Posters

WORKSHOP 1 - MODEL-IT!

While photographing the models, I was experimenting with the lighting, and hence the title 'Architecture Illumined'. Another message I wanted to convey through the poster and its title is the idea of spreading light on the subject of Architecture - the interior spaces, the circulation, exterior form, and the building's relationship to its landscape.

WORKSHOP 2 - DRAW-IT!

The poster titled 'Enlivened' is an abstract summary of the process of drawing - which involves various types of paper, different line weights, etc. The poster also shows how rendering the drawings, and adding colours brings the entire image to life.

WORKSHOP 3 - MONTAGE-IT!

This workshop mainly dealt with the process of combining images of existing things and those of future possibilities, in order to make it seem more realistic - virtual reality! The idea behind the poster was to create an abstract representation of a human, by adding up versions of the same building - whereas usually we would add humans to an image.

ARCH 1142 - Montage-it!

CONCEPTS - SYMMETRY & OPENNESS

These are images of my model from different angles, showing how it looks like a different model in each of them. From this, I learnt that the angle of the model is actually extremely important.

The various pages from my flipbook combined into one. The images are not in the right sequence, as I drew all of them on 2 separate pages, and after printing, I cut each rectangle such that they were individual pages. 

MONTAGE 1: Try 1

This is a montage of a cliff at Coogee beach, Sydney. The idea was to create a dramatic scene of a building on a edge, with most of it cantilevering out.

MONTAGE 1: Try 2

Again, I wanted to created a similar dramatic scene, and this time I decided to create a strong contrast between the sky and the rest of the image, to show the openness.

MONTAGE 1: Final

For the final one, I kept the drama in the scene, but decided to be architectural about it. This scene shows the symmetry of the bridge structure, and its openness to the sky and sea - giving it a sense of flow and freedom. This flow of the bridge makes it seem as though the cliffs were in a deep conversation.

MONTAGE 2: Try 1

The idea behind this montage, was to create a sense of freedom and openness. This building is in the same location as the previous montage, though it is from a different angle, and tells a different story. I added the moon, to dramatise the scene, to look as though the openness of the building is drawing the moon into it.

MONTAGE 2: Try 2

I was experimenting with the background a bit, trying to make it seem as though it were in a more open setting. I felt that the materials I chose for the building connected more with this setting. The dense background was a perfect contrast to my theme of openness.

MONTAGE 2: Final

I felt that the original scene was more atmospheric, and hence decided to stick with it. The idea of adding the tree in the background  was to create a sense of reality, with regards to scale, and the angle of the building. The lady is standing out in the open, holding an empty open frame - to create an eerie atmosphere of emptiness and loneliness, even though they're open to a world of million possibilities.

ARCH 1142 - Draw-it!

ROSE SEIDLER HOUSE - HARRY SEIDLER

Clockwise from top - North, East, South and West elevations

Ground Floor Plan (interiors removed)

First Floor Plan (interiors removed)

A perspective drawing of the house, with lines coming to life, from different parts - showing how the mural (painted by Harry Seidler himself) brings the otherwise simple house to life.

These are some of the half rendered drawings, as I later cut up and stuck pieces of coloured paper, so as to create a collage. The house is a fairly simple one, with coloured doors, and a few windows. I decided to show simply these primary colours, and leave the rest of the drawings as black and white, as it reflects to simplicity of the house, except for the colourful aspects of the house (which I highlighted).

ARCH 1142 - Model-it!

WEEK 3 - TAKE HOME

The model of the Fisher House was quite complex, yet the rectilinear geometry made it appear fairly simple. I like the way the cube and cuboid connect with each other, as internally they both serve different functions, but externally they appear related.

WEEK 3 - IN CLASS

Creating a model of a corner of the Fisher House was quite complicated, though proved to be helpful at a later stage (for the take home task). I liked the idea of a built-in seat, as well as the way the large openings help to connect the house with its landscape.

WEEK 2 - TAKE HOME

By creating a form model of the Fisher House, it gave me a better understanding of how the rectilinear house sits in its contoured landscape i.e. how two opposing elements are connected.

WEEK 2 - IN CLASS

The three models I created were meant to be abstract representations of - a building (an enclosed, yet open object); the outline of a human facial profile (focusing on how the nose stands out from the rest of the face); and a kite (a combination of balsa and whitecard). 

WEEK 1 - TAKE HOME

The horizontal architecture of the Barcelona Pavilion seemed like quite the challenge at that time, though I found the idea of using perspex to show water quite fascinating, as it truly does add to realisticness of the model.

WEEK 1 - IN CLASS
One house (balsa) is enclosed, but is open only where it connects with the other house (boxboard), which is open in various directions i.e. connecting opposing concepts of freedom and restriction.

ARCH 1101 (2011)

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