Final Model

We chose to do the section cut here because this is the most distinctive view to show the relationship between the roof and the platform as the core concept in this building is the platform. Firmness and security are what we feel to the fact that they stand on a platform with the same outline as that of the roof or sometimes even of larger size, depending upon the importance of the building. There is magic in the play between roof and platform.

Utzon substitutes solid walls with mullioned, glazed screens, columns or posts allowing the eye to trace along the horizontal plane with minimal interruption. Eliminating the solid wall reduces the sense of interiority and shifts the role of enclosure to the sheltering roof or to a space within a second layer of walls.

Jorn Utzon's design of Can Feliz encompasses the architectural pursuits of his career; his use of natural materials connects with his interest in 'the platform' and in the ancient Mayan and Chinese architectural culture.

Final Poche

Final Parti

Utzon and Platform

Can Feliz, as the new home was named, expressed Utzon’s love for the concept of platforms. In many of Utzon’s poetic works, the constructed plateau and platform are designed to intensify the experience of space stretching to the horizon under a vast sky.

As an architectonic element, the platform is fascinating.



Utzon gained great inspiration from the Mayan platforms when he was visiting Mexico, where they build the platforms on the level of the roof of the jungle, the platform is a worthy place for the worship of their gods. From there, they had the sky, the clouds and the breeze, the platform is like a great open plane. On these high platforms -many of them as long as 100 metres-, they built their temples. By means of this architectonic device they had completely transformed the landscape and presented their eyes with a grandeur that corresponded to the grandeur of their gods.

The raised platform and constructed plateau in Utzon’s architecture often appear as a Cartesian plan, a plane that is completely flat, with a grid geometry (square), singular material texture and color, and with visual continuity stretching to infinite space. In this sense, Utzon’s platforms and plateaus stand in contrast to the natural ground and have a sense of another world or a sacred place.
Utzon’s raised platform is essentially a place set apart from the common level of earth. The wonderful experience is going from the denseness of the jungle to the vast openness above the platform.
On this platform or square, you may have a strong feeling of remoteness and complete calmness. The feeling under your feet is the same as the firmness you experience when standing on a large rock.

Model In Progress

Parti Diagram and Poche Rendering Progression

Tips

http://shaowenwang-textonly-arch1201-2009.blogspot.com/

Examples within the year group (taken from Anuradha Chatterjee 2008 blogsite)

For excellent presentation standards see

Model and drawings (notwithstanding the coloured diagrams)

http://arch1201-christhorp.blogspot.com/

Model and drawings (notwithstanding the coloured diagrams)

http://terrencechau.blogspot.com/ -

Line work

http://commonprojects.blogspot.com/


Model making Books (taken from Ainslie Murrays 2008 blogsite)

James Angus, James Angus, Sydney: MCA, 2006.

James Angus, Mikala Dwyer, Emily Floyd, Ronnie Van Hout, Ricky Swallow, Still Life: The Inaugural Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project, Sydney: AGNSW, 2003.

Tim Hawkinson, Tim Hawkinson, Sydney: MCA, 2007.

Wolfgang Knoll and Martin Hechinger, Architectural Models: Construction Techniques, London: BT Batsford, 1992.
Criss Mills, Designing With Models: A Studio Guide to Making and Using Architectural Design Models, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000.

Karen Moon, Modelling Messages: The Architect and the Model, New York: Monacelli Press, 2005.

Toshiko Mori (ed.), Immaterial, Ultramaterial: Architecture, Design and Materials, New York: Harvard Design School and George Braziller, 2002.

Callum Morton, More Talk About Buildings and Mood, Exhibition Catalogue, Sydney: MCA 2006.

National Sculpture Prize & Exhibition 2005, Canberra: NGA, 2005.

Susan Norrie, Daniel von Sturmer, Callum Morton, Venice Biennale 2007 Australia, Sydney: Australia Council for the Arts, 2007.

Tom Porter and John Neale, Architectural Supermodels, Oxford: Architectural Press, 2000.

Verlag Anton Pustet, Scale Models of the 20th Century, Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhauser, 1999.

Albert Smith, Architectural Model as Machine, Oxford: Architectural Press, 2004.
Martha Sutherland, Modelmaking: A Basic Guide, New York: W W Norton & Co, 1999.

Sophia Vyzoviti, Supersurfaces: Folding as a method of generating forms for architecture, products and fashion, Corte Madera: Gingko Press, 2006.

Sophia Vyzoviti, Folding Architecture: Spatial, Strucutral and Organisational Diagrams, Corte Madera: Gingko Press, 2003.

Modelling supplies (taken from Ainslie Murrays 2008 blogsite)

Artlink Art Supplies
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Art Smart Discount Art Supplies
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Bondi Road Art Supplies
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Burwood Art Supplies
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Campus Art Store
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ph: (02) 9331 7474

Eckersley’s
2- 8 Phillip St Parramatta
ph: 1800 227 116

Eckersley’s
88 Walker St North Sydney
ph: (02) 9957 5678

Eckersley’s
93 York St Sydney
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Eckersley’s
21 Atchison St St Leonards
ph: (02) 9439 4944

Janet’s Art Supplies
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Hurstville Art & Drafting Supplies
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North Shore Art Supplies
10 George St Hornsby
ph: (02) 9476 0202

Oxford Art Supplies
221- 225 Oxford St Darlinghurst
ph: (02) 9360 4066

Parkers Art Supply
3 Cambridge St The Rocks
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The Art Scene
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ph: (02) 9807 6900