1) BACKGROUND
You are going to shift from your own approach to architecture and that of your design studio to study the design process of a famous architect. You are further going to study the design process of your architect as exhibited by a major multi-storied work with a significant stair that is visible in both plan and photographs
2) VOCABULARY
Photomontage – excerpt from article on the Dada movement
......like superimposition – also attempts to develop a technique for the recordings of events occurring on the threshold between dream and consciousness: a tumultuous collision of whimsical detail from which meanings flash; visual poetry with bitter jests and sometimes with blasphemy. Most photomontages demand a concentrated gymnastic of the eye and brain to speed up the visual digestion and increase the range of associative relationships….
3)ASSIGNMENT
.1 ESSAY
You are asked to collect biographical information on your assigned architect for a verbal presentation to be read in class. It is to be one page in length. You are also expected t to collect images in both scalable plans and photos of a stair / detail from a project of your architect. This will be shown in black / white / color photocopies.
.2 ARCHITECTS PHOTOMONTAGE
Based on your continuing investigation of your assigned architect:
- Essay
- Collection of images / scalable plans / sections of a stair.
You are to assemble a 3D photomontage / collage of your collection in a form that captures and communicates the essence of your architect and focuses in on a specific stair. The overall composition will be made up of photocopies of plans, sections, photos, and should incorporate samples of materials used by the architect. The final size, materials used, and composition are up to each student, but each project should be able to be pinned up in studio!
The sum of the parts of your photomontage, the entire composition, should be greater than each individual part.
4) ASSIGNED ARCHITECTS
1) Caroline Garcia: Rem Koolhaas
2) Beli Ponce: Santiago Calatrava
3) Jessi Khatena: Zaha Hadid
4) Megan Head: Itsuko Hasegawa
5) AJ Lane: Toyo Ito
6) Desirae Barron: Maya Lin
7) Emmanuel Guerrero: Emilio Ambasz
8) Jessica Kisling: Ricardo Legorreta
9) Jason Na: Renzo Piano
10) Olivia Diaz: Thom Mayne
11) Daniel Zuniga: Tadao Ando
12) Gabe Winter: Frank Gehry
13) Joshua Rodriguez: Bernard Tschumi
14) Rob Bishop: Richard Rogers
15) Sanjin Ha: Jean Nouvel
Suggestions: at a minimum please highlight: family history, education / training, carrier highlights, style of work, favorite building materials, notable projects and awards.
ESSAY TO BE ONE PAGE SINGLE SIDED.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
ANSWERS: Project No. 8 – Transformation Space – SPAN - //// EXPANDED ////
1) Supplies: sketchpad, camera and your anthropomorphic proportions.
2) Reading: Architecture: Form, Space and Order, Francis D.K. Ching
5. Circulation: approach; entrance; configuration of the path; and path - space relationships
3) Objectives: human body proportions, site measuring, photo documentation, drawing in plan and section, importance of line weights, and understanding different scales.
4) Background
You have already explored your Transformation Space – SPAN at ½” = 1’-0” scale, human scale: the stair and architectural element relative to the proportions and dimensions of your body. Now we will study our Transformation Space – SPAN at 1/8” = 1’-0” scale and 1”= 20’-0”. This will entail now expanding your investigation beyond the relationship that your site has with your human scale. You will now develop and understanding of how your site relates to other features and spaces that lie around them. This will involve an exploration of approaches, circulation elements and path configurations.
5) ASSIGNMENT
Span Expanded
As has been discussed in class, using your site, (the stair and architectural element at ½” = 1’-0” scale) you are asked to expand your scope of investigations to both 1/8” = 1’-0” and 1” = 20’-0” in both plan and section elevations.
6) SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Week Eight
10.15.10: Discuss Reading, Assign Body Sketches, Photomantage discussion.
Week Nine
10.18.10: Site Visit
10.20.10: Pin-up Body Sketches, Pin- up Field Notes, work in class
10.22.10: Pin-up photomontage, pin-Up ½” Plan and ½” Section Drawings
Week Ten
10.25.10: Final Review ½” Scale / Photo Montage, Assign 1/8 scale
10.27.10: 1/8” = 1’-0” preliminary pin-up and desk crits, Assign 1”=20’-0”
10.29.10: 1” = 20’-0” discussion and computer room tour
Week Eleven
11.01.10: 1” = 20’-0” preliminary pin up and desk crits, assign brochure
11.03.10: Brochure draft due, assign Architect Essay, lecture
11.05.10: Final Brochure Due, read draft of Architect Essay
2) Reading: Architecture: Form, Space and Order, Francis D.K. Ching
5. Circulation: approach; entrance; configuration of the path; and path - space relationships
3) Objectives: human body proportions, site measuring, photo documentation, drawing in plan and section, importance of line weights, and understanding different scales.
4) Background
You have already explored your Transformation Space – SPAN at ½” = 1’-0” scale, human scale: the stair and architectural element relative to the proportions and dimensions of your body. Now we will study our Transformation Space – SPAN at 1/8” = 1’-0” scale and 1”= 20’-0”. This will entail now expanding your investigation beyond the relationship that your site has with your human scale. You will now develop and understanding of how your site relates to other features and spaces that lie around them. This will involve an exploration of approaches, circulation elements and path configurations.
5) ASSIGNMENT
Span Expanded
As has been discussed in class, using your site, (the stair and architectural element at ½” = 1’-0” scale) you are asked to expand your scope of investigations to both 1/8” = 1’-0” and 1” = 20’-0” in both plan and section elevations.
6) SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Week Eight
10.15.10: Discuss Reading, Assign Body Sketches, Photomantage discussion.
Week Nine
10.18.10: Site Visit
10.20.10: Pin-up Body Sketches, Pin- up Field Notes, work in class
10.22.10: Pin-up photomontage, pin-Up ½” Plan and ½” Section Drawings
Week Ten
10.25.10: Final Review ½” Scale / Photo Montage, Assign 1/8 scale
10.27.10: 1/8” = 1’-0” preliminary pin-up and desk crits, Assign 1”=20’-0”
10.29.10: 1” = 20’-0” discussion and computer room tour
Week Eleven
11.01.10: 1” = 20’-0” preliminary pin up and desk crits, assign brochure
11.03.10: Brochure draft due, assign Architect Essay, lecture
11.05.10: Final Brochure Due, read draft of Architect Essay
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