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Wednesday 22 December 2010

Sketch Model - 06



Claude Parent - Villa Oblique... 3d sketch model + 3d sketch visualisation
There is also an implicit understanding of his material palette through curvature... thickness...
INTERVIEW

Sketch Model - 05





3d modelling can be a framework - exploration of material etc - but it is supported with 2d and 3d testing...
Wes Jones LINK

Sketch Model - 04


from: vincentderijk
2009-01
O.M.A TPA model

Specific models for specific tasks... lighting.. views... windows... fragments...
Link

Sketch Model - 03


Shauna Jin - found this - a good example of assembling tonal but texturally different materials to configure layered and humane architectures...

link

Tuesday 21 December 2010

Sketch Model - 02


The Merzbau, a series of rooms full of found items arranged by Kurt Schwitters.
An example of 1:1 partial making to experiment with the nature of space... this project was destroyed in the war and was reconstructed using only the photographs...

Sketch Model - 01


Artist Lynda Gammon produces work that evoke space. physicality. time. sequence.
She uses found materials to achieve a layered and multifaceted space...

A good example of sketch modelling intuitively about your own spaces ... following a route through the space etc.

LINK

Monday 20 December 2010

RUDOLF CSI



Seasons Best to All

ARMOURED DWELLING

I'm sure most people have seen this but for those that haven't. Symbolic but defensive.

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/12/17/vostok-cabin-by-atelier-van-lieshout/#more-108389

Saturday 18 December 2010

Friday 17 December 2010

uploads No. 2 and 3

Please action ASAP the two uploads we asked you to do:
(A good opportunity to conclude your thoughts / proposals of this semester in order to move on / evolve in sem2)

No2:
'forensic anatomy' = your key individual site observation that reveals a conflict and opportunity within the Aldgate context (based on your personal mapping)

No3:
'building envelope' = a view of your building envelope in context

Wednesday 15 December 2010

10 hills place


LINK

Saturday 11 December 2010

Solar IV



"Solar Ivy is a solar energy system whose design reflects the natural growth of ivy on building and in nature. Flexible, modular, and customizable, Solar Ivy can be used in conjunction with traditional solar panels or independently to meet the demands of a wide spectrum of energy needs. "
LINK

Drawing material


Unfolded elevations with only the facts/known drawn to highlight the effect...
LINK

Lead


NON Sign...
LINK

form of the erased building


"All architectural elements except the scaffolding were removed from the photograph of a building under renovation. The result is an autonomous “drawing“, which suggests the form of the erased building. The scaffolding, normally a temporary urban structure, was retained whereas the building, a permanent urban structure, was eliminated."

LINK

Universita Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy


this is a real imag e- not a render...
LINK

thinness



Henegan Peng Architects
aras-chill-dara

Wansey Colour - A POSITIVE ACTION IN THE CITY


MATERIALS
Concrete, fibrous cement mock timber boards, glass louvres
DRMM - Wansey Street
LINK

Dusk


Time...
Low Cost Housing - Silvertown
Niall Mclaughlin
LINK

Mind Zone



Drawing imagined reality / Reality Built...
LINK

Home Delivery - Prefabrication / component technology


HOME DELIVERY

Liquid Wall

Liquid Wall Prototype for Innovate:Integrate Exhibition from arbuckle industries on Vimeo.

New Gallery


Image: Charlotte Baker
Dainow and Dainow

Stunning Drawing...


jørn utzon, jeddah stadium, saudi arabia 1967

Thursday 9 December 2010

Delicate Mayhem


Illustrator who composites city narratives...
LINK HERE

Wednesday 8 December 2010

Thu 9 Dec - Portfolio Tutorials

Please bring your entire portfolio (in order) with you on Thursday. A3 size is fine, even b&w)

However:
For the portfolio cross crits next week your portfolio need to be printed at original size = A2 (plus digital copy on CD)

Blog:
Please remember to upload the two posts to the complicit blog today by 3pm.

Sunday 5 December 2010

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image: BÜRGERHAUS SINDLINGEN, 1960/61

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Saturday 4 December 2010

Friday 3 December 2010

Field-trip Payment

If you have not do so, please urgently make your payment at the office.
(please also check that next of kin forms are up to date)

Thursday 2 December 2010

Wednesday 1 December 2010

Schalker Verein Gelsenkirchen

Former coal and ore-storage facility in Gelsenkirchen (Ruhr Region) turned into 320,000 kWhr solar powerstation.

now in library...


"Turning Pages", shelfmark 741.6/TUR

6a Lecture - 6th December - MUST SEE



Practice 6a are speaking on Monday 6th December for OxArch - this is a must see for Unit A...

PRACTICE LINK

RSA Animate – Superfreakonomics

RSA Animate – Superfreakonomics
From a series of lectures animated to create seriously active drawings... space. time. worlds.