YUDI CHEN
My living room has two floor connected and connect by stairs (3' x 7" treads). It has a large space for people on the second floor can see through and chat with people who stay on the first floor. On the first floor, it has two armchairs and one rounded table, in front of that, it has very detailed decoration on the wall. On the second floor, it has a comfortable sofa with one table for putting some books on it. There is a piano (Kawai) near the wall. In addition, there are many plants around the corner which provides beautiful views and recycle carbon dioxide in the room. A large sliding doowr and large windows are centered along the south wall.
On the elevation view, it has 14 feet heigh for first and second floor. The armchairs (Rosdorf Park) on the first floor made for the wood and polyester, and the rounded table (Joss & Main) are also made of woods, the table lamp (Lamps Plus) with an incandescent bulb (60W). The wall next to the armchairs and rounded table is decorated wall. The LED lightbulb inside of chandelier (Lamps Plus) with an incandescent bulb (60W). On the second floor, it has large comfortable sofa (Lacie) with one table. The railing (11 ft long and 3 ft high) is the separation between first and second floor.
This Actor-Network map starts with the book "HOT TO COLD: an odyssey of architectural adaptation by BIG". It reveals that how to integrate culture and climate into the design for some conceptual designs. It takes the temperatures around the world as the main line and uses the sequence of "from hot to cold" to present each project uniquely which is my inpiration for this Actor-Network map. I pointed out the question that how climate or temperature change can influence on the architecture or space. After that I divided into two parts, one is culture and climate and the other is location. I picked my homework as the location where is Jiangsu, China. It between the warm temperate and subtropical zones which the weather is mild with abundant railfall and distinctive seasonal changes. After that, I search Chinese culture towards architecture which called Fengshui it is the ideals of cuntion, flow, and harmony into the vision of architecture ideation. On the climate part, I came out to the environmental and ecological design and research about water recycling, EcoMaterials, active system and passive systems. For the EcoMaterials, I found there is a traditional wood in Jiangsu which also related to my location, Jiangsu, China. So, the whole of that became the circle that can be connected with each other.
The inspiration of organization diagram comes from is "HOT TO COLD: an odyssey of architectural adaptation by BIG". So, I search three elements that influence the temperature of my living room which are function area, lighting area and wind movements. This organization diagram of my living room highlights these three elements; the two curved line represents the wind movements across the space, and the rectangle and curved shapes represents the lighting areas; and the triangle lines represnts the function areas.
This graphic composition is composed of five lines. For my wind movement lines are made of oval shaped dashes with two arrows on both sides. The lighting area are two parts, one is curved shapes and the other is rectangle. Some large shapes created this curved shapes and the rectangle has the widest dashes projecting inward as long thin lines nearly filling the entire boundary. For my function area, it has wider dashes lines and the connection part created different patterns.
The height of the graphic composition are different, 0.5', 1', 2', 4', to create a series of blocks. It explores different height of graphic blocks and represents different height with first and second floor. Also, rotating one of these blocks makes different shapes and patterns. A thick grid on the top right corner connects with thicker lines which create the space between them. There are many different interesting spaces inside of this large space for people to explore it. The densest area is the left corner where both has lighting area and function area.
Two different height of line blockes represnt different heights, they connect with each other. On the left corner, it marked by two thick grid elements and the thick line block are connect these two grids. On the right sides, it has two shape blocked and use the thick line to connect each other. There are several heights of oval shapes inside this large space.
This view shows the cold area transfers to the hot area, which is marked by two thick grid elements and the thick line block. The space inside are marked by several heights of oval shapes and divide into different small spaces. The most hottest area is on the left corner which combined both function and lighting areas, where has one large shapes and line blocks.