Critique Presentations

Next week (31/05) will be our last studio together and each of you will be presenting your scheme to two guest architects, Reg Lark Architect and Peter Couvaras of Couvaras Architects. Here is an example of each of their work;

Arthur + Yvonne Boyd Education Centre by Reg Lark Architect (with Glenn Murcutt)

Mitchell + Fountain by Couvaras Architects

You will be presenting your draft scheme by means of your blog, I suggest you make one post titled "Draft Presentation" which includes at least one image from one of the earlier tasks (ie. sketches, movement animations or textures), an image to describe the overall concept and then a few images of the draft environment either in Sketchup or in Lumion. Each of you will present for about 3-5 minutes followed by some feedback from myself, Reg and Peter. The aim of this feedback is to give you some guidance as you finalise your scheme over the following three weeks.

To assist you in having an idea of what we would expect to see from your draft presentation, here is a few examples, all from my studio group last year when they did their critique presentations;
http://jaredarch1101.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/presentation.html
http://leoguoarch.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/draft.html
http://alsonnn.blogspot.com.au/2017/06/draft-model.html
http://jasonchen97.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/presentation-guide.html
http://taylorjoffe.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/progress.html
http://cwilliamsy.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/lumion-draft-image.html
http://rachelditton-arch1101.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/draft1-images.html

Resource: Spatial requirements

Here's a link to view the Metric Design Handbook: https://goo.gl/D5loeZ

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