#exercisetwo

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exercise two. IN | TOGETHER week 3

final model.

Inspiring the form of this design was from my fourth design. The layout was translated becoming the inspiration of the facade. 

Each floor served a different purpose accommodating different facilities. The second floor was to act as the party/dinning space. I used timber cladding to continue the modernity of the overall building. The use of horizontal and vertical planks were to highlight the different floors. There are elements from various designs I previously made, with the final I added extruding windows to maximise lighting into the stairwell. 

To improve: The form and height of the design does not suit a party space in the Auckland Domain. The height is intimidating while the varying shaped windows on each facade is over detailed. To improve, there should be at least two floors, ground and first floor, and similar styled windows to have a better flow in terms of shapes and sizes.

Left image: Ground floor

Right image: First floor

Images of the second floor. Party/dinning area with an outdoor space.

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exercise two. IN | TOGETHER week 2

design one.

The focus on this model was how light would enter the space. the rectangular shapes were deformed creating a stone cladding effect. Multiple horizontal windows enabling natural light to fill the room. 

design two.

To improve design one, the canopy was designed longer while also adding a patio as an area for people to go outside. Another block was added to the building where the kitchen or dinning space could be. The change of width acts to differentiate the two spaces. I continued using linear windows for plentiful natural lighting and view of the domain.

design three.

With this design I took a different approach, creating a continuous shape. To adapt the canopy from the last two designs I used the shape of the building to form the canopy. I also manipulated the strips to discontinue the shape of the building. The aim of the windows was to shape how light would enter the party area while having inspirations from Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel. 

design four.

Again, this design took inspiration from Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye as it includes a flat roof, pilotis and horizontal windows. I wanted to experiment with intruding and extruding sections as it enables users to quickly identify various spaces within the building. The curved space was to integrate the environment with architecture.  

design five.

With this design I chose to create a courtyard house, I designed a gable roof as it’s a traditional style of roofing. The shape and framing of the back window is contemporary and minimalistic. 

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Reviewing a piece of Informational Design: The Walking Dead

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/12/05/graphic-stopping-the-dead-a-statistical-look-back-at-the-walking-dead-series-so-far/

This Info graphic is by far the most in-depth piece of Informational design I have seen for a television series. Listing each Zombie kill in the series as well as the weapon used to kill and which character in the series killed that particular zombie. Visually it uses great imagination with the skull made up of the maimed zombies as well being colour coded for each season. The lighter and darker colour definition between male and female zombies is also clever. The graphic also brings to light many interesting statistics such as which character has killed the most zombies and which weapon has killed the most zombies. Overall a fantastic piece of work that must've taken many man hours to generate as well as an impressive imagination.