yesterday...
or should i say today...
i slept at 4am
because of the images above
this is not a 'building'
as our workshop professors
bml and sweetapple say
it's an exercise
not a building
we had 6 days to work on this exercise
understanding and designing
a 'building'
conjuring up a spectacular idea
then working it out
so the weekend i faced my computer
for the most part
then for entertainment
a new friend of mine drove
me and kj to walmart
bought more 'stuff'
nice apartment
flooded with sunlight
it's still not that cold over here
okay...
after being entertained at walmart
comes dinner
not too many people go out for dinner here
restaurants are not that full
or have no business at all
small city
not much nightlife
back to the apartment for more work
work work work till 4am...
not done yet though
the drawings
big stuff...proportions...balance...
unity...function...program....
form...circulation...structure
scale...services...parti
small stuff like lineweight
text...colour...
all that is to be kept in mind
then there's presentation
how should it look?
how big?
what should be bigger?
what's more important?
it's all a matter of communication.
drawing and if the drawing conveys
the message that you want
is it clear? consice?
is it repeated? confusing?
set my alarm clock for 8 am
because there's a class at 9
and needed to print the above
on a 24 x 36" at 8:30
in case something screws up
worked out fine
just costed more
then comes class...
only 10 people show up
because the rest either haven't slept
or still working on their projects
or both
i wasn't done yet
still had a model to finish by 4pm
a whole model of the 'building'
haven't eaten breakfast
no time...
no time gel hair...
just brush teeth and out the door
waking at 8 was difficult
but then kj just slept for 2 hours
i got 4
not bad.
get back from class around 10:30am
after buying some model building supplies
then model starts...
really tired at that point...
but got to endure...haha
so model got built by 3:15
i have lunch
and go pick up the prints
and walk to school
for pin up and critique
the 3 profs walk
around all the pinned up projects once first
then as a class
they commented on all of them individually
going around
studio is quite different here
more of a hand craft
than a computer craft
my comments on mine
i found very hilarious
they said all of my favorite architects
haha...
subconciously my work is similar
to these architects/firms
todd williams billie tsien
shim sutcliff architects
and my all time favorite
carlos scarpa
at first glance
they thought it was too complex
didn't understand it much
but then as they looked
they got more interested
even as one walked away
while the other one was still commenting
he replied back that it was getting
more interesting the more he looked at it
and that is exaclty what i want to achieve
i don't want my building to be
something glanced at for only 2 seconds
and commented on
i hope it takes a while longer
to appreciate.
and the longer you look
i hope the better and more intrigued you become
but still
this is only a 6 day project
very fun
and i'm beginning to definitely
develop my own style
