I thought that this subject ARCH 1101 is particularly interesting in the sense that it helps me to better portray my ideas and thoughts regarding architecture. By sketching and doing computer work, I believed that I have made much advancement within this four months. It not only boosts my confidence in terms of sketching, but also helps me to think critically of what I am supposed to present. Although there are much to be learned in the coming years, I really want to extend my gratitude to Russell Lowe (lecturer) for his animated lectures, his ideas, his advices and Helen Strevens (tutor) for her guidance.
A range of new programs have been learned, amongst them been Google Sketchup and Unreal Editor 2004. It's really fascinating to learn how two different softwares with their own strengths and weaknesses can merge with each other to produce some good mixture. Of course, there was the other edge of learning these softwares. i got to encounter various technical errors, had to spend time learning how to fix them, and all in all, it is really time consuming.
After this 1st semester, I had a few resolutions on improving myself to embrace the coming years, with improving my written and spoken language, and reading more as two of them. I hope that this experience will be both a lesson and a platform for me for greater things in the future.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Experiment 3 - Final Product
I've uploaded my unreal editor product to rapidshare at
http://rs651.rapidshare.com/files/252770561/DM-Jabez_experiment3.ut2
Some screenshots of my final product:
Obama's office
Obama's office top view with Madonna's office seen far to the left beneath.
Main space of Obama's office. It serves as a reception hall for Obama's office.
Generosity of space depicts elegance and power.
After the mainspace, a space which serves as a meeting hall is seen.
Right above of the meeting hall is obama's formal workspace
The rear of Obama's office showing access to two different lifts - one heading to the dining hall where he will meet another client whereas the other one heading towards ground floor.
A closer view of Obama's 'bird lift'
Perhaps one of the most exciting space in Obama's office is this basketball court situated right beneath the elevator area. Since Obama's favourite sport is basketball, I thought of attaching work with leisure, and I believe Obama needs and will appreciate this balance in life.
Top views of Madonna's office. A glamorous style of workspace is clearly seen.
Front view of Madonn's M-shaped office with lips opening.
Side view of Madonna's name imprinted on the wall. Her office features lots of open space since her life is much free styled. The same goes to her display of costumes and perfomance style.
Curvy shapes suggest feminity, lighting and colors used depict sensuality and glamour, and a performance space is built on top.
The interior of Madonna's office and Madonna's red luscious lips elevator. Crystallized floor and walls suggest feminism and financial power.
Dining hall:
The subtracted bridge showcase the dining area. Both clients come here to din. The relation in terms of space of the dining hall in between Obama's office and Madonna's office.
The side view of the dining hall. The grand openings suggest the wrapping up of two powerful people in a common area.
http://rs651.rapidshare.com/files/252770561/DM-Jabez_experiment3.ut2
Some screenshots of my final product:
Obama's office
Obama's office top view with Madonna's office seen far to the left beneath.
Main space of Obama's office. It serves as a reception hall for Obama's office.
Generosity of space depicts elegance and power.
After the mainspace, a space which serves as a meeting hall is seen.
Right above of the meeting hall is obama's formal workspace
The rear of Obama's office showing access to two different lifts - one heading to the dining hall where he will meet another client whereas the other one heading towards ground floor.
A closer view of Obama's 'bird lift'
Perhaps one of the most exciting space in Obama's office is this basketball court situated right beneath the elevator area. Since Obama's favourite sport is basketball, I thought of attaching work with leisure, and I believe Obama needs and will appreciate this balance in life.
Top views of Madonna's office. A glamorous style of workspace is clearly seen.
Front view of Madonn's M-shaped office with lips opening.
Side view of Madonna's name imprinted on the wall. Her office features lots of open space since her life is much free styled. The same goes to her display of costumes and perfomance style.
Curvy shapes suggest feminity, lighting and colors used depict sensuality and glamour, and a performance space is built on top.
The interior of Madonna's office and Madonna's red luscious lips elevator. Crystallized floor and walls suggest feminism and financial power.
Dining hall:
The subtracted bridge showcase the dining area. Both clients come here to din. The relation in terms of space of the dining hall in between Obama's office and Madonna's office.
The side view of the dining hall. The grand openings suggest the wrapping up of two powerful people in a common area.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Experiment 3 Draft 2
MADONNA:
Further development sees the use of green primarily on the Madonna wall to emphasise the 'evergreeness' of Madonna. Her immense power is showcased by the letter 'M' which suggests her name and her nick - Material Girl. The upper roof is developed and her platform will be introduced later. A variety of colours is the significance of Madonna's office.
Madonna's trademark lips elevator in the unreal world.
OBAMA:
This draft only shows the front part of Obama's office. Less intense in color use, and a more formalistic style of building is seen. Transparency is obtained by full glazed windows, which somewhat hints the extent of Obama government integrity.
True enough, the eagle elevator did not come out as smooth as in GSU7. Although it looks less elegant, the color contrast used makes the elevator looks nice overall.
Further development sees the use of green primarily on the Madonna wall to emphasise the 'evergreeness' of Madonna. Her immense power is showcased by the letter 'M' which suggests her name and her nick - Material Girl. The upper roof is developed and her platform will be introduced later. A variety of colours is the significance of Madonna's office.
Madonna's trademark lips elevator in the unreal world.
OBAMA:
This draft only shows the front part of Obama's office. Less intense in color use, and a more formalistic style of building is seen. Transparency is obtained by full glazed windows, which somewhat hints the extent of Obama government integrity.
True enough, the eagle elevator did not come out as smooth as in GSU7. Although it looks less elegant, the color contrast used makes the elevator looks nice overall.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Experiment 3 - Draft 1
Below showcase some of the image shots of my 1st draft, and proposed lifts and dining set.
Madonna's office and lift:
Madonna's office is based on M shape in front and C shape on top, suggesting her name Madonna Ciconne. Her workspace is a more freestyle and less geometric as she is known for her various trends and styles whether during performance or her fashion. Feminine essence will be added where possible. As she favours Mother Nature, I have thought of incorporating an open air performance space on top of the roof.
Madonna's personal lift is inspired by woman's lips. Whenever people see luscious red lips, names like Angelina Jolie and Madonna would ring in one's mind. The sensuous side of Madonna is portrayed by this elevator.
Obama's office and elevator:
Obama's office layout would be more geometrical compared to Madonna's. I would incorporate a public meeting space and a big reception hall. Obama's elevator is inspired by the eagle symbol of America. Although I'm not confident that the elevator would turn out smooth and nice as in Sketchup, it defines the nationalism and pride of Obama as the President of the United States.
Dining table and chair:
A different approach altogether to formal dining. This table cum chair suggests a more intimate way of dining, as two powerful figures come together, they come with a spirit of humility and a sense of friendliness. Looking at the design, one would suppose the sitting style would be entirely on the surface of the chair. This not only registers humility as clients take off their shoes and dine, but also induces both clients to be fully focused on their time together in discussions, jokes and sumptuous food.
Madonna's office and lift:
Madonna's office is based on M shape in front and C shape on top, suggesting her name Madonna Ciconne. Her workspace is a more freestyle and less geometric as she is known for her various trends and styles whether during performance or her fashion. Feminine essence will be added where possible. As she favours Mother Nature, I have thought of incorporating an open air performance space on top of the roof.
Madonna's personal lift is inspired by woman's lips. Whenever people see luscious red lips, names like Angelina Jolie and Madonna would ring in one's mind. The sensuous side of Madonna is portrayed by this elevator.
Obama's office and elevator:
Obama's office layout would be more geometrical compared to Madonna's. I would incorporate a public meeting space and a big reception hall. Obama's elevator is inspired by the eagle symbol of America. Although I'm not confident that the elevator would turn out smooth and nice as in Sketchup, it defines the nationalism and pride of Obama as the President of the United States.
Dining table and chair:
A different approach altogether to formal dining. This table cum chair suggests a more intimate way of dining, as two powerful figures come together, they come with a spirit of humility and a sense of friendliness. Looking at the design, one would suppose the sitting style would be entirely on the surface of the chair. This not only registers humility as clients take off their shoes and dine, but also induces both clients to be fully focused on their time together in discussions, jokes and sumptuous food.
Experiment 3 - Clients' Selection
Three options of clients were given, namely Madonna, Obama and Prada in alphabetical order. The task was to build offices for two clients with a dining hall ala meeting space for both clients.
I have chosen Madonna and Obama. To me, both of them are pretty interesting characters, the former one being a renowned artiste and the latter as the 44th President of the United States. I had to think of the possibility of both of them meeting up and the character of their respective working spaces.
In terms of power, Madonna can be linked with some words like evergreen, dominant, trend-settler, timeless and so forth. My idea would be to build a building of vibrance and colour variety that so picture the personality and job description of this client.
Obama, known to all in the world today, is another figure who wields incredible authority. His workspace will be massive, albeit not as colorful as Madonna's. Several words are linked to him such as formal, humble, spirit of flight, elegannce and so forth.
I have chosen Madonna and Obama. To me, both of them are pretty interesting characters, the former one being a renowned artiste and the latter as the 44th President of the United States. I had to think of the possibility of both of them meeting up and the character of their respective working spaces.
In terms of power, Madonna can be linked with some words like evergreen, dominant, trend-settler, timeless and so forth. My idea would be to build a building of vibrance and colour variety that so picture the personality and job description of this client.
Obama, known to all in the world today, is another figure who wields incredible authority. His workspace will be massive, albeit not as colorful as Madonna's. Several words are linked to him such as formal, humble, spirit of flight, elegannce and so forth.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Forum post on tip, trick or/and technique
Below is the link to view my post on what Russell asked the class to contribute to the class forum:
http://groups.google.com.au/group/arch1101/browse_thread/thread/e851b68695552118
http://groups.google.com.au/group/arch1101/browse_thread/thread/e851b68695552118
Monday, May 11, 2009
Article mashup
Barack Obama is revelling in presidential power and prominence when Madonna wore one of his outfits down the Milan runways. Barely 100 days in her family's dusty luggage company, Prada has turned it into a luxury conglomerate that in 2002 had revenues of about 1.9 billion, and that takes a certain type of genius. The rise of Mrs. Prada is at the top of Washington for decades because she has the ability to push through ambitious plans.
"I cannot in my memory remember a time when Madonna has had more influence", said Democrat Franklin Roosevelt and Republican Ronald Reagan. "No matter what direction her new life takes, say others, Madonna's effect on the corporate front is a certain above-the-fray quality because of her deep understanding of the shape of zeitgeist and what people are hungering for."
Obama is seeing with evidence that with power, it is better to launch a lifestyle trend, based on happiness and make something beautiful with it. Without a doubt, Obama is the one creating the trends, having created some definite design benchmarks, he could pull off a worldwide coup d'etat if he so desired. More importantly, he is able to take from people who are then given an authority assured him a legacy on top of all three branches of government - executive, legislative and judicial.
Prada's power, first manifested in the minimal black nylon backpack draped over every influential arm , would never realistically have been picked up by a lot of people, but when it became incarnate in such celebrities as Uma Thruman, it becomes inscribed on the cultural consciousness. One thing Prada the woman is unafraid of is a good fight. Season after season, her fashion opponents are in disarray, reduced in numbers, giving Prada the opportunity to put her imprint on the tidal waves of fashion activity.
References:
1.
Holland, Steve. "OBAMA REVELLING IN U.S. POWER UNSEEN IN DECADES." 2009. Reuters UK. (accessed 11 May 2009). http://uk.reuters.com/article/motoringAutoNews/idUKTRE5406CF20090501
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2. Ozzard, Janet; Peter Braunstein,; Samantha Conti,; Miles Socha,; Robert Murphy,. "POWER AND THE DIVA: WILL MARRIAGE MUTE MADONNA'S INFLUENCE? 2000. HighBeam Research. (May 10, 2009). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-68764945.html
"I cannot in my memory remember a time when Madonna has had more influence", said Democrat Franklin Roosevelt and Republican Ronald Reagan. "No matter what direction her new life takes, say others, Madonna's effect on the corporate front is a certain above-the-fray quality because of her deep understanding of the shape of zeitgeist and what people are hungering for."
Obama is seeing with evidence that with power, it is better to launch a lifestyle trend, based on happiness and make something beautiful with it. Without a doubt, Obama is the one creating the trends, having created some definite design benchmarks, he could pull off a worldwide coup d'etat if he so desired. More importantly, he is able to take from people who are then given an authority assured him a legacy on top of all three branches of government - executive, legislative and judicial.
Prada's power, first manifested in the minimal black nylon backpack draped over every influential arm , would never realistically have been picked up by a lot of people, but when it became incarnate in such celebrities as Uma Thruman, it becomes inscribed on the cultural consciousness. One thing Prada the woman is unafraid of is a good fight. Season after season, her fashion opponents are in disarray, reduced in numbers, giving Prada the opportunity to put her imprint on the tidal waves of fashion activity.
References:
1.
Holland, Steve. "OBAMA REVELLING IN U.S. POWER UNSEEN IN DECADES." 2009. Reuters UK. (accessed 11 May 2009). http://uk.reuters.com/article/motoringAutoNews/idUKTRE5406CF20090501
2.
Ozzard, Janet; Peter Braunstein,; Samantha Conti,; Miles Socha,; Robert Murphy,. "POWER AND THE DIVA: WILL MARRIAGE MUTE MADONNA'S INFLUENCE?(Brief Article)." 2000. HighBeam Research. (accessed 10 May 2009).
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-68764945.html
3. Luscombe, Belinda. "FASHION'S AUTEUR, TRUE TO HER OWN EYE." Date unknown. TIME.com. (accessed 11 May 2009). http://www.time.com/time/2004/style/020904/power/2.html
2. Ozzard, Janet; Peter Braunstein,; Samantha Conti,; Miles Socha,; Robert Murphy,. "POWER AND THE DIVA: WILL MARRIAGE MUTE MADONNA'S INFLUENCE? 2000. HighBeam Research. (May 10, 2009). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-68764945.html
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