinear Ice cube supported by polished stainless steel columns.

. Water flows through and around the elevation of steel columns with an effect of a phenomenon transparency.

. Top of the rectilinear skylight; the floor of Padang field, made of glass becomes a platform for functionality.

 

Programs

Dining

Interactive

Rest seats

Shops & Stalls

Indoor Gardens

Restrooms

3D drawing and simulation

 of the Rectilinear Ice cube.

 

Rectilinear Ice cube is a designated

Shopping Mall that will be sited under

 the field of Padang Singapore.

 

Models by Lim Yu Zhi(above),

Hamimah Binte Salim(below)

and Shirmine Tan(below)

come together and combined.

Models by Shirmine Tan

Models by Hamimah Binte Salim

2ND

1ST

Plan of 1st

Plan of 2nd

Elevation

Overview of Rectilinear Ice cube

Perspectives on-site

Perspectives

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