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.
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