Architectural sensibilities. The more we learn about architectural practice, technology and communication, the more sensible we will become. The ability to recall and re-use ideas and methods will increase one’s value as a professional.
During the lecture we discussed and viewed the Dillard and Scofidio - Slow house. This is a great example of an architecture that promotes and elevates the experience of the user. Some of the models show section slides that help understand how a building can be broken up / composed into individual sections. This visualization will help with our final folly model.
A Note for the folly 3d and live model - Start to add more complex elements*
3 Key points for my career / life:
3. Take individual responsibility
We were encouraged to watch the film “Rear Window” by Hitchcock. I watched it over the weekend. This was the first Hitchcock film I’ve seen. I was impressed to say the least, as I was expecting to be. The script was captivating and suspenseful. An element I was paying attention to was the scenes and views taken looking out of the window. These views throughout the movie created scenes within scenes and played with perspectives as it revealed and concealed. The window or opening as an architectural element is an architect’s tool. With it he / she chooses what the user sees or doesn’t see. With it he / she creates scenes, conceals and reveals, much like a movie director.... My interests and appreciation for film and cinematography have been growing over the last few years - the idea that I as an architect can act as a director of my own architectural experience / movie brings new excitement to my career.
- In Praise of Shadow (book)
- Matthew Springett Models
- Sean Lally art / models
In our tutorial for this week we continued expanding on Rhino modelling, learning new tools such as contours. We refined our use of make 2d in order to successfully produce several section cuts of our models and learned to change the 3d views in order to create a true axonometric view. We brought these images into illustrator where we refined the line weights, colors and scale.
