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Task 8: Outpost Drawings 

In this task, we were asked to begin designing an outpost in our landscape that would be used by a field agent to conduct research. The outpost had to be integrated with the environment and also had a relationship with the ruins created previously and is constructed of two pieces; structure and capsule. While designing, we had to think of the outpost as being more of a “parasitic” form of architecture. 

For my first iteration, I wanted the outpost to use the ruin as a support system or structure by either resting on top or hanging off. By using the column, I created a spiral staircase that could be used to reach the top. However, since there are way too many stairs, I think I would have to implement a different way of reaching the top or alter my story line or both. Due to timing, I modeled by capsule with a simple rectangle but in my drawings, I chose to make it with a slanted roof in order to add solar panels later on. 

After receiving a critique on my first iteration, I added some of the feedback into the drawings such as fixing my line weights and and callouts. However, I will be adding the rest of feedback in a following iteration and also working on my narrative of my landscape and how it connects with my group members.

March 9th, 2020

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V-Ray Channels used for creating Task 7. 

They were all so interesting to look at and were to invoke certain impressions of the site by analyzing elements like diffuse, materials, light, and shadows.

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Task 7: Future Projection

In this task, we took the ruins created in the previous task and using Vray Renders and Photoshop, I had to envision what the landscape would like in the span of 25 years and 100 years in the future. 

In the 25 year projections, I imagined the world becoming barren and wearing down. Concrete and marble cracking and starting crumble. The pathway into the habitation sinking and rising out of its original placement. With a strong sunlight throughout the day, the bright colours of the ruin become drained out colour, almost sunburnt to a crisp. The land becomes dry and cracked.

In a following 100 years, the landscape adapts. What once was the bare mountainside, is now forming a new life. Moss and vines wrap and choke the once human made forms. Songbirds rest here now, a perfect lookout over the landscape yet they are not the same “birds” we once new. Bright and florescent colours to attract with a song, but only to become their next meal. Deerlike creatures emerge in the daylight yet they still hide in the shade. 

Something lurks and rooms this land. Taken over the abandoned civilizations and now rules. Be wary, traveler.

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DELIVERABLE FOR TASK 6

Screenshots of models oriented in paper space scaled to equate the door height of 7′.

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DELIVERABLE FOR TASK 4

Finalized rendered human perspective. Took much trial and error to reach a sufficient result. The images compare the quality of the rendered with and without denoiser & display colors in sRGB space. 

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DELIVERABLE FOR TASK 4

Screen captures of human perspective from varying viewpoints. The 1st view is looking up from the position of standing in a trough, highlighting the clustered low-class housing. The 2nd view is looking out from the castle onto the landscape below.

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Task 5: Tiny World Prototypes 

By taking the 1km x 1km topography from Task 4, we began to prepare to the files for fabrication. I decided to breakdown by topography into two pieces for two different ways of fabricating; the topography and “ledges” , and the trees and buildings. Due to the smoothness of the topography, I chose CNC because it would produce the smoothest fabrication out of the three options. This allowed me to learn proper file and layer management for the first time in rhino. Layer management has been discussed a lot during the lectures and labs but it never properly shown how, besides when indicating cut and scores for laser cutting. For CNC, I also had to break down my topography into two slices: top and bottom (as seen in my layers tab) after scaling them to fit into the 15cm x 15 cm allowance for this task. For my buildings and trees, I chose to 3D Print them after scaling them to fit the CNC scale and also pushing them to fit into a 7.5cm x 7.5cm allowance as well. During this process, I had to constantly check if my objects were closed poly surfaces and were “water tight”. Unfortunately, as screenshotted my trees were incredibly complicated and had 488 naked edges ... way too many for my brain to handle. I tried to repair the mesh but it was still an open poly surface after filling the holes. In order to make my life a little easier and simplicity’s sake, I deleted them and changed them and made cones trees instead.  

Overall, this task allowed for a high level of organization and detailing in order to ensure a proper file for submission and has also prompted me to look into what makes a “bad mesh” and “good mesh” but more on that soon.

February 10, 2020

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Shortly after discovering how to import elements such as trees, I quickly decided to reiterate Task 4. By adjusting the scale of the “pathway” that leads up the hill (originally was way too high than humanly expected, whoops) of the 1km x 1km section and adding pine-like trees, it looked much better and almost looks like an actual landscape. It looks more like how I imagined Peom to be especially through the renders and all it took was a few trees. 

February 8th, 2020