arch 101 - midterm
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Arch 101- Midterm PortfolioTRANSCRIPT
Architectural Design Studio I
Professor: Jerry W. Lum
Architecture is a Sculptural Biography - Bart Prince, Architect
Bad architecture is in the ends as much a failure of psychology as of design. It is an example expressed through materials of the same tendencies which in other domains will lead us to marry the wrong people, chose inappropriate jobs and book unsuccessful holidays: the tendency not to understand who we are and what will satisfy us.
- Alain de Botton, The Architecture of Happiness
In late August I was laid off from I job I had for twelve years. It was a Friday when Human Resources called me and thirty of my co-workers into a conference room to give us the news. I spent the weekend shaping the loss into an opportunity....On Monday I enrolled in architecture and design classes, something I always dreamed of but my full-time job had made impossible. My work embodies survival, endurance and a sense of reestablishing balance.
My design language communicates my desire to maintain a sense of balance. It portrays specific memorable events in my life when balance was undermined by conflicts. Tension in design is critical but it must be in an envelop of balance.
Program
To create a well crafted abstract design
Maintain symmetric patterns
Balance materials between geometrical and curvilinear shapes
Identify a sense of balance
Reestablish balance with a conceptual approach
Objective
The structure does have symmetry however:
There was not coordination between primary and secondary elements
Material (paper) wasn’t able to demonstrate a sense of symmetry
I wanted to construct a model depicting frustration and anger
I wanted a structure that will show cause and effect, tension and balance
Week 2
Iteration 1
Materials from the first iteration were changed in an effort to create sharp conflicted edges.
Curvilinear organics patterns were created to represent equilibrium.
New plastic material didn’t adequately represent the tension of balance and conflict
There is not a clear idea of the program
Base needed to be removed
Week 2
Iteration 2
Iteration 3
I created curvilinear lines -for a structure with rectilinear shapes
The geometrical shapes transformed my previous iterations so I started to record my reflections:
“How to create a design that expresses the attempt to resolve conflict in an architecture model”
The whole design reads heavy
Primary and secondary are not in harmony
A tertiary element is needed
The design structure lack openings to welcome light and space
Week 3
Iteration 3
Iteration 4
This is my favorite iteration
Primary, secondary and tertiary elements relate to each other with harmony
Openings were able to welcome light and space within the design
The structure is very dynamic and there is flow of layers
There is a need to reduce the number of layers to create balance within the design
The design seems to be very fragile and delicate
Week 4
Iteration 4
Iteration 5
Committing to initial patterns, interpreted via photos and drawings
Exploring ways that 2d geometrical and curvilinear shapes can occupy space
Iteration is evolving and transforming
Need to explore more curvilinear shapes to re-establish balance
Looking to create a design that will show more rhythm by adding intervals and repeated elements
Week 5
Iteration 5
Iteration 6
Repeated elements were added to assure rhythm
Design is dynamic and shows order by the presence of two curvilinear shapes
Gestural drawings are essential in the process of design
I am a bit reserved in my use of verbal communication of my design due to the lack of confidence and ability to communicate my ideas
I am looking to add more complex elements into the next iteration
Week 5
Iteration 6
Iteration 7
Levels of complexities were reached to demonstrate re-establishing balance to an abstract design
Initial gestural drawings attempted to show that dynamic process
Design emphasized the sense of balance
Design showed a biomorphic shape
Week 6
Iteration 7
Iteration 8
Motion is present in this design by the curvilinear shapes
I’m Looking to work with a different material
I’d like to be able to demonstrate cause and effect in a 3d design
Week 7
Iteration 8
Iteration 9
Incorporation of frames with different materiality were mastered in the design
Patterns of due elements created contrast
Initial process of wood elements incorporated into the design were difficult to achieve due to the lack of experience
Need to use a different material tool that will be flexible
Week 8
Iteration 9
Iteration 10
The use of steel rods provides structural support for new curvilinear shapes in the design
Incorporating galvanized steel wire added flex to the structure
Frames were expressed in the design
In the next iteration volume (shell) will be added to the frame
Week 09
Iteration 10
Iteration 11
Geometrical openings created a 3D view within the design
Sense of balance was identified
The design contain series of patters that create balance within the design
The combination of curvilinear and rectilinear shapes shows harmony
Week 10
Iteration 11
Learning to reduce generalities into specificities
Developing a written reflection process
Learning new architecture language
Navigating and learning to be a student
Making changes and transforming myself
Learning to communicate conceptual concepts
Creating Matrix process to Analyze each iteration
Professor:
Jerry W. Lum
Arch. Department - CCSF
Bart Prince
Alain Botton
Students 101 portfolios 2011
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