Wednesday 04.09
Due:
Post your 3 minute verbal presentation outline for the review here.
• Evidence of progress in the consolidation of the idea: new tracing paper, new perspectives and new model?
• Composition of the board for the Interim review. One 11x17 page with a diagram of the board and what are you going to pinup.
The day of the review we will present: work from ex.5 that informs your ideas so far, the window you initially selected and analyzed (6.1), the variety of initial proposals (6.2) and the strongest idea consolidated and thoroughly analyzed through the 3 filters @ 3 scales (6.3)
Monday 04.07
In class:
. Desk crits
Due:
• At least 9 sheets (11x17) of tracing paper or sketch paper of refined analysis of your idea through the three filters at three scales (one page per filter and scale). These diagrams have to successfully convey what are you analyzing and your elaboration about it. NO WRITTEN IDEAS, ALL DRAWN.
• One perspective from the exterior and one perspective of the interior that show your idea in an attractive way. Pictures with your “proposals” inserted in photoshop are accepted. These perspectives should be very well crafted.
• One model depicting ideas that are looking “stronger” so far. It could be one model with exchangeable pieces to convey different possibilities. Scale: ¾”
Monday 03.31 to Friday 04.04
Testing ideas through 3 filters at 3 scales week!
In class every day:
. Group pinups and discussions of iterations
. Group work at desks
Due:
. new iterations of ideas
. plenty of tracing paper, sketchpad paper, pictures and models to document and discuss your ideas. NO WRITTEN paragraphs and "floating in the virtual space" ideas allowed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We think and we draw, we draw as we think!!!!!
Brain cells and pencils connected (got your wireless pencil yet?)
Friday 03.28
In class:
.select (in groups) the work of ex.5 that will inform your window investigations
.identify missing pieces of information (models, more drawings?)
.brainstorm (in groups)about the possible location in the building were you will be working.
Please post your Task 4: analyze a window here. Check for an analysis example on http://cool.coa.gatech.edu/coolx/1138
Please post your Task 5: investigation criteria here.
Due:
.postings on line of Tasks 4&5
.solar path model
.BRING FORMS COMPLETED (the 3 pages of major change forms and the essay, all stapled)
Wednesday 03.26
Please post your Task 1: skin discoveries here.
Please post your Task 2 : lines of inquiry for possible trajectories here.
In class:
.Disscuss your postings for tasks 1&2
.Task 3 & 4. Disscussion of window images.
Due:
. Online posting of tasks 1&2
. Do Task 3: tracing paper brainstroming with pencil on hand...
. Bring window image for Task 4
. Reading: Friedberg's "The Virtual Window: from Alberti to Microsoft"
Monday 03.24
Start exercise 6!!!!!! THE WINDOW
Wednesday 02.27
In class:
. review late work and redos of Tasks 2,3 & 4
. review models
Due:
. completely finished models (1/8"=1'0")
. completely finished Tasks 2,3 & 4
. finished Inquiry book pages.
Monday 02.25
In class:
. check on Task 2 (second pass)
. chack hwk: Task 3&4 (long path and perspective story)
. launch Task 5: model
. walkabout of NAAB exhibition
Due:
. Further analysis on task 2
. Drawing of the extended path (Task 3)
. Set of 6 card-size perspectives (Task 4)
Friday 02.15
In class:
. desk to desk check on Arches
. drawing on Arches during class time
. launch 5.4: Use & Operation
Due:
. Arches COMPLETELY drawn in 4H or 6H, ready to build up with line weights.
Monday 02.10
In class:
. review big axon at 1 1/2"=1'0" (started on Fri)
. review layers of tracing paper with your proposed materials and assembly for the section under study.
Due:
. big axon in sketch paper 1 1/2"=1'0"
. stacks of tracing paper with materials and assembly proposals: structure, wall systems, windows, finishings, etc...
Friday 02.08
In class:
. review of axons with different points of view
. decide which one to use for further development.
Due:
. two cuts of the building chunk, axon views, testing different possible views for your investigations. Tracing paper, freehand, finely crafted and at scale.
Wednesday 02.06
In class:
. review 5.3b: diagrams of the skin and references to the Modern architecture.
. review improvemnets to the materials catalog.
Due:
. diagrams on tracing paper of the fabrication and assembly issues of the skin and how they relate to the Modern architecture issues.
Remeber: not only answering the questions posted and finding the connections with the Modern architecture makes this a successful assignment. The clue lies on communicating this ideas through thoughtful, smart and well crafted diagrams. You have beautiful ideas...how can you communicate them successfully?
As we said yesterday, think about producing stacks of tracing paper that could help you trace back you thinking process/observation process...
Also: 5.2 cooked Inquiry book pages due date is approaching! (Friday, yiaiks!!!!)
Don't leave this to the last moment...let's avoid issues like: "i couldn't print", "the program didn't work" or "the dog ate my homework"...
Monday 02.04
In class:
.walk tour through the building to introduce 5.3
.pinup of material catalog
Due:
. material catalog of your section of the building in 11x17 format (Inquiry Book pages) following the template given on Friday.
Remeber: 5.2 cooked Inquiry pages (7-8 min) are due on Friday, Feb 8!!!!
Friday 02.01
Review day!!!!
Please remember to prepare according to the questions assigned. Each member of the group is to address one question. 3 min each.
Due:
. All corrections indicated to Arches drawing.
Please bring:
. notebook
. pencil/pen
Wednesday 01.30
In class:
. review finished Arches
. put together all your drawings and analysis sheets inside your Inquiry Book covers to have them ready for the Review (this Friday)
Due:
. PERFECT Arches!!!
Perfect means: crisp lines, amazing-at least 4-5- lineweights, great composition and neat presentation, absolutely correct correlations and alignments!!!
Please Bring:
.All your work for exercise 5.2 : make sure you check with the handout that you bring all the drawings and diagrams from part a to f.
Monday 01.28
In class:
. review Arches progress
. review analysis and Inquiry Book up to now.
Due:
. Layout of the Arches (4H light drawing for later to build up from there)
Friday 01.25
In class:
. review hwk: analysis diagrams and axonometrics
. launch ARCHES
Due:
. perfectly finished axonometric views of your section of skin on vellum (1/4"=1'0")with the same density of information and lineweights as required for previous vellums!!!!!
. corrections/redos of vellums as indicated to each of you during pinup
. 6 (minimum) analysis diagrams on tracing paper
Please bring:
. ARCHES paper, 22X30 HOT PRESS (one sheet each student)
. drafting supplies
Wednesday 01.23
In class:
. review of finished set of vellums.
what are we looking for?: clear and evident alignments, correspondences, line weights, crisp lines, correct use of instruments and pencil leads...beware of the dog (me)!
. introduce 5.2 part e: analysis and new discoveries
Due:
.PERFECTLY (ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, I mean it!) finished set of vellums done in pairs (as discussed on Friday)
Please bring:
. tracing paper, pencils, erasers...etc.
Friday 01.18
Which are the most efficient strategies for measuring the skin?
- from big picture to small picture?
- using modules I discovered?
- using my previous discoveries of forms?
- being aware of the volumes, mass, voids,etc?
Remember: the more strategic you are, the easier you measuring is going to be (that means, less time in the cold!!!)
In class:
. Review hwk: measuring strategies sets (tracing) and measure sheets (sketch pad paper)
. SERIOUS DRAFTING TIME!!!: start vellum set
Due:
. Perfectly finished and complete measured section of the building, drawn by hand in sketch pad with A LOT of measure strings (sections b&c of the 5.2 exercise)
. Sets of tracing paper sheets depicting your measuring strategies
Please bring:
. VELLUM PAPER
. DRAFTING SUPPLIES: triangles, architect's scale, pencils, erasers, compass, etc..
. something to clean the table and rulers (windex, or similar + paper kitchen towels)
Wednesday 01.16
In class:
. Review diagrams of on-site sketching (5.2 part a)
. Introduce part b & c: strategic measuring
. Review drafting re-do (those who had to)
Due:
. Finished diagrams in tracing paper
. Drafting re-do (to those who failed it)
Please bring:
. MEASURING TAPE
. tracing paper
. sketch pad
. pencils & eraser
. metal ruler
Monday 01.14
In class:
. review drafting assignment (5.0b)with pass/fail criteria (if fail you'll have to re-do it) :(
. review Inquiry book pages: 3 skin characteristics + dwgs + text.
. second round of powerpoints
Due:
. drafting assignment: ex. 5.0b
. Inquiry book pages (min 3)
. Inquiry book covers (with tape and rubber band)
. Check on readings and resources (on the right)
Please bring:
.Pencils
.Roll of yellow or white tracing paper
.Sketch pad
Friday 01.11
In class: i see the skin as....?
. review hwk: 5.1a
. introduce drafting exercise
. introduce 5.1b
. first round of ppt presentations of last semester's work.
Due:
. 5.1a: 12-20 drawings investigating conditions of the skin
. thoughtful keywords to define your skin investigations
some ideas you may want to chew....
what characteristics can we identify in the skin?
what intrigues you most about the skin of the building?
in what ways does it operates as a skin?
as a boundary?
as protection?
aesthetically or cultural functions?
what kind of skin is it?
thick/thin?
tight/loose?
modular?
multi-layered?
what are the skin qualities?
flexible container?
space of flux (with passing bodies)?
made up w/layers?
mechanically operable?
series of thresholds?
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COA 1012 Fundamentals of Design and the Built Environment II
Spring 2008
mwf 3-6
carina.antunez@gatech.edu
HANDOUTS
EXERCISE 6:the window
ex 6_Competition submission requirements.doc
ex 6. 1.doc
ex 6. 2.doc
ex 6. 3.doc
EXERCISE 5: building at the envelope
ex 5. 0a.doc
ex 5. 0b.doc
ex 5. 1.doc
ex 5.2 form composition.doc
ex 5. 3 Fabrication and Assembly.doc
ex 5.4 Use and Operation.doc
READINGS
Readings to help your drafting abilities:
. Arch'l Drawing Systems-Ching.pdf
. Multiview Drawings-Ching.pdf
. Paraline Drawings.pdf
. ProportionScale-Ching.pdf
. Shell.Skin.Materials.pdf
RESOURCES
. Old pictures of the Architecture building:Arch Building 1950s.pdf
. Examples of diagrams for anlysis: misc.analysis diagrams.pdf
.Check on this powerpoint for previous examples of exercise 5:bldg envelope.ppt
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