FLUID THOUGHTS

Through this first rotation, I have enhanced my drawing skills and shading skills, different points of view and different types and ways of drawing. It has been a very interesting course for there was alot of freedom on what we could do, and was not too much to do. This made it lots of fun, and I have learned alot about the movement and fluidity and their importance in drawings. This will help me in future drawings in architecture. (esp. ones in which we have alot of freedom)




COLLABORATION WORK

Again, we were to combine our drawings, and it was a lot of fun, drawing on sheet, then combining into another drawing through line extensions. Very unpredicable, but came out with a real nice effect. The other one in which we ripped apart used voids and white paper to enhance the artwork.

OPERA HOUSE USING STRAIGHT LINES

The editing of the Opera house was very interesting for I was able to imagine the Opera house in another dimension and produce something that looks very futuristic but yet still recognisable.

COLLABORATION 1

At first this was very confusing and I was not use to ripping my drawings apart and producing something new. But through this technique I was able to produce a new shape for our paper.

OPERA HOUSE

It was alot of fun going to the Opera House and drawing from there. It was interesting how the views in which we drew were all unique and very interesting. Through this excersise I was able to work on my drawing skills and shading skills.



EAST BEACH CAFE - Littlehampton, West Sussex - Heatherwick studio

Through reseaching online, I was reminded of this unique cafe that used layering of rocks to blend into the nature of the site. Similar to the Opera house, it shows organic beauty and the many fantasies in which architecture can produce.




WEEK 1 COLLAGE/SKETCH

In this week we were told to make a collage using magazines and other papers. It was very interesting and fun. There was alot of freedom, and we got to use sticks to draw the sketch. I am not spectactually good at drawing so it was a bit of work.


CHOSEN ARTWORKS:

"FORCE" by Justin Ashbee

The organic drawing look like contours all over the space and is very interesting on the eyes. It plays with our eyes and is beautiful.

"ORGANIC ATMOSPHERE" by Paul Schlereth

This drawing is very unique for it shows organic beauty in which the opera house has done. This is a little different due to the natural elements that have been combined together to produce a real interesting effect.

Opera house

UTZON'S SKETCHES

Through researching the designer of the Opera House I was able to understand elements of his design and the ways in which he sketches and designs.

Final Model Files

UT MODEL



Sketchup Model



Sketchup Table & Elevator

Final Model

The final model combines elements from the different drafts produced before. Using the initial powerful idea of a hurricane/tornado for the space above for Steve Jobs, and then combining it with a moving texture, gives the building an electronic feel and also the motion of an hurricane. The middle path allows the elevator to reach the top and is the spine and eye of the building. The hurricane is a powerful image that natural and cannot be stopped, just like Jobs influence on the current society and electronics.

The bridge inbetween is seperated into two simple parts, a space inorder to see the complete hurricane, and the one below to see the hand below. The space under the bridge for the elevator is a dark path inorder to reach the light. There is also a half transparent barrier around the space for it locks the people inside, overpowering them, allowing them to see the outside, but not allowing them to get there. It can also be seen as a protective barrier or even being inside the hurricane, for it has a similar texture.

The powerful hand for the space below for Zhang Yin, combines the strips produced from the previous draft to provide platforms for the space, and continues the shape of a hurricane. The hand is a image of picking up the paper, power, money, while the strips that make the hurricane are sheets of paper, made by the "Empress of Paper."

Elevator and Dining Table

The concept of the elevator is having two seperate elevators that combine into one at times and seperate at other times. Due to only having several moves for the elevators I had to make two set of elevators for the space below and above. The elevator itself wraps around the person in it overpowering them, but still allowing them to look through the gaps.

The concept of the table is somewhat similar, having random holes through the block to allow people to see through to the other side, bringing the clients together.

Draft Testing

After the previous drafts, I found that after importing Sketchup models into UT, the textures were very small and didn't look very good. So I wanted to make everything in UT, not using Sketchup. That way it gave me time to experiment with textures. After that, I found that there are moving textures, and it looked really cool. I then experimented these textures with imported Sketchup models, and found that it worked... But I did end up using parts of this model.

I really liked this concept, but felt it didn't look at nice as the hurricane. The concept was simple, the boxes above is for Steve Jobs, looking like pixels, and electronics (from the moving texture). Then they are combined together just like drawning people together for almost everyone has an iPod now. The hurricane was transformed into sheets and strips of paper made for Zhang Yin, and was somewhat combined into Jobs' space, but still seperated. I really liked this idea where they are connected and yet seperate. It was from this model which allowed me to produce the final model.

Draft Model 3

This is something near the final draft but I am having trouble with the textures... I am trying to figure it out.