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.

ARCH1142 - Material Modeling - Second Workshop: Text and Form Entwined

We were give time in class to assemble the A3 extruded model utilising mountboard. I had chosen the artist Borgelt and her work Liquid Light, and the text The Fold by Gilles Deleuze as inspiration for my model. I had attempted to portray the idea of a change in every fold, therefore my model showed a square-based pyramid evolving into a cube as their geometric nets unfolded and reformed. Additionally I portrayed the idea of seeing a different form of the model as you view it from differing angles, as seen in Borgelt's work.











We were asked also to spend some time in the city, in our own time, and select a certain site in which we were to explore our bodily expereince in the form of an A3 extruded model in the following week workshop.

ARCH1142 - Material Modeling - First Workshop: Automatic Exploration

In this workshop, we were asked to sketch on sheets of A3 paper our immediate response to the words: Memory, Dream, Terror, Desire, Confinement and Anxiety. Completing each drawing in 20 minutes, we were then asked to present our best drawing to the class. Afterwards, our tutors Catherine Donnelley and Nikolina Bobic introduced to us a number of architects and artists from which we would be inspired from and relate our ideas in next week's A3 extruded 3D response.














Immediate responses

ARCH1142 - Fluid Thoughts and Movements to Actions - Fourth Workshop: Presentation

For our final workshop in Fluid Thoughts, we had to present the portfolio that contained the work we had produced over the previous three weeks in this workshop. My portfolio consisted of five separate bi-folding frames which held up the drawings like a stand.











Left










Middle













Right

Overview

ARCH1142 - Fluid Thoughts and Movements to Actions - Third Workshop: Museum of Sydney

For the third workshop, we went to the Musuem of Sydney. First we went into the musuem and viewed the exhibition. We then began doing our drawings on the forecourt of the musuem. The focus was to be on the musuem and its surroundings. Movement was achieved through the changing of perspectives in these watercolour and charcoal drawings.














A2 Field Trip Drawing in Ink and Charcoal Combination











A2 Field Trip Drawing in Charcoal












A2 Drawing at Field Trip Site with Movement

ARCH1142 - Fluid Thoughts and Movements to Actions - Second Workshop: Watercolour

In the second week of Fluid Thoughts and Movements to Actions, we explored the techniques and effects on canvas made possible by watercolour. We began with numerous minor drawings with basic shades of watercolour but soon developed to A3 and A2 watercolour drawings with numerous shades of watercolour with the guidance from our tutors.










A3 Fast Ink Drawing












A3 Fast Ink Drawing















A3 Fast Ink Drawing












A3 Fast Ink Drawing















A3 Watercolour Movement Drawing











A2 Watercolour plus One Other Medium Drawing

A2 Detailed Ink Drawing of Building

ARCH1142 - Fluid Thoughts and Movements to Actions - First Workshop: Charcoal

In our first workshop for Fluid Thoughts and Movements to Actions, our tutors Chrissie Ianssen and Anton Pulvirenti introduced us to the topic. We began with small scale drawings with charcoal but soon were able to fill up A2 sheets of paper with charcoal drawings. To finish off, we produced a collage capturing the shades in a room utilising different coloured paper.











A2 Tonal Drawing with Blind Contour











A2 Tonal Movement Drawing












A2 Coloured Paper Collage














A2 More Substantial Drawing with Two Techniques