EXPERIMENT2: week 3

This week we were once again producing texture; 36x6x6 squares dealing with a transition from light to dark. the end idea being that we would use a dark, medium and light texture on specific rectangles on our model.

I initially was ding textures that were more "artistic" in my tutor's words. Tim wanted me to do something more mathematical and rigorous. that is how i came up with the above textures. They all deal with differing degrees of opacity; often beginning close to, or at 1 and becoming more transparent from there. I particularly enjoyed the use of concentric circles and point-rule patterns.

I implanted these new texture into my Crysis level:

I used a dark texture for around Freud's workspace indicating privacy and deep internal contemplation. My ElectroLiquid Aggregation deals with freuds internal focus:

notice how the dark texture is complimented by the alcove formed by the rectangles and also the deep ravine behind.

I used a light texture on newtons work space such that his attention would be diverted out, away from his space toward the world around him, just as the ElectroLiquid Aggregation suggests:

The front two rectangles are the lighter texture. The foreground shows the medium texture discussed below.

I applied the medium texture to the main transit route; simply the mid range texture is an equilibrium to the two trains of thought taking place at either end. It thus serves to be a place of harmony and community for the two clients; my ElectroLiquid Aggregation does leave a space for harmony:

Another task set was to continue to develop our landscape; I had some fun with this and decided to create a volcano:

Standing on volcano looking towards studio's

getting hot

I thought perhaps in their spare time my clients could run a skydiving business. The catch in crysis being that as long as you hit the water first you will be fine; not needing a parachute would dramatically reduce overhead costs.

I then had to make additions to the model to assist in my ElectroLiquid Aggregation. For Newton I created another small, uninhibited deck/seat which newton could have his feet on as he contemplated his world, or simply pace along from end to end:

The very front deck was added and lightly textured to correlate with my ElectroLiquid Aggregation

The very front deck was added and lightly textured to correlate with my ElectroLiquid Aggregation

For Freud, i made his environment more enclosed by adding a further low wall to his alcove. I did not make the wall too high; because although they deal in elements removed from the physical world.... psychologists do have a grasp on and connection with the physical world through their internal consideration:

LEVEL LINK:
http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/christopher1990
GOOGLE WAREHOUSE:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=8933e4709767035ee4205f5cca2c17f7&prevstart=0

EXPERIMENT2: week 2 Electroliquid Aggregation: Whilst Newton perceives the whole world, Freud is busy with the alcoves of the mind.

This week we were required to "mount" our axonometrics onto one another to create a 10 rectangles hybrid form. Attaching one to another was not especially difficult; however, reversing them was. I personally found that when reversed the shapes looked nothing like they had from the other side. It was a very interesting exercise in spatial awareness.

Perhaps the best example of this was the first:

Electroliquid Aggregation: The curve may well be too difficult to explain verbally; yet bilingual people will still try.

Electroliquid Aggregation: The best way to fix a crazy person is to imbue a subconscious sexual desire.

Electroliquid Aggregation: Because of gravity; if you punch someone they might fall down.

 After coming up with these hybrids and their respective Electroliquid Aggregation's; i set about playign with a couple of them in sketchup and thus importing them into Crysis:

 I decided after experimenting and coming up with a few new axonometrics (as discussed in eprvious post), they I liked the new form i had come up with:

Electroliquid Aggregation: Whilst Newton perceives the whole world, Freud is busy with the alcoves of the mind.

 I felt that this space could combine well with several landscaped i had conceptualized. on top of this; the notion of alcoves vs wide open spaces could be explored to great visual effect in crysis:

The deep ravine behind the building compliments Freud's contemplation "booth". he is isolated from the grandeur of the outdoors and is left to contemplate the inner workings of the mind as he stares into the inside of the world.

Alternatively; Newtons work area has a full view of the outside world; uninhibited by railing or barriers he is free to feel, experience and think about the mechanics of all things great and small; from the effect of a breeze on the surface of the water; to the greatness of an eruption of a volcano.

EXPERIMENT2: week 1

For the first week's activity we were required to do three things. Firstly, to research our clients and come up with 5 hypotheses per client. Secondly, to represent these hypotheses with a series of 6 axonometric drawings containing 5 rectangles each, and each reflecting a hypothesis from step one. Lastly, we had to create a 3D model of one of these drawings in sketchup and export it to Crysis.
These are my axonometric drawings:

Hypothesis: The curve may be too complicated to explain verbally.

Hypothesis:.Existence of gravity proves that there's not any two things that do not relate to each other.

The below image is the correct reversal of this axonometric. I included the error, because this was a fairly complicated process; thinking in 3D and the reversing. I felt including a couple of mistakes would be a more accurate representation of how I found this task.
Hypothesis: If you punch someone, even if the guy you punch doesnt feel pain, you will feel it anyway!

In this drawing i left some of the construction lines in because Russell said that how we produced the drawing was sometimes more interesting than the drawing itself. I also experimented with different shading; I didn't like it!
Hypothesis: The best way to fix a crazy person is through communication

Hypothesis: Everything anyone does is driven in some way by a subconscious sexual disire

Hypothesis: People who know more than one language talk more often.

I took the above drawing and developed it in sketchup; the final result, once exported into Crysis can be seen below:

The greatest difficulty I had with this weeks task was importing into Crysis. not only did all the files need to be directed to the right place; the only editor that would work properly was the editor inside the bin32... a detail which painfully skipped my attention.


In hindsight the sketches I did are rather crude, although in later weeks i developed some new ones which better suited the way I perceived the clients Newton and Freud:

Hypothesis: Newton perceives the whole world

Hypothesis: Freud's domain is within the alcoves of the mind.

As an engineering student, as well as a student of architecture; I routinely deal with how much Newton has changed the world; indeed the invention of calculus (invented simultaneously with Leibniz) has a meachanism for describing movement and being in any dimension and in any state; it is quite literally a tool with which to view and analyse the universe; thus he perceives the whole world.

Freud created the notion of psychopathology, and the significance of the subconscious. his medium is very much looking from the inside out; observing how the minutia of thought and the inner workings of the mind affect the entirety of a persons constitution; thus his domain in the alcoves of the mind.

Week 4

This week's tasks were all about finality. finishing up what we have done and taking our ideas to their conceptual conclusion. What I found frustrating about this weeks task was the sheer volume of small tasks which needed to be completed in order to consider this experiment "done". Apart from that small qualm, I actually enjoyed completing my model and being able to see the finished product and feel satisfied. the finished product.

 

 This is an animation i made of my model which details an experience through from the top studio (Banksy) down to the Gallery area, with a hint of the stair well to Mueck's studio.

The textures in the animation are both hand drawn and downloaded and i chose a path i felt would best illustrate the important material elements of my building.

This next animation is more holistic; it is designed to take the building apart  so that the viewer can understand the interplay of the forms, yet it is also designed to hone in on key elements of the design and present them in the context of the viewer.

 

 The final animation i made was to do with the staircase down into Mueck's studio; the staircase is meant to be enclosed and forceful, opening into a wider more relaxing space. the animation also endeavors to demonstrate how Mueck's studio sit underneath the rest of the gallery.

The end result:

stairs

For the exercise in stairs, we were required to model and experiment with different stairs and their respective sections. As an example in modeling I decided to do a spiral staircase so I could learn how to use the array tool and learn how to utilise components. For my model however I wanted to use an institutional style stair well... with a twist, as well as a simple, ornamental stone staircase.

Spiral staircase.

I like the concept of a spiral staircase, and i feel the capacity for curves expressive. Being a tall person however; I find them quite hard work and depending on the radius, quite awkward underfoot. Although visually appealing, this design did not fit into my model.

section

stair well

I fell the stair well offers a lot for an architect, especially when designing for a client such as Muek. With the stair well I can easily control the spacial awareness of the person on the stair; I can offer tunnels and wide glassy reliefs, building a sense of anticipation to the final goal of the studio. This control compliments the was in which Muek controls the spacial awareness of his responders; his manipulation of scale often causes the responder to feel that they are invading or being impressed upon by the sculpture. Because of this, this stair offers a juxtaposition between claustrophobia and agoraphobia.

Notice the combination of glass, solid and partial panels culmination in the open air suspended stair into the studio.

section.

I also tried to avoid the convention of a stair well to wrap underneath itself like a helix. i wanted mne to feel more like a tunnel than a stairwell. This can be seen especially in this elevation:

elevation

The other stair case goes from the gallery space up to Banksy's studio. This stair case is open and free, symbolic of Banksy's art which crosses boundaries and escapes so much stigma and attention through anonymity. The studio which Baksy is situated in has no sense of anonymity, it's wide open views encourage public scrutiny, just like the works do. As for the anonymity of the artist?... they have been good enough to protect that so far so I'm sure they can manage; if anything it adds drama.

elevation

toying with materials

section showing construction and portico.

More developed model with front stairs

more developed model with rear stair well.

Here are some hand drawn sketches from my notebook, detailing the conception of the stairs I finally inserted:

This stair case was never perused. Initially one of my studios had a mezzanine lever, into which this stair was cut. but i abandoned that idea.

This design features prominently as the design of the stairs leading up to Banksy's studio.

This stairwell design is the design i used to drop down from the gallery into Mueck's studio.

This stair design is a hanging stair, supported by the long verticals; this staircase was used to connect the stairwell to Mueck's studio.

as seen at the start of the post and mentioned above.