Group: Less is Moore

GROUP NAMES & LINKS:
 Salli Hanninen
Josh Jung
Matt Cowle 

ARCHITECT & BUILDING:
Our group has chosen to model an apartment building 'Frangipani' in Bondi by architect, Ian Moore.

FURTHER RESEARCH ON ARCHITECT:

SOURCE 1

Source: Ripe : new design in Australia [90-5703-422-0] Cornwell

SOURCE 2

Source:  GA houses, 2007 Jan., n.97, p.94-107, Balmoral House, Barmoral Beach, Sydney, Australia

DEVELOPING MODEL:

This is the draft base model in Google Sketchup imported straight from Revit.

FINAL BASE MODEL:

This is the final model textured in 3ds Max for V-ray rendering.

PHOTOS & MATCHING RENDERS:

MODIFICATIONS:
When thinking about how to re-envision Ian Moore's architecture  I immediately think about how the use of colour and textures could be introduced. Majority of this building and the other buildings that I have found in my research show a lot of white and have a simple texture which runs throughout the building and throughout his works. Natural textures and the introduction of colour could really change his work.
Another aspect would be to change the linear lines and create curved facades and walkways. There are no curved lines and any of his work and a lot of it is very grid like. To contrast this with curves similar to those of Zaha Hadid would totally change the concept of Moore's designs.