Final Post?

Grades are up and for all intentions and purposes this class is over and this blog is dead. If you are upset with the grade you received for this class or studio I would like to direct you to this post by Rex.

I appreciate all of your hard work this semester and I think we were very successful in standing out in both the quality and quantity of our work compared to that of other studios at this class level. I hope all of you go on to kick ass and take names, hopefully we have armed you with the skills necessary for this endeavor.

Intangible J, signing off.

Arne Quinze and Implementation

I have been following the work of Arne Quinze for some time now. His work may be controversial due to the environment that he sets them up in, but I think that the juxtaposition between his pieces and the surroundings lends a very interesting feel to his art. It is easy to see the architectural tendency of his art, which opens up a new discussion:


We are all familiar with the work of leading deconstructionist architects such as Libeskind, Hadid and the infamous Gehry, but the debate has continued over the relevancy of their built work. If the building does not function as a building, then is it architecture?


Maybe as architects we should embrace new concepts, theories and most importantly; technology. But instead of harnessing these elements into forms of the past, we should look to forms of the future, or better yet, new mediums to publish designs. The best part of Hadid's work are the paintings she creates to argue her design. I do not think these buildings should ever jump from the canvas, their potency is evident enough.


I call for all of us as young designers, artists and architects to challenge the conventional mediums of publication and seek new methods to push the boundaries of what is architectural design. Maybe the point of this class was not to use the computer to manufacture standard practices, but to understand the computer as a tool to further expand our design vocabulary.

Zach's Cake

For anyone who missed it before it got devoured...

Muzak

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We will keep updating this location with more music, I would highly recommend you download all that is available.

Final Submission

pdf link

You will gather together all the required items detailed on the link and follow the strict guidelines for submission. Discs that do not include the required folder hierarchy or file name nomenclature will be dismissed as incomplete work. Remember that the files you include will stand for the work you have completed in this class for the semester. This allows for you to touch up these assignments, or complete them.

DUE on SATURDAY, DEC. 6th by 4:30pm
a labeled CD/DVD of your work
on my desk in room 402

Part 4

The last leg of this assignment will focus on presentation and display graphics. I mentioned many times on tuesday about thinking of your renders and how they would relate to different forms of information on the printed sheet. I encourage you to look at the renders as ways to pull drawings and diagrams together, not cloister them apart. On thursday I want to have a discussion as a class on all the issues dealing with graphics. Therefeore each of you will post on their blog an example of your presentation boards. You are required to post a minimum of one image at 1500 pixels wide, 72 dpi. This example should be polished and completed. All line drawings should be taken into Illustrator and cleaned up. All renders should be complete with post-process techniques. There will be no placer boxes, where information will go. Remember that we will be discussing all issues of your board, the indvidual pieces of the layout, and the layout as a whole.

You will do the same for your portfolio. Submit 3-4 sample pages at 1000 pixels each, 72 dpi. These should also be finished, not working pages. This is your last chance to discuss with me in a classroom setting your graphic designs, so show me your best work so that we may learn as a class.

DUE on THURSDAY, NOV. 20th
on your blog MIN. 1 PRESENTATION BOARD
on your blog MIN. 3 PAGES FROM PORTFOLIO
all work will be complete, no placeholders!

evolo

I forgot about this thing but recently rediscovered it when searching for arch competitions. The great benefit of this resource is an excellent precedence for board layouts and rendering techniques. Check out this work, especially the USA submission from 07. Link