Light to dark textures

All 36 textures.

Axonometrics in Crysis

These are the two images of my axonometrics (2 & 7, see all sketches below), exported into Crysis environment. I have considered the use of multi-coloured lights with axonometric to the left, so at night the negative spaces are highlighted, exposing the structure of the shape. The terrain is default, so I will continue experimenting with different textures to create a location that will suit both Darwin and Hawking. 

Electroliquid Aggregation quote

"I attempt to see things in terms of geometry. From so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."

After thinking about it for some while, I decided to fuse together quotes of Charles Darwin and Stephen Hawking. The electroliquid aggregation quote combines two completely different sciences - mathematics and biology. In geometry, even the most complex figures are derived from basic elements - point, line, angle, etc. Similarly, in evolutionary biology, ancient and primitive life forms have evolved into the variety of living organisms we see today. 

Axonometrics (Some work in progress sketches, then final moleskine drawings)

Lecture Slide Reflection

I chose one of the slides from the final images for project 5, which was exploring shadow as repetition. This slide drew my attention because of its skillful use of colour. Throughout all 5 books of the project, colour is used to highlight specific aspects of designs or to illustrate a point. In fact, all the little projects within a big one are colour coded which creates a feeling of unity and logical structuring of ideas as one studies the project.
In this specific project the use of the colour blue highlights the moving part of the building by making it stand out against the dull gray concrete of the model.
This has led me to consider the use of bright colours or perhaps contrasting textures (such as transparent as opposed to densely hatched) to accentuate certain aspects in my own project.

Quote: Charles Darwin

"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."

Image Source: https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal2/node/955  

Quote Source: from Origin of Species (1859) http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin 

Quote: Stephen Hawking

"Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry."

Image Source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/photogalleries/wip-week26/index.html

Quote Source: As quoted in Stephen Hawking: A Biography (2005) by Kristine Larsen, p. 43 http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking 

Quote: Nicole Kuepper

"Electricity can make such a difference in people's lives: they can read at night, they no longer have to breathe in noxious fumes from things like kerosene lamps, you can listen to the radio and be informed about what's happening in your country and other countries, listen to educational programs, you can refrigerate vaccines that can help save people's lives... It's just the amount of things that we take for granted in today's society that some people don't have access to, it's just mind boggling when you step back and start to think about it."

Image Source: http://www.pv.unsw.edu.au/Staff/nicolekuepper.asp

Quote Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8eNeReo-hw

3 Animations

Please note that since I had some trouble posting original .avi files exported directly from SketchUp, I had to convert them to .mp4 files the last minute, so the quality of these clips is not optimal.

My Model - Final

drop.io link

My Stairs

Below are my sketches of stairs and how I integrated them into my SketchUp model

Stair 1 connects individual platforms within the gallery space as well as connecting Ricky Swallow's studio to the gallery. The steps and the hand rail are made out of timber, while vertical supports are made out of an aluminium alloy. The wires running below the rail are stretched so that the whole stair remains rigid, so they will also have to be made out of an aluminium alloy.

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Stair 2 connects Richard Goodwin's studio to the gallery space. I used smooth, curved shapes both in profile section and shape of the rails so that the geometry of the stair responds to sculpted shape of the studio, at the same time contrasting with rigid rectangular structure above the ground. The material for the stair has to be concrete to give it a heavy, somewhat industrial look. Aluminium finish is used to emphasise that feeling.

Section-related YouTube clip

This is a short clip I found on YouTube. I felt that it was very relevant to what we are studying in ARCH1101. It shows a section of the building done in real time. The animation utilises a gaming graphics engine, which I thought was very appropriate and related to recent Machinima lecture.

Artists' work in their studios

Goodwin's exploded model of a toy car (the same one as I used to come up with 3 starting words). I chose to place it on a display because its scale is too small to be put on the floor.

This is Ricky Swallow's sculpture "The Listener". Again, this is the same example that I have used to come up with 3 words.

Stair Analysis - Luis Barragan

All 18 sections

All 36 textures

The 36 words were:

abrasive

brittle

composite

compressed

conjoined

corroded
decaying

dense

disrupted

ductile

elastic

eroded

fibrous

fluffy

grainy

harsh

heavy

hollow

irregularl

layered

one-dimensional

opaque

porous

ragged

rough

ruffled

scaly

sedimentary

stiff

stitched

tense

tough

transparent

uniform

veiny

woven