Sketchup: Artisan Tools

The most popular Sketchup plugin that deals with designing complex curves and geometry is called Artisan Tools. Many students have used it in the past to great effect.

https://artisan4sketchup.com/  here is a pdf user guide and a link to some video tutorials

UNSW Kensington Sketchup Model

Hey guys, you can download the UNSW Campus sketchup model here

Article: Luis Barragán

You know what they say about truth being stranger than fiction... this article about one of your clients is well worth the read, it offers some decisive insight into his life and personality. It's titled "The Architect Who Became a Diamond"... (and they're not speaking metaphorically!)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/01/how-luis-barragan-became-a-diamond

EXP2: Concepts

PETER EISENMAN CONCEPTS

-       A poetic destruction

-       Free the architecture from external influence

-       Fractured architecture and revealed structure

-       Weak forms are established from a formal deconstruction of a simple shape

-       Fragmentation of constructed geometry

LUIS BARRAGAN

-       Rooms are not rooms but experiences

-       Quirkiness leads to uniquity

-       Combine works with the use of light

-       Light cuts through the space

-       Some flows are redundant but are not waste

EXP1: Submission Format

EXPERIMENT ONE: DATUM
DUE: Sunday March 25th, by midnight.

Hi Guys,

The following are the minimum requirements that are required to be posted to your blog for assessment. There are two ways you can make clear which of your posts you wish to be assessed, however I will be reviewing your whole blog as evidence of your development of the experiment. The first way is to post a blog with a series of links to each of the posts on your blog that demonstrate each of the below requirements. A second option is to make a final blog post with each of the requirements below included in that post. Here is an example from a previous student that makes a good example of the first option, you can check it out <by clicking here>.

3 PROJECT IMAGES WITH AN ADJECTIVE, VERB AND NOUN DESCRIBING EACH

Do the three words work together to suggest a distinctive and significant approach to engaging with each clients work?

18 SKETCH SECTIONS

Do the 18 sketch sections communicate a distinctive and significant approach the student has taken with respect to the clients work and their relationship to the datum?

36 CUSTOM TEXTURES

Do the 36 custom textures demonstrate enquiry and experimentation with respect to ideas of measurement?

7 IMAGES SHOWING 2 DRAFT SKETCHUP MODELS AND 1 DEVELOPED  MODEL

Does the stair demonstrate a distinctive and significant approach to bringing the completed work into the showroom?

3 ANIMATIONS FROM SKETCHUP 

Do animations demonstrate that the student has thought about the relative size of each element, what their proportions are, their orientation, how texture and color map over their surfaces and how all of the above work together to establish the balance or otherwise of their scheme?

Good luck with  it all and see you all next week to commence with experiment two.

Cheers

Chris

Recap: Animations / Sketchup Sections

This clip shows you some of the editing techniques used in feature films. Kill Bill was directed by Quentin Tarantino who worked for a long time in a video rental store (which became DVD rental stores and now Netflix) and developed an encyclopedic knowledge of popular films. This might explain why he uses so many editing techniques, and consequently why his scenes are useful to film students for demonstrating how each technique might be used.  It's wise to consider the point of view shown in your animated sections because, as you can see below, point of view can radically transform our appreciation of the space.


The making of the animated film The Third and The Seventh. This clip shows the different layers that go into creating a photo-realistic digitally created scene. The take away point here is that you should think about post processing your still images and even videos captured from Sketchup to give them more richness in terms of materials and atmosphere.

Independent Study

Complete by the beginning of next weeks tutorial.

1. Include two simple shapes in your developed Sketchup model and apply an image of your clients work to them. They should be to scale and represent an approximate form and volume. (This is so we can see the relationship between the work and the space that it was constructed in).

2. Choose 3 of the textures you've developed and apply them to the most appropriate parts of the SketchUp model. IMPORTANT: you do not have to cover your entire model, use the textures to highlight certain aspects or spaces. See the video tutorial below on how to create a custom material in SketchUp:

3. Upload 2 new images of your developed SketchUp model to your blog; these should show the designers work in their workshop.
4. Find a short movie (from your own collection or download from YouTube ... www.keepvid.com works quite well) that has something to do with the section, stair,
texture or materiality and your scheme. Embed the video in your blog.

Simple instructions on embedding a video from YouTube in your blog...

Sign up to YouTube. Once you have signed up, upload a video to your account. There's an upload button in the top right corner. Give the video a description and tags
(make sure you include "ARCH1101", "EXP1", "2017" and your "Full Name" as the tags), then upload. Once you have completed uploading, you can play the video and
look for a "Share or Embed" button. If you click that you will see the code that will allow you to embed the video on your blog. Copy this code.

Then go back to Blogger (make sure you are signed in) and start a new post. Click on the Html button (top left, to the right of the compose button). Paste the YouTube
code in there. Write any descriptive text you need in the regular Compose tab. Then publish.

Note: make sure you save the SketchUp model and all of your 2 dimensional images in a safe place as they will be a part of your EXP1 submission.