        Gu, Jae Hun : Assignments10.10Architecture Part One: Playback The speaker, Director from the Architecture Department Ellen, talked about architectures as a discipline, a profession, and a program at GT. She starts with a question, “what distinguishes a work of Architecture from ordinary building?” I think this a simple but the most fundamental question in architecture because it can make different than ordinary building. She also shows details about specific studies in architecture program as well as relation to the professional area. Some of the important concepts mentioned in this presentation were: Ecological literacy, Nested Hierarchies, Multiple centers. Part Two: Look Up Ecological literacy - Understanding and aware of The great challenge of our time is to build and nurture sustainable communities – communities that are designed in such a way that their ways of life, businesses, economies, physical structures, and technologies do not interfere with nature's inherent ability to sustain life. http://www.hent.org/ecoliteracy.htm Nested Hierarchies – I could assume by the term hierarchies. But didn’t know that is exact mean by that. This means that a relationship between a whole building. I think it is very similar with global and local variation which it has more common relationships with in a small group and that small group can have relationship with larger group or whole building. Multiple Centers – I didn’t know when she asked “Where is the center? Who, what, is at the center?” it is very similar with nested hierarchies. For the architecture multiple centers can be for both physical and figurative. When we design the building, we will think about the center of the structure within that structure the other small parts or area will have a center within its own parts. Part Three: Speculate 1. Beside the design in architecture field, as an architect what kind of job I can do? 2. I’m personally interested with ID however, I’m also interested in architecture as well, and how can I involve architecture as an ID major student? 10.15 Building Construction Part One: Playback The speaker, Director from the BC program Kangari, was gave a brief overview of the complex and far-reaching stretch of the discipline of building construction. It is basically building construction management. Becoming a good management personnel, need to have good holistic thinking which that requires to understand each component separately but be able to connect them. Part Two: Look Up Some of the important concepts mentioned in this presentation were: stakeholders, types of construction, general contractor. Stakeholders – a party who affects, or can be affected by, the company’s actions which a person or group that has an investment or share as a business industry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stakeholder_%28corporate%29 Types of Construction – one of the largest construction types is residential area. And other can be including commercial, institutional, industrial and engineering. For example, Residential – single family house, apartment complex, condominiums. Commercial – business building, hospitals, hotels. Institutional – schools, college campus, religious structures. Engineering – tunnels, dams, bridges. General Contractor – an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. Usually has a direct contract with the owner of the project also responsible for assigning the tasks to complete the project according to the contract documents. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Contractor Part Three: Speculate 1. What makes BC is the highest starting salary among the other majors (Architecture, ID and BC)? 2. Seems like BC can be applied in large scale of the construction of projects. If it is not, how can BC applied in small scale of projects? 10.22 Industrial Design Part Two: Look Up The speaker, Director from the ID program Abir, was gave the definition, philosophy, and multi-faceted nature of the industrial design program. First he asked the question “What is design?” after several definitions, he gave his own definition, “ID is product design in a human scale that adds value to a human being’s life.” Also, he showed some of the industries that ID can applied. Some of the important concepts mentioned in this presentation were: anthropometric, consumer psychology, conceptualization. Part Two: Look Up Anthropometric - in physical anthropology, refers to the measurement of living human individuals for the purposes of understanding human physical variation. Anthropometry plays an important role in industrial design, clothing design, ergonomics, and architecture, where statistical data about the distribution of body dimensions in the population are used to optimize products. Changes in life styles, nutrition and ethnic composition of populations lead to changes in the distribution of body dimensions (e.g., the obesity epidemic), and require regular updating of anthropometric data collections. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropometry consumer psychology - is the study of human responses to product and service related information and experiences. In the industrial design, this involves a lot. Every product is designed for a consumer’s needs, and it is important to be able to understand the way that consumer thinks in order to develop the better design products. http://www.wcupa.edu/_academics/sch_cas.psy/Career_Paths/Consumer/Career05.htm Conceptualization - this is to think of something in terms of concepts that may govern it or that it needs to govern. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=conceptualization&r=66 Part Three: Speculate 1. Is our school has its own definition of the word “Design” and “Industrial Design”? if we do have what is that? 2. As an ID major, how much knowledge does required for the materials and the manufacturing process in order to become a good designer? Bibliography for Library 101 10.11.07 NOTE: Indent is not suppot in CoolX so, I just past in here anyway however, paper version will have indents. MLA FORMAT [GIL] Giroux, Henry A.. Stormy weather : Katrina and the politics of disposability. Boulder, Colo.: Paradigm Publishers, 2006. Hartman, Chester, and Gregory D. Squires. There is no such thing as a natural disaster: race, class, and Hurricane Katrina. New York: Routledge, 2006. Kirk-Duggan, Cheryl A.. The sky is crying : race, class, and natural disaster. Nashvill, TN: Abingdon Press, 2006. Office of the Inspector General, Lessons learned: EPA's response to hurricane Katrina-evaluation report. Digital. Washington, D.C.: United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2006. Robinson, Sharon P., and M. Christopher Brown II. The children Hurricane Katrina left behind : schooling context, professional preparation, and community politics. New York: Peter Lang, 2007. The South End Press Collective, What lies beneath : Katrina, race, and the state of the nation. Cambridge, Mass.: South End Press, 2007. Troutt, David Dante. After the storm : Black intellectuals explore the meaning of Hurricane Katrina. New York: New Press, 2006. United States. Contress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, The commerce and consumer protection implications of Hurricane Katrina: hearing before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Digital. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 2005. United States. Contress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce., Hurricane Katrina: assessing the present environmental status. first. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2005. [EBSCO] Brown, Joseph E., and Kenneth Caldwell. "New Orleans: one year after Katrina." Urban land 65.11 (Nov. 2006): 38. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 12 October 2007. Gonfard, Dominique. "Wash and dry: a design-built studio from Parsons offers post-Katrina relief in Mississippi." Architecture 95.9 (Sep. 2006): 56-61. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 12 October 2007. Kennedy, Shawn, and James Murdock. "Remaking New Orleans, without losing its past." Architectural record 195.6 (June 2007): 85. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 12 October 2007. Reith, Charles. "A more protective urban landscape: as the world warms and becomes more populous and urban, more is expected from cityscapes." Urban land 65.10 (Oct. 2006): 134-136. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 12 October 2007. Riggs, Trisha. "ULI's recommendations for rebuilding New Orleans." Urban land 65.1 (Jan. 2006): 58. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 12 October 2007. [LexisNexis Academic] D'AMICO, ESTHER. "Talking Up a Storm." Chemical Week 25 April 2007: 28. Kuttner, Robert. "An Economic Storm Surge; The Fed, hiking rates, underplays the economic cost of Katrina." Business Week 17 October 2005: 126. Landis, David. "Who Will Profit in Disaster's Wake." Kiplinger's Personal Finance November 2005: SCHWARTZ, MATTHEW. "New Orleans still jazzed for business." B to B 14 August 2006: 1. Truini, Joe. "Katrina's water bill smacks utilities; Federation pegs damage at $1.4 billion." Waste News 8 May 2006: 1. [ProQuest] Anonymous, "Musicians Find New Homes in New Orleans." News for You 12 September 2007: 3. Block, Walter. "Katrina and the Future of New Orleans." Telos Summer 2007: 170. Fausset, Richard. "NEW ORLEANS : TWO YEARS LATER; ALL THAT REMAINS; As the city's elderly return after Katrina, many find little but rubble and a life of squalor." Los Angeles Times 18 September 2007: A9. Krupa, Michelle. "Katrina generates wave of activism ; Myriad groups aim to reshape region." Times - Picayune 27 August 2006: 1. Lukensmeyer, Carolyn J. "Large-Scale Citizen Engagement and the Rebuilding of New Orleans: A Case Study." National Civic Review Fall 2007: 3. Postal, Arthur D. "Hurricane Katrina Puts New Orleans Agency To The Ultimate Test On Service." National Underwriter. P & C. 24 September 2007: 20. Schwartz, John. "Army Data Show a Continued Risk for New Orleans." New York Times 21 June 2007: A1. Tebo, Cecile. "Post-Katrina, there's a new storm drill." Times - Picayune 29 July 2007: 7. Thompson, Jeannie. "Katrina's aftermath: How our disaster plan was tested." RN August 2007: 36. Weinstein, Sheryl. "UPCOMING NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON HURRICANE KATRINA, TECHNOLOGY, MORE." US Fed News Service, Including US State News 12 April 2006: Whoriskey, Peter. "Hurricane Katrina Exacts Another Toll: Enduring Depression; Health Officials Cite Stresses of Rebuilding." The Washington Post 23 September 2007: A3. 09.17.07 Architecture, Culture & Behavior (ACB) [Part One: Playback] Dr. Zimring, in his lecture, he discussed how people’s living habits affects their health and how much people’s health can be improved by structure of building or environment change. He used example of healthcare in America that the emerging problems in obesity, depression, hospital planning etc. However, in his research, many of these problems can be solved by redesign the building structure (or layouts) and change environmental view for the patient to promote their positive physical and mental activity to shorten their time to staying in the hospital. Some of the important concepts mentioned in this presentation were: space syntax, environmental factors, and evidence based design. [Part Two: Look Up] Space Syntax: I was assumed that is kind of arrangement about the space. From my short research, it encompasses a set of theories and techniques for the analysis of spatial configurations which can be describe how easily navigable any space is, useful for the design of museums, airports, hospitals, and other settings where wayfinding is a significant issue. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_syntax) Environmental Factors: it sound like related with some kind of facts that influenced by nature or environment. From Zimring’s lecture, he gave us several examples of environmental factors to enhance voluntary use of stair. These factors were comfort, safety, aesthetic, availability, convenience, and legibility. Evidence Based Design: I think it described by the term. Design is based some kind of research evidence. From the healthcare design, it is used to create environments that are therapeutic, supportive of family involvement, efficient for staff performance, and restorative for workers under stress. (http://www.healthdesign.org/aboutus/mission/EBD_definition.php) [Part Three: Speculate] 1. This kind of research takes very long time and money to prove its effectiveness. Also may be hard to convince the owner to spending extra money for this design strategy. So, the total construction cost will be dramatically increased than without research is applied. As we learned from AEC Integration, owner always want to spend less money on their construction. If there is problem with the owner, what is the biggest problem while adopting this kind of design approach? 2. In the lecture, this design approach will spend more money but, will pay back itself. And eventually we can save money. In average, how long this will take to payback? 3. Is this new design approach will affect to our economy? Or result to reduce overall cost of the healthcare? 4. Most of design approach example used in this lecture was hospital, what other filed of design can be benefit from this culture & behavior research? 09.19.07 Photography [Part One: Playback] Ruth Dusseault, she first showed a video of Atlantic Still Mill demolition about 20 min. After, she introduced about utopian architects of the early 20th century and show examples about their ideas and works. She also introduces history about Atlantic Still Mill. It was part of Atlanta’s history during the past 100 years and the last of the very few large-scale industrial sites in the city. And she finished with an interesting story about replacement of the steel mill’s symbolic smoke stack with a fabricated neo-classical arch. Some of the important concepts mentioned in this presentation were: utopian, environmental remediation, agri-business [Part Two: Look Up] Utopian: I think utopian is people that making dream turn into real life or idealistic. From the dictionary defines, utopian is used to describe political or religious philosophies which claim that it is possible to build a new and perfect society in which everyone is happy. In the context, it refers to like Disney and le Corbusier. (http://eedic.naver.com/eedic.naver?mode=word&id=31020&rd=s) Environmental remediation: I don’t have any idea about this word before. From my short research, this is similar meaning as restoration to acceptable level of pollution or contamination. Since the site was deal with pollution and chemical hazardous environment, environmental remediation is required before starts construction. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remediation) Agri-business: it seems like lager scale of the agriculture industry. In my research, it is a generic term that refers to the various businesses involved in food production, including farming, seed supply, agrichemicals, farm machinery, wholesale and distribution, processing, marketing, and retail sales. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agribusiness) [Part Three: Speculate] 1. What was the main purpose of taking this kind of photography? For education, history, or memory...? 2. How this documentation would give a chance to influence for the future development in useful way? 3. How this lecture and photography is can be related with our ID curriculum? 4. Other than that roofline and smoke stack, is there any a profile or characteristic to keep in our memories of Atlantic Station? 09.26.07 How to Look at Palladio [Part One: Playback] Sonit Bafna, he starts with introducing Palladio and explained current interest in his field. Then, he focuses on why Palladio’s works are so famous and significant in architecture field. And He posed the question. “What made his work is influential?”, “why he is so important?” He answers these questions during the lecture by showing some examples of Palladio’s work and giving more details of explanation each of examples. Some of the important concepts mentioned in this presentation were: symmetric, proportion, music theory, and visual engagement. [Part Two: Look Up] Symmetric: it is a very familiar word to me and it is every day word as well. However, it is very important with Palladio’s work. In my understanding, his work can’t describe by symmetry. All of his work showed in the lecture was strictly symmetrical to each side. But, we can see powerful use of symmetry from ancient architectures, such as Egyptian pyramids, the Greek Parthenon. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry#Symmetry_in_architecture) Proportion: I though it meant balance with others or ratio of something. However, the dictionary defines it is a correspondence among the measures of the members of an entire work, and of the whole to a certain part selected as standard. It is also very important as symmetric in Palladio’s work because it is so closely engaged on his work. He used certain ratio to divide room proportionally. So, proportion can’t change because of its ratio. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportion_%28architecture%29) Music theory: I heard it many time but, I didn’t know exactly what it was. And it is the study of the theoretical elements of music including pitch, rhythm, harmony, melody, and notation. And Palladio related with music theory in his work to determine the acoustics of the room. (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=music+theory&r=66) [Part Three: Speculate] 1. What was the greatest influence for him to become a famous architect in history? 2. How big was his influence in today’s architecture? Do we still apply his idea all over the architecture or certain areas only? 3. Since he is so famous in these days, what kind of design we could see if he is still alive in these days? 4. Seems like his work done around wealthy people because of size and scale of the buildings and landscape, is he ever considered for low-end (for the poor people) architecture? 09.17.07 Architecture, Culture & Behavior (ACB) [Part One: Playback] Dr. Zimring, in his lecture, he discussed how people’s living habits affects their health and how much people’s health can be improved by structure of building or environment change. He used example of healthcare in America that the emerging problems in obesity, depression, hospital planning etc. However, in his research, many of these problems can be solved by redesign the building structure (or layouts) and change environmental view for the patient to promote their positive physical and mental activity to shorten their time to staying in the hospital. Some of the important concepts mentioned in this presentation were: space syntax, environmental factors, and evidence based design. [Part Two: Look Up] Space Syntax: I was assumed that is kind of arrangement about the space. From my short research, it encompasses a set of theories and techniques for the analysis of spatial configurations which can be describe how easily navigable any space is, useful for the design of museums, airports, hospitals, and other settings where wayfinding is a significant issue. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_syntax) Environmental Factors: it sound like related with some kind of facts that influenced by nature or environment. From Zimring’s lecture, he gave us several examples of environmental factors to enhance voluntary use of stair. These factors were comfort, safety, aesthetic, availability, convenience, and legibility. Evidence Based Design: I think it described by the term. Design is based some kind of research evidence. From the healthcare design, it is used to create environments that are therapeutic, supportive of family involvement, efficient for staff performance, and restorative for workers under stress. (http://www.healthdesign.org/aboutus/mission/EBD_definition.php) [Part Three: Speculate] 1. This kind of research takes very long time and money to prove its effectiveness. Also may be hard to convince the owner to spending extra money for this design strategy. So, the total construction cost will be dramatically increased than without research is applied. As we learned from AEC Integration, owner always want to spend less money on their construction. If there is problem with the owner, what is the biggest problem while adopting this kind of design approach? 2. In the lecture, this design approach will spend more money but, will pay back itself. And eventually we can save money. In average, how long this will take to payback? 3. Is this new design approach will affect to our economy? Or result to reduce overall cost of the healthcare? 4. Most of design approach example used in this lecture was hospital, what other filed of design can be benefit from this culture & behavior research? 09.19.07 Photography [Part One: Playback] Ruth Dusseault, she first showed a video of Atlantic Still Mill demolition about 20 min. After, she introduced about utopian architects of the early 20th century and show examples about their ideas and works. She also introduces history about Atlantic Still Mill. It was part of Atlanta’s history during the past 100 years and the last of the very few large-scale industrial sites in the city. And she finished with an interesting story about replacement of the steel mill’s symbolic smoke stack with a fabricated neo-classical arch. Some of the important concepts mentioned in this presentation were: utopian, environmental remediation, agri-business [Part Two: Look Up] Utopian: I think utopian is people that making dream turn into real life or idealistic. From the dictionary defines, utopian is used to describe political or religious philosophies which claim that it is possible to build a new and perfect society in which everyone is happy. In the context, it refers to like Disney and le Corbusier. (http://eedic.naver.com/eedic.naver?mode=word&id=31020&rd=s) Environmental remediation: I don’t have any idea about this word before. From my short research, this is similar meaning as restoration to acceptable level of pollution or contamination. Since the site was deal with pollution and chemical hazardous environment, environmental remediation is required before starts construction. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remediation) Agri-business: it seems like lager scale of the agriculture industry. In my research, it is a generic term that refers to the various businesses involved in food production, including farming, seed supply, agrichemicals, farm machinery, wholesale and distribution, processing, marketing, and retail sales. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agribusiness) [Part Three: Speculate] 1. What was the main purpose of taking this kind of photography? For education, history, or memory...? 2. How this documentation would give a chance to influence for the future development in useful way? 3. How this lecture and photography is can be related with our ID curriculum? 4. Other than that roofline and smoke stack, is there any a profile or characteristic to keep in our memories of Atlantic Station? 09.26.07 How to Look at Palladio [Part One: Playback] Sonit Bafna, he starts with introducing Palladio and explained current interest in his field. Then, he focuses on why Palladio’s works are so famous and significant in architecture field. And He posed the question. “What made his work is influential?”, “why he is so important?” He answers these questions during the lecture by showing some examples of Palladio’s work and giving more details of explanation each of examples. Some of the important concepts mentioned in this presentation were: symmetric, proportion, music theory, and visual engagement. [Part Two: Look Up] Symmetric: it is a very familiar word to me and it is every day word as well. However, it is very important with Palladio’s work. In my understanding, his work can’t describe by symmetry. All of his work showed in the lecture was strictly symmetrical to each side. But, we can see powerful use of symmetry from ancient architectures, such as Egyptian pyramids, the Greek Parthenon. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry#Symmetry_in_architecture) Proportion: I though it meant balance with others or ratio of something. However, the dictionary defines it is a correspondence among the measures of the members of an entire work, and of the whole to a certain part selected as standard. It is also very important as symmetric in Palladio’s work because it is so closely engaged on his work. He used certain ratio to divide room proportionally. So, proportion can’t change because of its ratio. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportion_%28architecture%29) Music theory: I heard it many time but, I didn’t know exactly what it was. And it is the study of the theoretical elements of music including pitch, rhythm, harmony, melody, and notation. And Palladio related with music theory in his work to determine the acoustics of the room. (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=music+theory&r=66) [Part Three: Speculate] 1. What was the greatest influence for him to become a famous architect in history? 2. How big was his influence in today’s architecture? Do we still apply his idea all over the architecture or certain areas only? 3. Since he is so famous in these days, what kind of design we could see if he is still alive in these days? 4. Seems like his work done around wealthy people because of size and scale of the buildings and landscape, is he ever considered for low-end (for the poor people) architecture? 09.10.07 Disability Design and Research [Part One: Playback] This presentation showed how multi-disciplinary research is applied to disabled individuals. Dr. Sprigle showed some examples of better designed and convenient products in research. He displayed Retail Checkstands and Wheel Chair as examples of process that Assistive Technology applies to many disabled individuals among us. However, in many cases there are many technological problems that are not solved by the designer. The presentation was focused on multi-disciplinary research that would help the designer. Therefore, the designer can collaborate with specialists of other fields to resolve technological issues. Some of the important concepts mentioned in this presentation were: research, major live activity, universal design appeal, specialized assistive technology. [Part Two: Look Up] Research: I thought the research was to mainly look for something new, such as finding a new way to cure a disease, improving transportation and reducing pollution. However, now I know research requires much more effort in depth, such as looking at different aspects to discover the method that people haven’t figured out until now. Major live activity: I was thought that is major live activity involved with necessities of life. Similar to that, little more specific activities had been included in major live activity. For example: communication, ambulation and self-care (including eating, dressing, bathing, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, working etc.) Universal design appeal: when it was first introduced to me, I thought it meant design that is well done so the design is comfort and useful to everybody. In other words, it is not particular people but used by everybody. Similarly, from my research, the definition of universal design is “simply to create environments that are supportive of all people, ages and abilities”. (http://www.housingzone.com/proremodeler/article/CA6429216.html) [Part Three: Speculate] 1. To better meet the needs of handicapped people, are there disabled people participating in the design process? 2. If they are participating, what parts do they participate in? Are there any methods directed by GT for a more effective multi-disciplinary approach? 3. What is the ratio of the research provided by other specialists versus designers when specialized assistive technology is applied in end products? 4. In the case of functional problems that lie in designs, how do you find solutions? 09.12.07 AEC Industry [Part One: Playback] The main concept in this presentation was how and why architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) integrated together. The presentation stressed that construction is one of the oldest industries and at the same time it is the second largest industry today. In addition, instead of the industry we can say it is sector of the economy as well. The presenter also mentioned ten specific characteristics and why it is so important to integrate architecture, engineering and construction to building construction. Some of the important concepts mentioned in this presentation were: lean construction, design-build, turnkey, supply-chains. [Part Two: Look Up] Lean construction: when most of the terms in this lecture was first introduced to me, I didn’t have any idea of the terms. However, after this lecture and looking it up on the web, it is a “way to design production systems to minimize waste of materials, time, and effort in order to generate the maximum possible amount of value.” So this would save time and money in every aspect. (Koskela, L., Howell, G., Ballard, G., and Tommelein, I. (2002). “The Foundations of Lean Construction.” Design and Construction: Building in Value, R. Best, and G. de Valence, eds., Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier, Oxford, UK.). Design-build: it seems likely to be a one stop shopping when I need to shop. Design and build at the same contractor. After research, this idea was fundamentally from master builder ideas which one organization is held total project accountabilities. However, this idea has negative effect as well because during the project, plans can be changed occasionally from main plan. Also, contractor may face unexpected situations with penalizing either the Design-Builder or the owner. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design-build) Turnkey: I didn’t have any idea of this term. After researching for this term, it is commonly used for 100% ready to ship or sale for goods or services, which refers to something that is ready for immediate use. However, in the construction industry, it refers to the bundling of materials and labor by sub-contractors. Therefore, a ‘turnkey’ job by a plumber would include the parts (toilets, tub, faucets, pipes, etc.) as well as the plumber's labor, without any contribution by the general contractors. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnkey) [Part Three: Speculate] 1. What is the main differences between integration and multi-disciplinary? If I understand correctly, seems likely very similar both of these. 2. Many people tend to dislike having to learn more things in own niche again so how must you approach integration when people have different disciplines that are deeply engrained in their field? 3. Are there any problematic effects during integration such as an increase in unemployment? 4. What influences are causing Historical Roots of Industry to present AEC integration? 09.14.07 GIS [Part One: Playback] The main concept in this presentation was an explanation about how the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) influencing our everyday life. The speaker organized this presentation to first define research in broad meaning. He then defined the specific meaning of GIS. The presentation showed many charts, simulations, and graphs to show how other new technologies with GIS can get better solution in urban planning, such as city planning, environmental, land suitability and building material analysis. Some of the important concepts mentioned in this presentation were: project future conditions, location-based services, land suitability analysis [Part Two: Look Up] Project Future Conditions: it is likely to forecast the weather. Evaluations and analysis from the past data and would project future conditions in specific category such as population density, employment density, etc. Location-based services: I just know what kind of service is this. It is very popular in these days. Because many people are using GPS in their car and it allows you to find nearest gestation, restaurant, and avoid traffic areas. Also it allows me to find ATM machines in the closest places from my home from the internet. However, from my research, I figured out a better explanation on how it works. This service is developed and distributed by wireless carriers and their partners, which provide information specific to a location. The advantage is that mobile users don't have to manually specify ZIP codes or other location identifiers to use location-based services. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location-based_service) Land suitability analysis: I thought this refers to find the right place to build a city by analysis. However, this would make it easier for local governments to determine land suitability for their development plan. Also, it increases the capacity of coastal communities to consider land suitability in developing their land use plans and other related policies and in making day-to-day decisions about land use and development. (http://dcm2.enr.state.nc.us/Planning/planning.htm) [Part Three: Speculate] 1. Are there any possibilities to reduce or prevent hazardous events using GIS? 2. Does GIS help other fields in real terms? Such as a marketing, construction. 3. Because GIS gathers various data to make graphical images in many cases, what is a field that Industrial designer aids to this research to be made easier? 4. To research and use GIS, are there separate researchers and analysists? CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE [PART ONE] Total of 7 graduate students at GT were lectured based on their previous currier experience between 4 to 20+ years in Classical Architecture. They worked in different architecture firms around the east coast of the U.S. One of the students said, “Atlanta and New York is a good place for Classical Design.” I guess that is the reason why most of them were from GA and several were from New York, Washington D.C. and Florida. They did various projects such as commercial and residential buildings interior as well as exterior classical architecture design on existing and new buildings. Some of the important terms introduced in the lecture were Classical Architecture, High-end Classical Designs, Urbanism, and TNDs(Traditional Neighborhood Developments) [PART TWO] Classical Architecture: Classical architecture can be divided into three different styles: Greek, Hellenistic and Roam architecture. The classical orders have meaning in the stylistic history of 5th century BC Greece, shifting to the developments in 1st century AD Gaul(Western Europe), with the style recurring over and over again since then. The “elements” of classical architecture have been applied in radically different architectural contexts than those for which for they were developed. In the classical design, “shell” is one of the design concepts. It means to change or add into existing buildings to create the appearance of a classical structure. Urbanism: It is the study of cities for building towns and communities based on the lifestyle, living, work, and play of city dwellers and their culture. Source (wikipedia.org) [PART THREE] 1. Classical architecture designs seem to be less industrialized because of it is way before the time that methods of production and manufacturing has been developed. Therefore, is all of the design and parts required a unique design and unique method of production? 2. Is there any possibility that an industrial designer can be joined with classical architecture design process? 3. If classical design has any conflict with city or county’s ordinance in desired area, what is the best procedure to resolve the problems? SOLAR DECATHLON [PART ONE] One of the GA Tech students introduces solar decathlon competition which GA Tech was one of the selected schools for the 2007 competition. He discussed design process for the pure “Green House” that meet the requirement for the 10 different categories for this competition. The ten categories were Architecture, Engineering, Market Viability, Communications, Comfort Zone, Appliances, Hot Water, Lighting, Energy Balance, Getting Around. Therefore, the house was not only look for the good design but also need to consider about the environment friendly functions as well. So, many institute partners was collaborated and research each other for this project. He also mentioned differences between visualization and actual construction. It is always possible to modify when ideas become in real life. Some of the terms were: digital fabrication, collaboration, isolation, sustainability, structural integrity and architectural form. [PART TWO] Digital Fabrication: Process that using make a prototype digitally. It gives the ability to virtually explore a complete product before it is built so we can create, validate, optimize, and manage designs from the conceptual design phase through the manufacturing process. Collaboration: Is a process share the knowledge and mutual learning between two or more people who are working together to make better result in specific project. [PART THREE] 1. In terms of the design, what was the biggest challenge in this project? In my opinion, neither of the houses is not attract me to live in these houses because of the design. 2. What is the daily minimum exposure time to the sun for this house to maintaining 100% solar powered houses? And is this still useful house that even today’s unpredictable weather condition? (such as El Nino effect) 3. Is there any government regulation about this kind of 100% pure solar house ordinance? CAD & CAM [PART ONE] This lecture was about the digital manufacturing using CAD and CAM which it stands for Computer Aid Design and Computer Aid Manufacturing. It was focused on how our imagination can be adopted on the manufacturing process to utilizing the computer. The presenter mentioned for traditional 20th century design process as ‘Linear’ in the other hand, today’s design process in ‘Iterative’ Therefore without actual fabrication process we can simulate and make prototyping to get feed back which it saves much more time in actual manufacturing process. Also, he stressed about the knowing about the material is essential of the architecture. Some of the terms were: linear design process, iterative design process, Index system, local & global configuration, rib schedule, [PART TWO] Linear design process: It is ordinary design process that didn’t have much feedback between designer, architect, draftsman, fabricator and contractor. Iterative design process: Today’s most popular design process. From the concept, development, simulations, prototyping is digitally evaluated and get feedback back and forth. This process enables designers to achieve appropriate production technology and gain more control over the building process. [PART THREE] 1. If we faced up with limitation using CAD/CAM, how to over come with that problem? 2. Seems likely new techniques, tools, and algorithmic procedures help a lot in our design & production process. Is new technology and new tools give always better resulting in the design & production against ordinary procedures? 3. Is parametric modeling method is the best modeling method in the industry? Or other methods are available? If available what are they? The three-storey installation in the atrium The structure that I observed inside the atrium was very interesting to me. This structure was made mostly out of wood and some metal. The wood parts seemed to use the half-inch plywood cut out from the routing machine. There are some metal parts, used to connect each piece of wooden parts and also used to bundle up metal bars, washers, nuts and fabricated metal overhang parts. Constructing this installation does not seem to impose any difficulty because the parts are carefully cut and marked down from the machine for each pieces. Therefore the installer can easily determine where the pieces would attach to other pieces. Connecting parts for the wood pieces are used with glue to attach each piece and to screw the two pieces together to make sure that is strong enough to hold this long piece of vertical wooden bar. On the second floor, I observed that some portions of the connecting pieces are not consistent which wasn’t done well enough because one side of the piece is thinner than the other side. Then they used thin galvanized metal sheets to connect these pieces using screw nails. I think this may have been caused due to a mistake or some other issues that were raised during the production. In closer look, the wooden piece is only half inch thin and 4 inches wide. It is cut out from the plywood sheets and maintains a general straight line with few varying curves all in a single bar. From the first floor at the ground level, it looks like a wooden bench. In the bench part, there are 3 more wood pieces on every other long vertical bar to create a sturdy bench about 5 ft. high. The shape of this bench is very natural and brings up the image of the bottom part of a tree’s trunk. As I observe this installation from further distance to observe as a whole, it becomes very interesting. I can see sort of a diamond shape bundled up with metal spacers. The waves (or curves) of the top portion of this installation remind me of a cascade. Even this is made out of wood it has a transparency look when I view from the front (or wide part of the installation), I can see through the wall behind this installation. As I started to walk around this installation, gradually, I can’t see behind because the vertical bars overlap each other and block my sight. In the same way, this installation can be used as a light-controlling device, used practically because it has translucent and opaque characteristics. I think the motivation of this installation was ‘How can artifact apply in human life?’ because, this installation is very close to our everyday life. People use this installation in every day. It has functions like a bench, light controlling device, and decoration as a sculpture. However, this installation needs to solve various research questions. During this observation, the most interesting part was the attachment. I wonder how these huge wooden bars can be attached to a wall. The answer was the hanger. Fabricated and painted, the hanger can hold these massive wooden bars and attach it to the balconies on the 2nd and 3rd floor. The hanger was hanging just over the balcony. I couldn’t find any hole that drills into the concrete balcony to attach the installation to prevent it from damage. That’s a smart way to install and it also considered the removal process as well. Also some possible research questions can be ‘How can it be divided in to small pieces?’ because this installation is not in two-dimensional world but, in three-dimensional world. That question needs to calculate its overall length of the whole structure, including the lines and curves, and divide it into pieces small enough to cut out from the 4’ x 8’ industry standard plywood sheet. And ‘what is the best method of joining these small pieces?’ Connecting part has to be strong enough to hold this long structure from its weight and from gravity. The long piece that runs along the terrace just outside the atrium. Another structure that I observed outside of the atrium was the long piece that runs along the terrace. It was also very interesting to me. This structure is made mostly out of plastic and some metal parts. The plastic part was cut out from some kind of machine, which used 1/8 inch clear polycarbonate material. This is a very nice choice that this installation is being placed outside for mid or long-term exhibition. Polycarbonate sheet is not fragile like acrylic sheet and has a very good impact resistance and high durability from the direct sunlight. Also, polycarbonate is very flexible on its curves. Because this material is not fragile, the installer may not need other components such as angles or brackets. From this installation mostly used with pop rivet (large secondary head to secure) to connect flange and only about 2 kinds of bolts and nuts were used. Fabrication of this installation seems likely to be much harder than the wooden installation that I observed earlier. This installation may have required much more labor since has complicated shapes starting from the middle portion of it and much more pieces are involved in the assembly process, even machine marked parts number for every individual parts. In addition, polycarbonate is relatively light; however it is still heavy when bundled together. Nonetheless, this installation looks weightless. In closer look from the starting point, same side as the main entrance of the Architecture west building, it looks a little like a tilted plastic box stacked up, tied in with bolts and nuts on the ground level on the concrete surface. It has 12 main layers and 10 sheets of polycarbonate sheets in between each layer. Therefore, total of 144 sheets are in the pile of polycarbonate sheet. As my eyes followed this installation on the left side, about 4 ft away form its starting point, polycarbonate layers start dispersing into some sort of cubic shape with a wavy line form. Right after wrapping around a corner of a column, it’s about half way its whole length. The shape converts into a very abstract form until it reaches the second floor approximately at the height of 12 ft. However, it has sort of patters in it. I can see some diamond shapes, which change every angles and heights of vantage point. If I observe this installation from a bit further away, it is much more interesting than first installation that I observed because it is transparent. I can see a lot of glare around the wavy part in which it changes shape and reflects as well. Also, it becomes one part of the building structure very naturally because of its natural wavy shape and wraps itself around a column of the Architecture West building and lies on the terrace beam on the 2nd floor of the building. I think the motivation of this installation was ‘How can artifacts apply in our existing environment?’ because, this installation is installed on the existing building. It is not freshly designed from when building was built, although it may not be useful for our everyday life, it is beautiful as it complements the building. During the design process, I think this installation raised many research questions such as ‘how can we make 2 dimensional material convert into 3 dimensional shapes?’, ‘how can we calculate the length in wavy part and cut?’, ‘how to make a 3 dimensional pattern and sequence for this installation?’, ‘what is the best material that we can use?’, ‘how to attach this structure make weightless look?’. I would name this installation ‘Flame and Smoke’ because it seems like it has a staring point where all the polycarbonate sheets are stacked. I feel that is where a flame is started however, strong wind blowing that flame to create smoke and therefore the smoke following the air stream up to the terrace beam. Overall, first sight of both observations for me was what is this? It’s nothing other than just wood structure and plastic structure. However, as much as my observation getting into it, I realize that it has a lot of research has to done because it is almost like a free form shape other than just line.Jae Gu Link to this Page
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