ARCH1142 - Reflection on Workshops

Fluid Thoughts and Movements to Actions
This workshop has taught me the appreciation of utilising different techniques of drawing, predominately through charcoal and watercolour. I have learnt that a simple stick of charcoal can be manipulated in a variety of ways to produce a spectrum of effects on a piece of canvas. I have also learnt that one tone of ink can be mixed with certain concentrations of water to produce a range of shades, and on canvas, the repetitive layering of shades to produce the desired tones of the watercolour. The tutors of this workshop have also taught me a number of techniques that makes use of the white space, applied to both charcoal and watercolour drawings. Though a pretty intense workshop, I found it quite rewarding in the end.

Material Modeling
In this workshop, I have learnt that as architects, our ideas for buildings and structures may not always become a reality (ie gets funded and built by a client), therefore we create models to present our ideas as an alternative. Additionally, I have been inspired by the models of my class members and have learnt more modeling techniques and how to manipulate a variety of mediums from self-observation and observing others producing models.

Architecture in Motion
This workshop has taught me the value of animation. It is through animation that ideas normally not achievable in reality is attained in animation. This workshop has demonstrated that animation takes a lot of patience to produce, as 1 second of animation may contain more than 10 frames to produce a smooth movement. Though the process of producing an animation (particularly the scanning of drawings) may seem tedious at times, it was quite a rewarding experience in the end.

ARCH1142 - Architecture in Motion - Fourth Workshop: Final Presentation

For the final workshop in Architecture in Motion, we had to present our animation (completed or not) to the class and get peer reviewed. I was third to be called up to present. My animation at this stage was almost complete, i just decided to add an opening title to the animation before submitting it on emustore.

Here's the link for my completed animation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG7ApfVQzZ0

ARCH1142 - Architecture in Motion - Third Workshop: Storyboard

During the third workshop, we were asked to present our storyboard to the tutors for assessment. Afterwards, we spent the remainder of the time drawing up the frames that were to go between the key frames.

ARCH1142 - Architecture In Motion - Second Workshop: Story Concept

In this session, the tutors explained to the class more about animation. We then individually presented our ideas and concept for the animation we were to work on for the final two weeks. The remainder of the time was then spent on developing the storyboard for presentation in the following week.

Here's the link for the animation i found to be relevant to my animation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63o3ENsF2kE

ARCH1142 - Architecture In Motion - First Workshop: Introduction

In the first workshop for Archicture in Motion, we were introduced to the workshop by our tutors Steve Preece and Olivia Shih. After the introduction, we moved to the stairs of the Red Centre Building and were told to do sketches of 2, 5 and 15 minutes duration. We were then divded into groups and had to create a poster combining our sketches with those of other group members. Olivia and Paola directed us to emphasise the links between the sketches by outlining certain flowing lines with charcoal.

Group Poster

ARCH1142 - Material Modeling - Fourth Workshop: 3D Explosion

For our final workshop in Material Modeling, we were allocated time to assemble our final 3D model to be made of balsa wood. I had chosen the word "Freedom" to base the concepts of my model on. With advice from Paola, I made free-form stairs that supported a raised platform. Four tilted pillars also supported the platform, which exposed the space created beneath the platform. These two features represent freedom as freedom to me suggests being free, exposed to the world without any restraints. Finally, the arcs that span over the platform illustrates freedom as they appear to be one arc when viewed from an angle, but are actually two independent arcs that are free from supporting each other.

We were then asked to present our model, along with the A2 poster we prepared at home.










A2 Poster on Balsa wood manipulation techniques











A3 extruded model










A3 extruded model

ARCH1142 - Material Modeling - Third Workshop: Body, Space, City

In this class, we were given time to assemble our 3D response to our bodily expereince in a particular site in the city. I had chosen to illustrate my expereince in Circular Quay. A detailed explanation of the concepts of my model is given in the image attached to this post.