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Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Tutorials in Semester 2

This semester Carsten and Colin will be conducting separate tutorials to give you all more time.
To assist with this we are going to pair you all up for the sessions - so that one can be the scribe for the other - meaning you can focus on the discussion in hand. This is a trial - and will probably evolve - and will hopefully mean there will be no excuses on what is expected for the following session.

As a consequence - each of you will only see Colin every TWO weeks - so it is essential you upload images to the blog to enable him to look at the work and pass comment to Carsten for your tutorial. The work doesn't have to be 'finished' as it can be removed later - but it is very important to UPLOAD. So don't forget and catch up with uploads No.2 + No.3

Field-trip: List of Buildings


LIEGE:
Liege-Guillemins railway station, Santiago Calatrava

ESSEN:
Zeche Zollverein (shaft XII), Fritz Schupp / Martin Kremmer
Masterplan Zeche Zollverein + Ruhr Museum, OMA
SANAA Building, SANAA
Palace of Projects, Ilya / Emilia Kabakov
Music Theatre, Alvar Aalto
St. Engelbert Church, Dominikus Böhm
Folkwang Museum, David Chipperfield

NEVIGES:
Mariendom Neviges, Gottfried Böhm

COLOGNE:
Cathedral (+ window by Gerhard Richter)
Museum for Applied Arts, Rudolf Schwarz
Romano-Germanic Museum, Klaus Renner / Heinz Röcke
Museum Ludwig, Peter Busmann / Godfrid Haberer
Cologne Central Mosque, Paul Böhm
Kolumba Museum, Peter Zumthor
Office Building G75, Schilling Architekten

DUISBURG:
Landscape Park Nord, 1999 Latz & Partners
MKM Museum Küppersmühle, Herzog & de Meuron

KREFELD:
Haus Lange & Haus Esters, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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