WEEK 4

For Week 4 we were asked to combine our experiences of the workshops together with a word that we chose from a list.

I chose the word (De)construction.

Through this word I chose to explore the idea of a breakup and then reformation of the experience of the city. Into this idea was also the idea of perception and perspective and the breakdown and reconstruction of this from Merleau-Ponty's text. Thus I decided to use an linear 2D image of the towering perspective of the cityscape which then is broken down and formed into an image of the second week model. this is then broken down again and finally reconstructed, rising from the flat board into a 3D balsa model of the same tower, challenging the ideas of perspective and showing this idea of construction and deconstruction.

WEEK 3

Week 3 involved a trip to the city and finding an experience and space which particularly spoke to the student.

I chose the idea of the Footpath, which appealed to my sense of memory, present and future. The idea of the footpath representing one's memories with the paths that have already taken, but also the present in the sense of the path taken currently and then also the future through the path not yet taken.

I then played with this idea by the use of a footpath breaking up into three sections in the model, and separating into the past, present and future and becoming more and more indistinguishable and broken up.

ARCHITECTURE COMMUNICATIONS: CYCLE 3 EXPERIMENTAL MODELLING

WEEK 2:

We were asked to read and choose a reading from four that appealed to us and then choose an architect from a list. From this we were asked to make a model that explored those ideas.

I ended up choosing "The Visible and the Invisible" by Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Daniel Leibskind's Jewish Museum.

The text explored the idea of a breakdown of the senses and perspective where the different types of perception can be broken down to just one form. I used this idea in my model where it starts off as a recognisable cube shape but is then gradually broken down as you move along the sides, until it completely breaks down into a multitude of perception and perspectives.

ARCHITECTURE COMMUNICATIONS: CYCLE 2 DRAWING AND RENDERING

FINAL SUBMISSION:

Final Submission Cycle 1

ARCHITECTURE COMMUNICATIONS: CYCLE 1 EXTERIOR STORYBOARDING

Progress:

WEEK 1

We were given a task to capture the exterior space of the college building on campus in a unique way through a layered model/storyboard.

Sample photos taken
:These photos inspired the idea of a play on perspectives, with the external space being represented through a layered series of distorted and chopped perspectives culminating in a vanishing point.

WEEK 2:

This lead to a montage of photos of distorted perspectives finishing in a central vanishing point.
WEEK 3:

For this week a 3D version was tested with different versions made of what it would look like layered:

A black and white version was tested:
And the images were slightly modified: