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Peer Crits

Haven't posted my peer crits yet so here they are..

Weeks 2-3 Waking Up


Sam sthompson0.blogspot.com


Sam's design was of a structure which allowed someone to experience 'waking up' literally. He started with the idea of a flower opening during the day and closing at night. This then developed to a pentagonal shape which was meant to harmonise with the surroundings.
I thought that his initial ideas were very suitable for the 'Waking Up project', however he could have followed on with the flower shape instead of simplifying to a pentagonal shape which dilutes the initial idea. Overall I thought his work was well executed.




Madeleine http://mclades2.wordpress.com/


Madeleine's project was based on the light which creeps about the corner of your curtain in the morning when you wake up. Her site was by the waterfront in an existing apartment building. She was attracted to the shipping containers near her site and was intrigued by the way that they blocked the view of the sea and also the horizon.She was intending to take one of these containers and slot it into one of the high rise apartment blocks (much like a parasite).
She was going to cut a slit in the container which would create that situation that people experience in the morning when a beam of light hits them in the darkness of their room. The slit would not only cause this to occur, but also create a new 'horizon line'. She included four plans showing the four seasons in which the light would enter the container differently and thus you would need to move the bed.

I was really impressed with the way she made her building practical by placing it within another building, so to save space, and I was very intrigued by her ideas.



Sang 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc_0g__ZpQ4


Sang made his animation based on the old train station by Vector Arena. He chose this place because this was where he said he would like to wake up. The drawings were beautifully drawn and I was very impressed. I didn't however see any new designs.
His animation was very well done in expressing the idea of 'waking up'. I think that he could have developed further and designed a new structure rather than adapting to an already existing building




Weeks 4-5 Sustenance


Sam Peters http://spet559.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-8.html


Sams design was a space on secondlife where people could sit and eat with scripting on the table and roof. It was a seated area(similar to that of a highchair)  with a table place and roof shelter. in front were big frames that directed the viewers vision toward greenery. I thought the idea were interesting and I liked how he tried to control the viewers vision.


Sukshma http://spar487design2.wordpress.com/


Suki's idea was based on sustenance in terms of water. She was looking into water towers and considering the flow of water from top to bottom in a hierarchical way and that humans were like 'sponges in the sea' as we are made up of up to 90%water. She combined this idea to create the structure below 

The black cubes are the 'sponges' and when compressed by the white frames, water is released below and is re-used.

She situated her structure between two buildings, which I quite liked as she was dealing with her surroundings and not like many people trying to find open space to start their structure from scratch. I thought her idea of re'using the water was quite a clever way of approaching the 'sustenance' brief.

Sally Hosking http://shos033.blogspot.com/

Sally's structure on secondlife was a walkway/corridor which wrapped around a building from a previous project. the walls and roof of her walkway were square panels and they were all scripted to move/rotate for light and wind. (There were unfortunately no photos I could find) The scripting was very well done and I liked how the building wrapped around another.                  

Weeks 6-7 Gifting


Sulin 






Nick






Samisoni




Weeks 8-9 Gathering


Jenny






Regan






Robert

Model Construction

Drawings

Detail..

Started making my 1:1 model, good thing my building walls are all plastic. Pouring concrete looks extremely difficult!

Checking measurements however is taking a LONG time.. turning out to be harder than what I had originally thought.

Second Life building on site!

Photoshopped images of my second life building on site with different filters..

Weeks 8-9 Gifting - Augmented Reality

The start of a new project: Gifting

These two weeks my group is doing Augmented Reality, which, by the end of we are to have a 1:1 model showing detail of our building.


Given that my previous project was about a photography studio, I chose to focus on the gift of capturing moments. I have chosen my site to be on The Strand on top of the VTNZ building.

Met with the tutors on wednesday and they gave me some ideas


Taking your car for a Warrant of Fitness is not the most exciting thing. Everyone wants to spend as little time at the mechanics as possible, drop the car off and leave to do something more interesting. This 'moment' is very short and could be seen as a wasted moment in the day. 


Now, I can give this moment more meaning (taking into account my idea), let's say instead of spending a few minutes dropping off your car, you instead take a lift up to the rooftop where there is an art gallery and cafe for you to enjoy while waiting for your car to be repaired. This transition from chore(taking your car to the mechanics) to enjoyment(the art gallery and cafe) is the exact  definition of my idea, capturing this 'moment' within life(going through the motions) and turning it into something worth remembering(as art often does).

Matrix

Finalised!

Unfortunately I kept forgetting to take photos as I was developing my building design so I only have the final product.

BRIEF:
Startup business is a photography studio
4 photographers including myself

 Final building with rooftop opening to natural sunlight

 Back exit

 Entrance

 White and Black cubes/backdrops for taking photographs

 The lift

 Inside the darkroom

 the hidden darkroom in the floor

 Gallery at the entrance to display photographs

 

 

In relation to my previous project about 'social sustenance' there is a room for a computer and wireless internet where the photographers can work on their digital photography as well as have social networking connections.

The darkroom caters to one of the photographers interested in black and white photography and one the photographers is interested in concert photography, thus placing my building near vector arena for easier access.

Change

After discussion with the tutors, they'v agreed that I'm making this building too literal and rather than taking ideas from the building I'm just mimicing the 'style'. So, I've been trying out some there hollow cubes which rotate to create a threshold/transitional space as a part of the 'free-flowing' idea from the Barcelona Pavilion

More Second Life

been working on my building, though at the moment I don't really know where I'm going with this.. it's hardly looking like a building at all

 got the idea to make a platform with pools from my matrix building - the Barcelona Pavilion (the building is linked to the pools through poles/supports)

Floating to create a feeling of peace and freedom..?

 

The Barcelona Pavilion 1929

Just realised I haven't posted about my matrix building so here it is..


Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe


Location: Barcelona, Spain


Date: 1928-1929, demolished in 1930 and permanently between 1983 and 1986




Building Type: Exhibition Buildin


Construction: Steel Frame with Glass and Polished Stone


Style: Modern


Notes: An icon of the modern movement, free plan exemplar, Rebuilt with original design

Mid Sem Crit

So mid sem crit is over! however, for me this means more work as my previous design was much too different to my matrix building- which is what I am trying to base my design on. 

I think I will restart my building this holiday and try to make it more like the Barcelona Pavilion(my matrix building by Mies van der Rohe)..

http://www.e-architect.co.uk/barcelona/barcelona_pavilion.htm
Here are some images of the building:

At the moment I'm thinking to make my building with physical aspects such as boxy looking, flat roof, floating, pools, and free flowing.

Also need to decide on the 'four people' for the brief.

Dreaming of Sleep

 Place for peace and relaxation. (To also gaze at the stars)

The chairs retracting to create more floor space 

Chairs fully retracted. 

 Midnight fun..

Roof exanding to give better view of the sky/surroundings 

 Roof becoming transparent for best view

 Shifting..

 All walls completely transparent (used 'ghosting effect')

Finished! (for now...)-ready for thursday crit