Exp 2 Client Concepts

Winka Dubbeldam

• Adaptive reuse instigating a mediation between past and present to be inspired by and reinvent historic conceptualisations to further existing knowledge.
• The building as land art in itself.
• City as a growing organism viewed dynamically rather than statically.
• The building's core essence - use of hybrid materials and smart building systems (for their elegance and innovative structural capacity) to collapse function and increase ecciciency.
• The crystalisation of urban complexity within the architectural object.

Bonus Concept (use either verical or virtual)

• A project could be read as complete in the vertical/virtual state.

Archigram

• To see radical cahnges of the world reflected in contemporary architecture.
• Buildings can be a human escape hatch from environmental conditions and dropped or placed anywhere.
• Nomadism is the dominant social force where time exchange and metamorphisis replace stasis.
• The public realm is a electronic surface enclosng the globe.
• Technology is an inspiration of new reality.

Discarded Concepts

 Winka

• The integration of the exsisting building will instigate a mediation between past and present.
• Reinventing past conceptialisations.
• Inspiration fom history and the possibilty of continuing past artistic movents.
• We emphasise and communicatuion with our clients and cooperate with experienced, internatioasnlly acclaimed team of consultnt and engineersEmpathy and communication with the clients.
• THe projects core essence... optimise space make it as efficient as possible and collapse function.

Archi

• "Travelling city airship" with the entertainment and educational resources of a metropolis.
• Infiltration of technology in environments at a much less obvious level.
• Building can provide and make life easy for everyone.

Experiment 2 Clients

Winka Dubbeldam - Living Architect

Archigram - Dead Architect

Hi Everyone,

Hope you all had a great Easter!

I'm still traveling around Malaysia, and will be back by Monday the 8th for the extra Sketchup session on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 5:30-7:30pm.

If you have something specific you want to ask about sketchup, or some tricky geometry you are trying to make, come along to the sessions for some quick advice from either Rosamond Kember or I.

I've been scanning through the blogs whenever I have had the chance, and there has been very little activity on the blog-front. I assume it is because you have all been working sooo hard that you just haven't had time to post all of your wondrous work, and at the first chance you get, a flood of posts will inundate me... ;-j

A few quick pointers to keep in mind as you work:

• Get your ground plane in! (Where is your building located?... country, and geography).
• Constantly look at awesome stuff... it will help inspire you in your own work.
• Consider all scales, from doorknobs to landscape.
• Consider the relationships of elements within your building.
• Consider the relationships between your clients and their respective and combined spaces.
• Consider the vantage points and atmosphere you are trying to create (get inside your building and "feel" the spaces).
• Be empathetic to your clients.

Look forward to seeing your work!
Jeremy

Week 3 Studio...

Remember to get images of your second draft Sketchup model, with your stairs included, posted to your blogs before tomorrow's studio.

See you in class!

What I'd Like to See on your Blogs...

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick post to suggest what I would like to see on your blogs by the weekend:

1. Before First Class Tasks - http://arch1101-2013.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/before-first-class.html 
• 3 personal images with paragraph descriptions.
• 3 client images with associated words.
2. Week 1 tasks and independent study - http://russelllowe.com/arch1101_2013/experiment1/reference/week_01.html 
• 18 Sketches .
• Images of your first draft Sketchup model, with the associated sketch, clients and words posted with the images. 
• You can also include any personal thoughts about any of your posts or images.
3. Week 2 tasks (not including independent study) - http://russelllowe.com/arch1101_2013/experiment1/reference/week_02.htm 
• 4 sets of stairs, each presented on a double page in your sketchbooks (8 pages in total), with 2 main sections, details, perspective sketches, labels and anything else you believe relevant, all laid out pleasingly on a double page spread. Each double page should be composed artistically.
• You should be sure to sketch your stair details in context to your building (show walls, floors, connections between the stairs and the structures, materials, etc... be as detailed as possible).
4. You can also post anything else that interests you to your blogs, influences, precedents, links, trials, successes and failures or anything that you like just for the fun of it.

Remember, your blog is a publicly visible presentation of yourself, with links to the university, so anything you post to your blog should be appropriate and of a standard you are happy for people to view. Every image should be considered, cropped, Photoshopped, sourced, commented on, and all text posted should be free from spelling and grammatical errors.

Note: Please post sources for all images not your own.

Know Your Clients!

Learn everything you can about your clients!

If Jiro Ono is one of your clients, watch "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" in its entirety. The links to the first and second halves of the movie are on my blog.

If Stradivari is one of your clients, learn about, or watch how a violin is made. There is a link on my blog, or there is a more detailed video on Jo Ann Kok's blog (link on the right of this page)... maybe watch both! It is also worth learning what is known of the man himself.

If Shinya Kimura is one of your clients, watch a promotional video and one of his workshop videos (they are generally short, and show different sides of his persona), and learn about engineering a motorcycle.

Where does Jiro source his fish, and how does he work and serve his food?
What tools and wood types does Stradivari use, and how long does it take to create an instrument?
How do the mechanics in a Kimura bike differ from a mass produced bike, and what can be done to a space to enhance Shinya's engagement and understanding of the materials he uses?

Once you know a bit about your clients personalities, work habits, the techniques they use and idiosyncrasies, you can let your architecture be informed by the knowledge. You want to make architecture that is sensitive to both the clients needs and the greater needs of the worlds resources, and is engaging with the surrounding environment.

Designers...

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Jiro Dreams of Sushi Part 1 by thatsiberianguy

Jiro Dreams of Sushi Part 2 by thatsiberianguy

The Architect of Sound


Shinya Kimura

Shinya Kimura from Adam Richards on Vimeo.

Welcome to your first year Design Studio. Looking forward to a great session!

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