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.
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
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.
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
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
Hi All, Take a look at this video discussing the production of one of Sol Lewitt's artworks from 2007 Lewitt worked in the office of Architect I.M. Pei before becoming an artist and is famous for inventing Conceptual Art. In Conceptual Art the idea, or concept, of the work is in some ways independent of its materiality; in this way Lewitt can specify the end result and employ others to realize it. An example of this is “all combinations of two lines crossing, placed at random, using arcs from corners and sides, straight, not straight and broken lines” from 1972. While these works seem totally deterministic and under complete control of the artist Lewitt recognized that people understood words differently and made lines differently. Your task this week, to draw 36 textures from dark to light follows this tradition. (Another of Lewitt's works, a series of sculptures called Incomplete Open Cubes, is also worth taking a close look at). Regards Russell and Andrew
