Internship opportunities

Hi All,

Firstly, it was a big day last Thursday ... the last studio before final submission. Sincere congratulations for getting this far!

Thanks also to Ally Bennett, the People and Capability Manager at the Architecture firm Populous, who came around and spoke with you about internship opportunities.

You can see more of their work at www.populous.com and follow them for news, updates on their projects, people and job opportunities at www.linkedin.com/company/populous

Ally's contact details are via the internship ads on Linkedin.
If you'd like to follow up with Ally, we've told her to expect an email with a link to your blog; yes, if you hadn't already figured that out ... your blogs are great ways to introduce yourself to prospective employers, it gives them great insight into how you work as well as the quality of your end results. Employers like to see both of these when determining if you are the right fit for their companies. 

If you are keen to explore internship opportunities (with Populous or any of the Architecture practices we have links with at the faculty), or would like to know more, leave a comment below.

And finally, here are some images of projects from Populous:

Regards,

Andrew and Russell

SquareHouse Plans

Hi All,

One of your fellow students requested plans for the SquareHouse (the building at the base of your Bridge/School) a few weeks ago. These might be useful if you'd like to integrate your designs with the current architecture. There is no pressure to do this, but if your developing theory points you in that direction you can find a link for them on the brief page for Experiment Three, or here.

Regards

Russell and Andrew

Inspiration from Chris Freeburn

Hi All,

Take a look at our tutor Chris Freeburn's blog for some inspiration regarding moving architecture; link to the right.

It's worth keeping in mind that each tutor runs their own blog for their studio groups. These are all publicly available; so you can take advantage of the unique resources they place up for their students even if you aren't in their group.

We would also encourage you to take a look at your tutors websites, Chris's company is Ironbark Architecture, website here: http://www.ironbarkarchitecture.com.au/ 

Regards

Russell and Andrew

Bridges

Hi All,

Two examples showing bridges and the power in our atmosphere:





Regards

Russell and Andrew

Sydney Light Rail Stops

Hi All,

Take a look at this short video explaining some of the thinking behind the design and materiality of the light rail stops on the way to UNSW.

Troy Donovan, speaking in the video, was trained as an Architect and has worked around the world specializing in facade systems. His Instagram account is @the_donnies ... there you'll see loads of beautiful drawings of architectural details, well worth a follow; we do.

Regards

Russell and Andrew 

Digital Models and Plagiarism

Hi All,

This is very important, so please read the below very carefully:

Please be aware that using someone else's model in your work without referencing them is considered plagiarism.

Also, you won't be credited for that part of your work, so limiting it to supporting models (such as people, vehicles, furniture ... i.e. things to reinforce scale and give context) is advisable. In other words, if a model that was created by someone else is a major part of your design it's unlikely that you will pass, even if it is correctly referenced.

Finally, if you plagiarize and are caught the consequences are very severe. So please, if you are tempted, talk to someone to get help or find another way.  

Regards

Russell and Andrew 

Sketchup Plugins Students are Using

Hi All,

Here are a few plugin's for sketchup you might like to try (we've not used them all, but some ARCH1101 Students are using them to create curving/intricate shapes):

1. Soap Skin and Bubble (Extension Warehouse ... under Window > Extension Warehouse > Search)

2. Bezier Curve Tool (Extension Warehouse)

3. 3d Trusses: A student in James Pedersen's group last year, Jason Yan, shared how he created the 3d trusses in his designs here: http://whatsupjasonyan.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/trusses-tutorial.html

You can get JHS Powerbar here, and s4u to Components at the Extension Warehouse.

Regards

Russell and Andrew