Grades

Professor when will the grades be up?

Micheal and Rebekka

Can you contact me via email amoiaarch@aol.com;
I am missing some of your portfolio and would request a pdf or jpeg copy emailed to me in the interm;
Tuesday the latest.

diagrams (scott)

Scott and everyone should think about:
clarifying the meaning of the diagrams and this can be by adding some transparent colors and titles.
diagram 1.3 volumes- related to thesis
2. structure overlap in center, one hangs, one buried
3.  circulation intent
4. circulation and volume together

include site an monument in diagrams because that is what makes this project its place

in general

I will be in school at 2 Friday. I saw some of you yesterday which was nice.
I did not get a chance to walk back at 5 but I did at 6 after the review and missed any of you that may have been around.

I think one of you said your model is missing from the room; go to the office to report this and document it in an email to me. Never leave anything important that you do not have a copy of in any room that is not your own property. Also take a photo of a drawing or model after you complete it because things happen as we saw earlier in the semester. Also have a backup of all digital work because a computer can die at any time.

sample portfolio thinking

A few comments: the previous post of the portfolio rules;

as Anthony indicated in class is about organization, also you can see

the background grey or black can have meaning and relate to for example organizing photos.

You should treat the process of making a portfolio like a design problem:

A. sketch through the pages before production

B. start with basic info: site plan, a paragraph or two about the project and make the text read as blocks of information.

Below is a sketch which ask questions of the following sheet. It asks 

1. where is the site plan, and limit number of photos especially if they do not become montages with your work in them later.

2. sk refers to the sketches, so relate the first one to the site plan, space out the rest so it reads as individual plan making proposals.

3. add that intro text

4. use the black zone to say this is the given info, i know this person said theywant to do L of black but that is not meaning yet other then i want to....

remember you can go outside of the 9 rectangle when you start grouping  in rows and columns like the yellow and blue color coding of the portfolio rules in indicating.
Enjoy the process, it will take time.

today, portfolios due Friday 23, 2:00 in the office

The previous two posts provide the guide for portfolio.
Please visit thesis reviews and come find me Monday afternoon.

The following items are required:
Matt- main item is model
Richard- model ground plane, sequence of plans in context with poche
Adrian- complete final presentation

additional items i recorded which will assist your grade:
Michael- frame in model
LeeAnn- complete model, perspective of light cuts
Alex- perspectives
John- complete model and coordinate with drawings
Scott- group 3d diagram and see if they are complete, they should show the whole like the precedence, and put roof on model
Steve- make a section (with double height spaces), design pavement of plaza, complete second floor plan

****All should include the midterm of the project in the portfolio so we can see how you developed the project.

portfolio rules

portfolio samples

http://www.amoiacody.com/AA_Student_Website/AA_Student_Website.htm

all, Friday 9:15

9:15 be ready to start, we are pinning up outside and inside our class space like we have done in the past.
Since  alex, li, scott have a continuous type scheme it would be nice to pin up in sequence.
same with rebecca, leeann, then adrian, richard, followed by naomi, alex, steve, john,  michael, and matt.

all-

I am checking in, hope you have been working to make the best presentation you can, with a museum quality model on a base and with trees.

See the list of drawings in the previous posts...I am looking forward to seeing great diagrams and elevations....

think grid of structure, grid of material, ...grid, grid, grid

I was happy to hear from richard, steve, .....I have not heard from Matt!.....Matt are your reading the posts and remembering our last conversation, what we say we are going to do is important.

Email me withyour concerns, good thoughts of progress, questions, or just to say your working hard.

damaged models

Alex, i will contact the office, is the door locking?

If anyone saw anything, please come forward, do it anymously by putting a note in my mailbox.

Professor,

Just so you are aware, two of my models were destroyed between last night and today . I have no idea how it happened or who did this but unfortunately this is how i will be presenting these two on friday now.

-Alex Finning

for final pin up

also req'd is to pin up sketches and study models

final requirements

Thesis statement

1/32 scale

1 site plan drawing at plaza level

2 Axonometric diagrams:

Volume,

Circulation,

Structure,...per previous posts and class discussions

3. mass model

1/16 scale

1.  model with base

2. Plans-at each level

3. Sections- 2 long

4. Section – 3 short 

5. Main elevations which shows idea

6. Perspective

1/8scale

large scale model  or drawing w scale figure

all, important

LeeAnn: when I walked away from our discussion, I wasnt sure if your plan and section was matching in terms of the entry area and how high it is off the ground, so please check this.

Anthony: we didnt speak but I saw your drawings and markups, they look complete, but the grid or pavement on the ground seems like it needed more work to mesh the lines below and above, see what Li did with his project, he changed it 3 times before he got it.

Richard, Matt, Steve:
I require that you send me updated drawings before Tuesday for another review; please take this seriously or your grades will be effected.

Everyone must have elevations!

checklist and link

Final Check list:

1. draw grid:

1A. grid means material-

In plan: material lines of pavement/ plaza. You can also have material-pavement lines on interior public spaces.

1B. grid in elevation- material joints that works with proportion of structure and indicates a material idea.

2. draw poche:

Poche of underground plan  

Poche of structure

3. Structure:

Show beam depth in section.

4. Diagrams:

Concept diagram

Program Diagram

Structure Diagram

Circulation Diagram

Event Diagram

Envelope Diagram—I added this

5. Large scale drawing or model:

1/8” special piece with scale person.

See portfolio samples, click and wait, click and click on d1 etc, it is slow so be patient

http://www.amoiacody.com/AA_Student_Website/AA_Student_Website.htm

diagram - expolded with reference to elements...structure, skin, circulation

diagrams- exploded axons

roof, response to previous posts

1

http://blog.quintinlake.com/2011/07/

2

3

4

5

6

alex, i thought your reference was esienman, that the roof became a grounded landscape;

your section looks like a proposal without an economy which equals thoughts of sustainability; 

economy of time in design and construction,... money, material.

what is the meaning behind this?; i would be more interested in what the interior is then what the exterior does....above are some examples of surface and structure, you must have an intent of both...

I would think the structure should be reminiscent of a landscape...this being for the parks department and in and of the a park and the quality and lines of structure are the interior is interesting...is there a high point which you can get to so you can see the water?

New Roof Scheme

I agree with your comments about the ugliness of the roof form that was presented today in class. Therefore new images were chosen, incorperated and used to inform the shape of the enclosure. these drawings are incomplete but they show a near final form for how the wrapping will be utilized.

All

I was happy at the end of today's class; I feel everyone has asked questions of their project and has conveyed an understanding of why we have asked these questions and why the spaces are the way they are.

You all have a scheme.  The articulation of this scheme with elevations and development of the drawings... in section and plan should be your focus.

Two weeks is a good amount to time. If you all work hard and have your drawings at 1/16th on Tuesday  developed, our last class can be Friday the 9th, with the final a week from this... so this means you can have
the 13th off to produce.

I didn't get back to seeing Niama or Michael but i think you just have to keep going and draw, you can all post and I will respond if your need extra guidance. You can take a picture of a model or drawing to ask your question....Keep going - lets have some great projects.

dynamic plan for section