SM’1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers

Architects: SUN Architects & Engineers
Location: , Jeju-do, South Korea
Architect In Charge: Eunsoo Sun, Seungjong Kang
Area: 243 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Seunghoon Yum, Eunsoo Sun

From the architect. SM’1 House is the house of the architect who has his wife and two daughters. Everyone who constructs wants to build his house but it’s said to be difficult to do such a thing easily. The excuse that architects have not established their construction world, vague fear and hesitation seem to make them feel a heavy burden.

I had been in such trouble and delayed it, during thinking ‘I have to do something as an architect and a father’ for the closest people called ‘Family’, I watched a father’s story on the media accidentally and the story haunted me. It’s said that the house is a place where children’s value memories are and makes them keep their memories of childhood a lot.

However, most people build their house tremendously for a couple after children grew up and leave their parents. I blamed myself for ‘ Are there spatial sympathy of family during living the apartment for dozens of years? How often do we communicate with each other? in that space”. During I was thinking about these questions, I liked to build a house as soon as possible and then I put the thought in practice. At home, I don’t know how long I live in the house but I want to dream beautiful memories and the happiness of my family.

Ora 3-dong, Jeju-si, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province is located around the existing settlements that is in the old town(Juju-si) in current Juju and in the center of New Jeju. Around it, houses and villas, warehouses, etc are in the village so they make people feel a bit messy. The site is land which gives a cozy and comfortable feeling due to being well-lighted having a full south aspect. To the south, there is Hallasan(Mt), to the north, there are the airport and the offing so it has nice view.

The main concept of the deployment plan is if possible, to direct the space with different feelings by setting the relationship of the outer space in each room respectively. The space divided into this is planned to hold features of Jeju’s traditional house deployment, several small yards and a front yard have appropriate hierarchy in the yard and try to communicate organically each other. In addition, the feeling of the yard is a lyrical space where I saw in the grandmother’s house in the childhood, and the same concept in lighting plan to direct was applied and planned.

The main room (large Kudul), kitchen (Jeongji), guest and tea room (Barkgeori), hobby room, utility room (Gopang) are planned focusing on the living room (Sangbang) on the first floor, it’s planned that the living room is in the center of the house and family members can get together, the living room always gives bright and spacious feeling by placing my housewife’s flow and eyes openly with opening it with the kitchen.

In particular, I made both the front yard and inside-back yard come to indoor. In the guest room, Pongnang yard emphasizes lyricism to remind people of neat Jeju stones and Pongnang on the past ollegil.

The facade reflected on the form of flat arranged as the three-dimension moderated decorations as much as possible to emphasize neat feeling. Neat and clean white stucco and glass has the intention not to disturb surroundings by embracing natural colors.

SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Seunghoon Yum
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Eunsoo Sun
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Seunghoon Yum
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Seunghoon Yum
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Seunghoon Yum
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Seunghoon Yum
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Seunghoon Yum
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Eunsoo Sun
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Seunghoon Yum
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Eunsoo Sun
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Seunghoon Yum
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Seunghoon Yum
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Seunghoon Yum
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Seunghoon Yum
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Seunghoon Yum
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Seunghoon Yum
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Seunghoon Yum
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers © Seunghoon Yum
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers Site Plan
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers First Floor Plan
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers Second Floor Plan
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers Elevation 1
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers Elevation 2, Section 1
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers Elevation 3, Section 2
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers Elevation 4
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers Diagram 1
SM'1 House / SUN Architects & Engineers Diagram 2

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Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect

Architects: HASSELL, Richard Kirk Architect
Location: QLD,
Architect In Charge: HASSELL, Richard Kirk Architect
Area: 18000.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Scott Burrows

From the architect. The Advanced Engineering Building (AEB) at the University of Queensland is a state of the art engineering education building with flexible teaching and learning spaces.

The multi-purpose building has the appropriate mix of learning, workplace and social areas. The building co-locates five key materials, science and engineering research centres and occupies a prime site overlooking the University lakes.

Hands-on learning is embraced through an engaging and collaborative education environment. Some spaces follow a ‘design studio’ model with well considered learning tools that enhance the creative process.

The building integrates teaching and research laboratories in addition to large scale manufacturing and civil engineering research laboratories.

It supports various hydraulic, wind, materials and structural and advanced form processing laboratories within its program. The building also aims to act as a ‘live learning hub’ for students who occupy the building.

AEB facilitates new teaching and learning spaces that accommodate the University’s new curriculum. The building incorporates both passive and integrated sustainability initiatives with a targeted reduced energy consumption. HASSELL and Richard Kirk Architect in joint venture won the limited design competition for AEB.

Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect © Scott Burrows
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect © Scott Burrows
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect © Scott Burrows
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect © Scott Burrows
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect © Scott Burrows
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect © Scott Burrows
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect © Scott Burrows
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect © Scott Burrows
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect © Scott Burrows
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect © Scott Burrows
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect © Scott Burrows
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect © Scott Burrows
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect © Scott Burrows
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect Context Floor Plan
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect Floor Plan 1
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect Floor Plan 2
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + Richard Kirk Architect Elevation

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101 More Track Plans for Model Railroaders

Featuring plans from Model Railroader magazine from three decades, each of the 101 track plans has a newly written, informational description of the design. The track plans range in size from simple 4 x 8 foot and smaller layouts to room- and garage-sized showpieces, with the majority focusing on mid-size layouts.

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The History of Visual Magic in Computers: How Beautiful Images are Made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR

If you have ever looked at a fantastic adventure or science fiction movie, or an amazingly complex and rich computer game, or a TV commercial where cars or gas pumps or biscuits behaved liked people and wondered, “How do they do that?”,  then you’ve experienced the magic of 3D worlds generated by a computer.

3D in computers began as a way to represent automotive designs and illustrate the construction of molecules. 3D graphics use evolved to visualizations of simulated data and artistic representations of imaginary worlds.

In order to overcome the processing limitations of the computer, graphics had to exploit the characteristics of the eye and brain, and develop visual tricks to simulate realism. The goal is to create graphics images that will overcome the visual cues that cause disbelief and tell the viewer this is not real.

Thousands of people over thousands of years have developed the building blocks and made the discoveries in mathematics and science to make such 3D magic possible, and The History of Visual Magic in Computers is dedicated to all of them and tells a little of their story.

It traces the earliest understanding of 3D and then foundational mathematics to explain and construct 3D; from mechanical computers up to today’s tablets. Several of the amazing computer graphics algorithms and tricks came of periods where eruptions of new ideas and techniques seem to occur all at once. Applications emerged as the fundamentals of how to draw lines and create realistic images were better understood, leading to hardware 3D controllers that drive the display all the way to stereovision and virtual reality.

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