Project 2 | Final Submission

Grasshopper Script:

Final Submission Poster:

 

3D rendered images from the poster:

Animation Video:

Dropbox link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5e6bsyw2rsj0uin/arch1201-2014-Shanny-Lam-project2.zip

Project 2 | Interim Submission

Poster:

Animation:

Studio Exercise 4 | Matrix

	Toggle switch	Incremental slider	Infinitesimal slider
Sun	Simple shades that can retract on command	Glass panels that tints itself between three-five levels, in response to the harshness of sunlight	Sections/holes in the roof in which the sizes of it can be controlled in order to maintain natural sunlight.
Wind	Separate boards in the roof that can be toggled to remain flat or be lifted on an angle in order to obtain ventilation from the roof and into the house	Louvers that moves inversely following the wind patterns to maximise natural air flow into the shipping container	Panel that changes shape according to the movement of the wind
Rain	Shading panels that retract or extends in response to whether it is raining or not	A roof made up of separate panels that corresponds to the intensity of raindrops by angling itself to allow the water to run down and away from the roof	A wall that responds to the size and intensity of rain by taking imprints of the raindrops

SUN

Infinitesimal: sections/holes in the roof in which the sizes of it can be controlled in order to maintain natural sunlight.

WIND
Toggle: seperate boards in the roof that can be toggled to remain flat or be lifted on an angle in order to obtain ventilation from the outside to the inside of the house.

RAIN
Toggle: shading panels that retract or extends in response to whether it is raining or not.

Project 1 - Final Submission

http://speedy.sh/3qbZu/arch1201-shannylam.zip

Studio Exercise 2 | Clients

Haiti development statistics (pre-earthquake):

• 55 percent of Haitians live on less than $1.25 per day.
• Per capita annual income is $660.
• 58 percent of children are under-nourished.
• 58 percent of the population lacks access to clean water.
• Devastating hurricanes in 2008 affected 800,000 people.
• Deforestation has left the nation with less than two percent forest cover.

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Who has been affected?

• 3,500,000 people were affected by the quake
• 220,000 people estimated to have died
• 300,000+ people were injured

How have they been affected?

• Over 188,383 houses were badly damaged and 105,000 were destroyed by the earthquake (293,383 in total), 1.5m people became homeless
• 4,000 schools were damaged or destroyed
• 60% of Government and administrative buildings, 80% of schools in Port-au-Prince and 60% of schools in the South and West Departments were destroyed or damaged

What are their needs and vulnerabilities?

• Over 600,000 people left their home area in Port-au-Prince and mostly stayed with host families
• Unrelated to the earthquake but causing aid response challenges was the outbreak of cholera in October 2010. By July 2011 5,899 had died as a result of the outbreak, and 216,000 were infected
• The life expectancy for Haiti is low: 50 years for men and 53 years for women.b
• Haiti has the highest incidence of HIV/AIDS in the Western Hemisphere. One in 50 people are infected.

Are they in an urban or rural location?

• Nearly 79% of Haiti’s people live in rural areas.

What housing existed before the natural disaster? How did it deal with the division of spaces, privacy, security, climate control?

• Due to the country’s existing poverty conditions prior to the earthquake, infrastructure and residential units were inadequate and insufficient in supply
• At the peak of displacement, around 2.3 million people, including 302,000 children, were out of their homes.
• After the earthquake, 604,215 people left Port-au-Prince and the West Department. An estimated 160,000 persons moved from Port-au-Prince to the border area with the Dominican Republic.
• Even before the 2010 earthquake, only 54% of Haitians had access to sanitation facilities (toilets, indoor plumbing, sewer systems). Less than half had a regular source of safe drinking water.j

What are the climatic conditions? Cold climate? Warm, humid climate? Hot, dry climate?

• Haiti is primarily tropical and semiarid in the east. Tropical storms are frequent.

Do those displaced dwellers have cultural or religious traditions which influence their apparel, day to day activities, or social interactions?

• Eighty percent of Haitians are Roman Catholic, 16% are Protestant, and 4% are other. Voodoo is often practiced alongside Christianity.

Sources
http://www.lessonsfromhaiti.org/relief-and-recovery/key-statistics/
http://www.dec.org.uk/haiti-earthquake-facts-and-figures
http://facts.randomhistory.com/haiti-facts.html
http://traveltips.usatoday.com/weather-climate-haiti-12394.html

Studio Exercise 2 | "Home"

Understanding how "home" has changed over time.

The understanding of the term "home" has changed from a physical definition to a more spiritual one over time. The concept of an ideal home changed from people describing a private space/house to a much more dense and complex idea - it is unique to each individual with different factors contributing to the answer. It could involve family, and/or culture, where they feel like they belong and are comfortable and secure, and/or whether they are alone or not. 

Concept of "home"

What determines a home to an individual is a unique and personal experience. Home is somewhere one may feel comfortable, free and secure. This feeling can be found when with specific people, family for example, and/or in a physical, familiar space.

Studio Exercise 1 | Haiti

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/haiti_01_13/h08_21691403.jpg

http://cdn.sheknows.com/articles/Haiti_earthquake(1).jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Haiti_Earthquake_building_damage.jpg

http://www.vosizneias.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ha2.jpg