Back to Work

Just Enrolled back on the course, I'm really excited about 3rd year. I think having to resit my design modules for 2nd year has really helped me to develop my skills as a designer and architect.

I'm in a Tutor group led by Sarah Mills and Dennis Burr, our project will be set in Istanbul this semester which I'm really excited about!

My main aims for the year are:
To push my self creatively in my design work, not to get stuck and set on a single idea.
To continue to improve my computer skills both in 2D photoshop and 3D modelling.
And to try and think about the technological side of my designing more, as this is something that I have not properly done for a year and will have to really keep on top of it.

Final Model

These are acouple of images of my final laser cut model for Cambridge. I'd never used the laser cutter to do a model before this, I was really happy with how it turned out, next time I use it i think I will need to plan the pieces of the model better as this one became quite intricate and fiddly.

Redone Section - Holbeck

This is a section that I redid for Holbeck, it's the first time I've attempted to draw a perspective section.

I felt that this was one of the strongest pieces of work I've done all year, I think it's the best image in my portfolio.

I'm really pleased with how it came out and feel as though its a skill I can really develop next year.

Development models

These are some development models I created moving on from my intuative response, looking at how I could create a facade that world replicate and allow the natural elements to filter through the building.

I was really happy with these models and enjoyed using models in the design process.

Intuative Response.

This was my final intuitive response, looking at how the nature developed over the site as the seasons changed.

I really enjoyed doing a piece that was completely abstract to anything I've done before, it really helped to get my creative side flowing and get me excited to get stuck into the project.

Library Study

We were asked to analyze certain libraries, I got the stockholm library.

I was abit disappointed with the feed back I was given, I felt I worked hard on several images like the one shown above only to for them to be overlooked in my presentation of them.

I've got quite afew changes to make on my analysis for it to be a successful project.

The Wonders of the Internet

I've been browsing round the web all day today looking for precedence and other things. I came across a couple of interesting bits and pieces.

It's interesting how many of these simple little squares are immediately recognizable as the architects they represent.


This is the alphabet made from looking up at buildings from street level, brilliant.

Mapping.

This intuitive response seems to have taken over my life at the minute. Heres a really interesting video about mapping sound..

Celeste Motus (excerpts) from Abstract Birds on Vimeo.

The Middle sequence of this is beautiful

Intuative Response Part 2

I was looking at mapping and how things naturally occur so I decided to drop into water and see if I could control the outcome in some sort of way. This is the results.

Cambridge.

I'm going to do a proper post for my trip to Cambridge later but I thought I'd stick this on first. It made me laugh, it's me sat on a childrens climbing frame in the Acordia housing development.