Week 4 - Final Developed Model and 3 Animations

Draft Model Image

Developed Model

Animations

1. Section Cut

2. Follow Thru

3. Floor Plans

Week 3 - Patterns and Stairs Update

 We did a series of patterns including the words:

1. solid
2. ephemeral
3. fragile
4. grainy
5. jagged
6. bumpy
7. fuzzy
8. decorated
9. smooth
10. perforated
11. transparent
12. foggy
13. glittery
14. uneven
15. reflective
16. compact
17. paneled
18. glossy
19. molten
20. resistant
21. curvy
22. corrugated
23. harsh
24. acidic
25. shattered
26. pointy
27. weathered
28. cracked
29. striped
30. stratified
31. metallic
32. rubbery
33. fabricated
34. geometric
35. flexible
36. poisonous

We then went back to our models and imported these textures into our surfaces.

I chose these three textures to place into my building.

metallic

grainy

molten

 In the first floor - metallic.

 In the second floor - molten.

In the ground floor - grainy.

Developed images of my Sketchup model.

Video from Youtube.

Week 2 - Stairs

 Some of my drawings I based my stairs on. I then went online and found a few pictures that helped me better envision the concepts in my Sketchup model.

 I really like the concept of these stairs, they have a a floating sense to them and I also like how they are made as a closed space rather than an open set of stairs. I think it will work well with the movement from the first floor to ground floor. I also like how the stairs don't need any sort of truss support other than the material itself.

 Cantilever stairs: I like the idea of splitting the room into more levels, in a space rather than having a whole new floor. It's a nice use of space, and the stairs tie them together well.

I remember seeing this building during my trip to Japan, the fluorescent lighting was something that stood out. I also liked how from outside, you can see the movement between the levels through the translucent facade.

These are pictures of me struggling to get the stairs right.

 Before any proper stair modelling.

 Messy messy messy..

 Fail Stairs, uneven and not thought out properly.

Another section showing how messy the triangle steps looked. I gave up halfway and tried another bunch of stairs so there were about 3 types in one level.

My concept which I thought was brilliant but turned out horrible.

Lisa suggested me having a steady pattern of triangles rather than random jagged edges. I might try it again, but it was too time consuming and looked confusing and rather dangerous for a set of stairs in a building...

Week 1 - 18 Concept Sketches + Sketch Up

The drawing my building was based on.

 

The clients that I used to formulate words were Christian Benner and Rolex. When I thought of edgy, I thought of geometrical patterns above the ground. When I thought of Luxurious, I couldn't express it through the section, but through a mix of glass and classic black cladding to compliment the word 'luxurious'.

These images are in the early stages of design.

Noun, Adjective, Verb

a) my best piece of creative work

This artwork was something I did back in high school. It was when a guest artist - I forgot her name but she visited our Visual Arts class and gave us a masterclass on watercolour. She made amazing portraits with watercolour, her form was free and intuitive. She didn't spend long on details, she liked to see the face as a whole and paint it with expressive strokes and colour. I remember her helping me form the hair of my model, she sloshed around some brown paint and water in a container and poured in on the paper. I was so scared, but it turned out so beautiful and effortless. I wish I was more intuitive with my design thinking. I'm still too analytical and stiff with my art form.

b) Guggenheim Museum Bilbao by Frank Gehry

The first time I saw an image of the Guggenheim Museum was during our Art History classes. When my teacher had this picture on the slideshow, I was immediately blown away by the shape of this building. I thought to myself, 'How on earth was this design possible? And how brave was this architect to think so intuitively and beautifully?'. Frank Gehry truly is a captivating architect and I've admired a lot of his works. I'm a bit unsure of that new UTS building though. It looks too bland and mismatching to the setting. 

c) something beautiful..

This is my border collie named Udon, like the japanese noodles. Udon to me is beautiful, he is handsome, clever and gives us a love that is ineffable and incomparable. Udon is my best friend. He is always there to cheer me up! We love taking Udon for walks and also taking him to the dog park to meet new friends. His favourite things to do is catching frisbees and running after birds.

Hazan Motorworks

transportation, sleek, speeding

Rolex

timepiece, luxurious, rotate

Christian Benner

studs, textural, captivate