Final Draft Review

Hi All,


As agreed; pin up by 10am on the grey pin-boards located above the forum space on level 6.


We will be reviewing and ranking each submission on a feedback sheet provided.


You can download the sheet from the following link if you prefer to type your comments: 


www.russelllowe.com/arch7111_2012/ARCH7111_Final_Draft_Review.zip




Cheers

Peer Review Week 11

Hi All,


Download the Peer Review and Feedback sheet for week 11 from here:


www.russelllowe.com/arch7111_2012/PeerFeedbackAndReviewSheet_Week11.zip


Use it to critically evaluate 5 student projects. Save the completed sheets as image files and upload to your blog.


In the context of your comments regarding your peers work complete a self evaluation using the same form.


Finally, write a 100 word (maximum) statement answering the question "Why will your entry win the competition?"


Cheers 

Meet in RC3030

Hi All,


A reminder that we will meet in room 3030 in the Red Centre for the rest of the semester.


(Room 3030 has officially been booked by the Masters in Urban Design program, so we may be asked to leave ... if so, we have space on level 5 and 6 in the Red Centre or in the studio next to the Design Workshop in the SquareHouse).


Cheers 

ARCHITECTURAL VISION

Hi All,


Reflecting on the definitions described at dictionary.com below present your ARCHITECTURAL VISION for the competition in today's 5 minute presentation. Use the work you have done to date along with any other architectural, art, culture or science based precedents to support your presentation.

vi·sion   [vizh-uhn]

noun
1. the act or power of sensing with the eyes; sight.
2. the act or power of anticipating that which will or may come to be: prophetic vision; the vision of an entrepreneur.
3. an experience in which a personage, thing, or event appears vividly or credibly to the mind, although not actually present, often under the influence of a divine or other agency: a heavenly messenger appearing in a vision. Compare hallucination ( def. 1 ) .
4. something seen or otherwise perceived during such an experience: The vision revealed its message.
5. a vivid, imaginative conception or anticipation: visions of wealth and glory.
6. something seen; an object of sight.
7. a scene, person, etc., of extraordinary beauty: The sky was a vision of red and pink.
8. computer vision.



Capture your vision in a maximum of 100 words and use up to 5 PowerPoint slides.


Presentations begin at 12, midday.


Cheers

Group Expressions of Interest

Hi All,


Following the poor turnout to this weeks studio class, in consultation with those in attendance, I've revised the plan for the second half of the course.


You will all develop your competition schemes individually unless a strong argument is made for why group work is necessary. To express interest in working in a group you should flag your intention in the comments section below and outline a proposal within your own blogs. Your expression of interest should include a demonstration of the specific skills, methods, techniques or knowledge that each student brings to a competition proposal (use work that you have already produced in this course or any previous course).


To replace the scheduled submission for next week (see the course outline; week 8, April 23) you will all be presenting a detailed timetable for completion of the competition requirements.


Finally, many of the schemes that were not presented this week were very weak. The authors of them should understand that a significant amount of work/creativity will be required if they intend to pass the course. I will be expecting significant development over the next week.


Regards

Competition Entry Selection

Hi All,


You can find a word version of the Competition Selection Sheet at the link below:


www.russelllowe.com/arch7111_2012/ARCH7111_Competition_Selection_Sheet.zip


Select your top five and upload an image of the completed sheet to your blog.


Cheers

FEEDBACK FOR SUBMISSION ONE

Hi All,

All of your feedback forms are attached below; as discussed in class today. It will be worthwhile to compare this feedback with the feedback from your classmates and with the work itself.

Cheers

WEEK 4 REVIEW DOCUMENT AND TASK FOR THE WEEK

Hi All,


1. Download a version of the ARCH7111 feedback document here:


www.russelllowe.com/arch7111_2012/FeedbackReviewSheet_Week04.rar


2. Use it to review the schemes of 3 of your classmates. Include constructive comments on areas they might be able to improve. Give a digital copy of your feedback (saved as an image) to each of the authors you have reviewed by 11am.


3. Upload the feedback from your peers to your blog.


4. Use the rest of the time in class to capitalise on this feedback by improving your submission.


5. Review the lecture/documents in the post on LASER CUTTING below and those posted on the faculty intranet: http://www.be.unsw.edu.au/student-intranet/design-labs-squarehouse/laser_cutting. At the very least, order a laser cut model by the beginning of next weeks class. This model will be your first conceptual response to this years competition theme. If the model itself has not been cut and assembled by next weeks class bring along 2 dimensional representations of it for critique.   


Cheers

CLARIFICATION RE HAND IN THIS SUNDAY

Hi Guys,


Regarding the hand-in this Sunday ... the 18th of March, by 9pm (keep in mind the penalties for lateness)... focus on the conceptual analysis of the 3 competition entries; you should issues that connect them or that they have in contrast, or that they tell us about the competition in general. Your analysis is done by design ... which means the form, space, light, line quality, etc, etc on your A1 sheet all make some contribution to our understanding. Remember to include a site plan, an elevation, a plan and a maximum of 100 words ... as per the competition guidelines (because you are not designing a piece of architecture you will have to think laterally about how you can accommodate these requirements). One piece of advice I would leave you is: make sure your analysis "looks" like a competition entry.


Upload a PDF not exceeding 10mb to a place on-line and link it back to your blog.


Reinforcing what I said in class; ignore the part in the course outline that talks about producing a conceptual design that responds to this years brief. We will get onto that in the second submission.


Finally, remember to post an entry on your blog indicating the percentage values you want associated to each of the assessment criteria. Include a short statement (in the spirit of the competition you should keep this explanation to 100 words max!) as to why you are weighting it in this way.


Cheers, and good luck!

 

LASER CUTTING

Hi Guys,

There are a couple of links regarding Laser Cutting that we'll go over in class on Monday. No need to look at this stuff before your first hand in (this Sunday, 18th of March, by 9pm).

http://www.russelllowe.com/arch7111_2012/ARCH7111_Intro_LaserCutModels.pdf

http://www.russelllowe.com/arch7111_2012/IllustratorKillerTips.pdf

http://www.russelllowe.com/arch7111_2012/ARCH7111_Illustrator_Template.rar

Cheers

COURSE OUTLINE: NEW LINK!

HI ALL,


SORRY ABOUT THE LINK PROVIDED BELOW ... IT WAS TO THE COURSE OUTLINE ON GOOGLE DOCS AND I DIDN'T REALISE THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO LOG IN AS ME TO DOWNLOAD IT.


(THANKS TO ZHANG ZEHUAN FOR POINT THIS OUT).


I'VE EDITED THE LINK BELOW TO POINT TOWARDS MY WEBSITE, SO NOW ANYONE CAN DOWNLOAD IT FROM THE LINK BELOW.


I'LL POST THE LINK HERE AS WELL:


http://www.russelllowe.com/arch7111_2012/Arch7111_Outline_2012_RL.pdf


CHEERS, SEE YOU MONDAY

3ds MAX TUTORIALS

HI ALL,


THESE TWO TUTORIALS SHOW THE BASICS OF POLY MODELLING AND NURBS MODELLING IN 3ds MAX. BY USING THESE TWO TECHNIQUES YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE COMPLEX CURVILINEAR SHAPES AND SPACES.


REITERATING THE INSTRUCTION FROM THE END OF THE FIRST CLASS; POST IMAGES ON YOUR BLOG SHOWING 20 MODELS THAT YOU'VE MADE USING THESE TECHNIQUES BY THE START OF THE NEXT CLASS. THIS WILL CEMENT THE TECHNIQUES WHILE ALSO GETTING YOU TO THINK IN FORMAL AND SPATIAL TERMS RIGHT FROM THE OUTSET.


CHEERS


POLY MODELLING:



NURBS MODELLING:

COURSE OUTLINE: EDIT! NEW LINK

HI ALL,


FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW TO SEE A PDF OF THE COURSE OUTLINE FOR THIS STUDIO GROUP.


COURSE OUTLINE ARCH7111: RUSSELL LOWE'S GROUP


NOTE THE FIRST SUBMISSION IS DETAILED ON THE TOP OF PAGE 4 AND IS DUE IN WEEK THREE (20%).


FOLLOWING THAT THE COURSE SCHEDULE STARTS ON THE TOP OF PAGE  SIX AND FORESHADOWS THE 5 MINUTE PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU'LL BE GIVING NEXT WEEK.


FINALLY; THE FEEDBACK AND REVIEW SHEET I SPOKE ABOUT IN CLASS IS ON THE LAST PAGE.


CHEERS

WELCOME

HI ALL,


WELCOME TO THE BLOG FOR RUSSELL LOWE'S YEAR ONE MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO GROUP. EACH OF THE STUDENTS IN THIS STUDIO GROUP WILL BE PREPARING AN ENTRY TO THE CENTRAL GLASS INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITION.


YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT PAST THEMES AND THE WINNING ENTRIES FROM EACH OF THE YEARS THE COMPETITION HAS BEEN RUNNING HERE:


http://www.cgco.co.jp/kyougi/#/home/


PLEASE CHECK BACK REGULARLY FOR INFORMATION AND UPDATES.


CHEERS