        Ok, Jungwoo : AssignmentsEdit Ok, Jungwoo : Assignments here.Fifth Street Street has been used for public space where people interact, assemble, construct buildings, and transportation method as an urban context. The main function of street is for transportation. Without the street, people are not able to gather, communicate, or build a society with buildings. Street can be also called road. There are streets only for pedestrians, for vehicles, and for both. But, most of streets consists both pedestrian walk and roadway except for the highways. It is said to be “The street is a public easement, one of the few shared between all sorts of people. As a component of the built environment as ancient as human habitation, the street sustains a range of activities vital to civilization. Its roles are as numerous and diverse as its ever-changing cast of characters.”(Wikipedia). Street plays an important role in built environment and also effective for civilization. The multiple functions of the street provide and develop the social, cultural, environmental, and physical values to form an urbanized society. The fifth street from Biltmore to Klaus is also a context of the society. As you walk through the fifth street from the Klaus, you will first see Russ Chandler Stadium for baseball game. The pedestrian walk from the opposite side of the Stadium is in process of construction. Then, as you walk an uphill road, there are several small buildings that students can assemble on both sides of the street with many trees. After small buildings there is a bridge that crosses 75 highways. On the bridge, green grasses are laid so that people can rest and communicate on the bridge. After crossing the Fifth street Bridge, there are huge buildings for Georgia tech. This conjugated place is called Technology Square. There are many restaurants, coffee shops, and book stores on the tech square. College of Management building, Georgia Tech hotel, Conference Center, and Advanced Technology Develop Center are all housed in Tech square. Then, there is a Biltmore building at the end of the fifth street. From the Biltmore to Klaus, the whole distance is about a half mile. The fifth street from the Klaus to Biltmore is a straight but sloped road. From the Klaus to the bridge, it is an uphill road, and from the bridge to the Biltmore, it is a flat. On the way of uphill road, there are small buildings because the road is sloped. Because huge buildings need to be constructed on the flat land and they are not safe on the sloped surface, small buildings are housed on the sloped place. As people walk uphill, they can view the buildings in Tech Square as splendid ones. On the other hand, as people walk downhill from the bridge, they see through the wide view of the buildings and road because there are only buildings that are not tall enough to disturb the sight. The pedestrian walk in Tech square is wider than the street at the Klaus. Because of many restaurants and cafes, people consume more time in Tech Square. Many benches and large public place with trees and flowers embellish the view of the street and attract people. Bridge actually divides section between the side of Klaus and the side of Tech Square. On the side of Klaus, Greek houses are located for students’ use and there are small buildings that seem like private houses. However, on the side of Tech Square, many huge buildings are located that brings the image of down town. Tech square gives more modernized view and closes to the vivid city life. Street plays an important role in traffic issue. Not far from the Klaus building there is a baseball stadium as it is mentioned previously. Also, track field and football field are located near the baseball stadium. When the baseball game takes place, numerous people would come and watch the game. There is a huge parking lot near the stadium, but the traffic after the game would be congested. The fifth street is connected to the road where people exit and enter the stadium. The street is too narrow to smoothly straighten the traffic congestion. Moreover, because the street is in process of construction, it gives additional disorder in traffic. In my opinion, the fifth street needs to be wider for the situation when baseball game happens in the Russ Chandler Stadium and also the construction has to be quickly finished to smooth the traffic. Many people think that the street is only for the use of walking and the path for the vehicles to quick transportation. However, the street contains a lot more meanings in the context of urbanism. Street is a part of civilization that works for people to gather and move. From the reading called The Street, “the purposes of the street traditionally have been traffic, the exchange of goods, and social exchange and communication. All three are inseparably related to the form of the street-the material ways in which these activities are housed and helped along.” The atmosphere in the city depends on people who live in the city how they play their roles individually to form a society. There are bunch of problems in a place that people are not willing to visit. In all the societies, one of the serious problems is homeless people in the street. They hang around the city to ask people to give them some money. At night time, some homeless people sleep on the street, which makes general people in city and visitors from out of state not to visit the city and even makes them scary. On the fifth street, at day time, people just hang around and assemble together and use the street as a traffic method. However, during the night, many homeless people come out on the street and form their low value of society. Homeless people usually ask and sometimes threat pedestrians for money and help. Because the government does not really care about homeless people, the street should be changed to prevent homeless people striding along a street. More restaurants and cafés such as star bucks need to be located and more polices should be placed on the street in order to secure the campus and the people walk on the street and people in the vehicles. The ambience of the street is also important to decide how the street acts as a form of urban life. The whole view and appearance of the fifth street is quite similar to those of the North Avenue on the east side of the campus. Both streets have long and straight roads and contain a bridge that crosses 75 highways. If you cross the bridge from the campus side through the North Avenue, there is a down town, but on the fifth street, you will still in the campus. The environment in the campus and out of the campus is different. The North Avenue contains several gas stations and sky rappers that bring strange feelings for the people, but the fifth street has grasses and many trees with human interacting places that give a feeling of affinity and safety. Also North Avenue has more homeless people, and more crimes are happened along the street. The atmosphere of the street is decided by the people who usually walk through there. The fifth street needs to prepare for the serious conditions such as robbery and burglary so that students can avoid the victim of the crimes. The fifth street is now still in a process of becoming a finalized street. Many embellishments and road constructions have been done till today. However, in order to develop and form the fifth street as a completed one, more decorations and public utilities need to be placed on the street. Klaus is constructed recently that the surroundings of it are beautifully and effectively formed, but the road with the Greek houses needs more streetlights. Although streetlights will take some amount of electricity costs, they will provide safety to people safety and also can give beautiful night view of the campus as the streetlights are lined straightly on both sides of the fifth street from the Klaus to the Biltmore. Because the most important role of the side walk is to protect pedestrians, streetlights will give comfortable feelings to them. In addition, decoration is critical on the street to become a beautiful street where people can freely walk. In order to represent the fifth street to be more embossed as a Georgia Tech campus, statues would be an effective source for the street. As people cross the bridge, the buzz statue or any other statue that can represent the school will attract other people. Also, some flags of the Georgia Tech will be a good decoration for the street. Between each streetlight, alternating colors of yellow and black flags will beautifully embellish the upgrade the quality of the road as it is newly constructed. An electrical sign that tells the weather and information about the sports games will gather people and give vitality on the fifth street. Street needs to be active and vital to become a ‘good’ street and vigorous people make the street with full of life. The view of the atmosphere decides the ambience of the street. Street is also a public place and a social institution that every people can use. There should be serviceable utilities for people with disabilities. It is difficult to make the whole street with disability utilities. More Connecting road between the side walk and road way will be required for people on the wheel chairs to cross the road more easily and it will be helpful to have different type of bricks and protrusion on the pedestrian walk so that blind people can easily recognize the street from the road way. It will also be effective to divide the side walk into two sections that one for the pedestrians and another for the people with bicycles and skateboards. The divided road will reduce the accident. Even though it is just one street, the function of the street is numerous. In conclusion, the fifth street is still becoming a complete road to form and harmonize with surroundings, but the street contains many different meanings and has potentials to be more developed. As people walk or drive the street, most of them do not recognize the importance and true meaning of the street. People just think about the destination and do not think about the way and how they comfortably pass the street. The artistic value, social interaction, and cultural meaning are all included in the function of the street. Maybe a street is the most fundamental material for the civilization development. Without the street, nothing can actually take place. Actually, the main function of the street is traffic issue as it was mainly used for transportation in the past. As the number of vehicles increases, the street is more brought into relief as traffic method but contains many different values. As I walked from Klaus to Biltmore and walked downhill from Biltmore to Klaus, I could recognize how the architects and the planners considered and constructed the road here and how the street interacts with environment and buildings. As people walking, I saw vital communication of people. Some people sat on the grass on the bridge and some people stayed on the bench and relaxed. Book stores and restaurants were definitely playing huge roles for attracting and gathering people. There is bumpy pavement and narrow road on the fifth street but it could be fixed with subtle changes. More amenities for the pedestrians and disabilities would develop the fifth street. The width, length of the street, size of the side walk compare to the road way, and decorations such as trees, grasses, statues, and streetlights are all important for the people on the street. With the efficient use of streets and balance with the other environment near the street can increase the quality of the street. As the fifth street harmonizes with the campus and different types of buildings and provides multiple environments, street is a public space that supports and develops the social civilization. Assignment #6 10/28/07 Lecture # 1 – Architecture (The Discipline, The Profession, The Program @ GT) Part 1 In this lecture, the guest speaker, Ellen Dunham-Jones, talked about what buildings are distinguished from “ordinary buildings” in order to become “Architecture.” He explained that buildings have to shape social, define public from private activities and spaces, and re-present the world with buildings. He showed numerous buildings around the world that forms a society. From industrial design to urban design, he explained wide area of architecture. Architecture should include detailed design and relationship with ecology, and policy. Then he showed some pictures of architecture program at Georgia Tech that how students can be successful in Architecture. Part 2 Architecture : Architecture is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. Creative manipulation of mass, space, volume, texture, light, shadow, materials, program, and pragmatic elements that shows aesthetic value makes Architectural design (Wikipedia). I thought Architecture was just an area that construct the buildings, but after the lecture, I realized it contains different and additional value from just constructing the building. Hierarchy : hierarchy is a system of ranking and organizing things or people, where each element of the system is a subordinate to a single other element (Wikipedia). Hierarchy can be used in any society. However, particularly in Architecture, what comes first, and what gives the most important value in the building defines hierarchy. Common Unity : which means community. Community is a social group of organisms sharing an environment, normally with shared interests (Wikipedia). In architecture, there is community that how does the building coordinate with its environment or ecological value and how does it shapes the society with its environment. Part 3
Lecture #2 – Building Construction Program Part 1 Dr. Roozbeh Kangari introduced about Building Construction Program. He first explained the steps from design to operation. In order to construct one building, there are many steps to pass. Developer, regulators, engineers, operator, owner investor, contractor builder, urban planning architect are all needed in this area and they are all inter-related. Then he explained relationship between stakeholders and life cycle in building construction. Also there are many different kinds of construction such as commercial, institutional, industrial, engineering facilities, and residential housing buildings. Then the speaker showed BC programs and services in the school. Part 2 Building Construction : In Building Construction Program students are educated to organize, lead, and manage the people, materials, and processes of building construction. This is what Dr. Roozbeh Kangari said. I actually did not know difference between architecture and building construction. But the definition gives the idea of managing, organizing, and leading the people in building construction. Stakeholder : a party who affects, or can be affected by, the company's actions (Wikipedia). Owner investor, architects, constructors, and building operators are involved. Life cycle phase : It contains basically 4 phases: the idea, the plan, the operations, and the enhancement. These 4 phases are generated continuously. < http://www.infraserv.com/en/index/leistungen/zyklusphasen.htm>. Planning, engineering, construction, operation, and decommissioning are included. Part 3
Lecture #3 – Industrial design program Part 1 In this lecture, Abir Mullick, the professor and director of industrial design program introduced the concept, principle, and program of industrial design. Quite different from Architecture and Building Construction, Industrial Design makes small furniture or objects. Industrial design put importance on object’s pleasure, accomplishment, life preservation, convenience, and efficiency. Also, those objects can form an environment. More detailed plan and design are needed to make one object that are useful to people. Then the professor introduced ID program in GT. Part 2 Industrial design : Industrial design is an applied art whereby the aesthetics and usability of products may be improved for marketability and production (Wikipedia). Products are not buildings but they have to contain practical value and also can form a little society. Life preservation : ID program designs objects that can protect human’s life. Humanization : Industrial design are mainly focus on relationship with human being because almost all products are used by human. Products assist human with its function and design. Part 3
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Firstly, he talked about obesity rate and its spread in United States, which thought to be result from no physical activity. He defined that 30 minutes of moderated and intensity of activity is called to be physically active. There are many activities that can be going on near building, such as walking, biking, stair climbing, and running. And also the building’s shape that decides view and the light coming into the room can also affects people’s health. They focus on people’s comfort, legibility, safety, and convenience. Part 2 Obesity : I thought obesity is for people who are with much fat but here, it says to be that obesity is the condition of being obese; increased body weight caused by excessive accumulation of fat. Evidence base design : It means that A process used by architects, interior designers, facility managers, and others in the planning, design, and construction of commercial buildings. I did not know the exact meaning of evidence base design but after the research I thought that because building is interconnected with culture and behavior of people it investigates people’s behavior first and then make the design according to the behavior. Healing environment : it shows a whole range of environmental factors that have a powerful healing and therapeutic effect on patient.< http://patientexperience.nhsestates.gov.uk/healing_environment/he_content/healing_environment/introduction.asp> In this lecture, healing environment would be formed as lighting in the room and reduction of noise. Part 3 How actually the patients can be healed from lighting and reduction of the noise? Escalator and elevator are made for people’s comfort and convenience. Do you think using elevator or escalator instead of using stairs is a bad idea? How would you make the learning environment so that students can more concentrate on their works? Lecture #2 – Atlantic Station Part 1 A guest speaker, Ruth Dusseault, explained about the redevelopment of the Atlantic station. The beginning of the lecture focused on demolition of Steel Mills and its great development from the old style. She explained utopian architects of the 20th century and its connection to modernity. She showed the numerous numbers of pictures of gradually developing land and its history. She also emphasized steel mills that are used in new Station, such as preservation of the smoke stack and the roofline. Part 2 Utopia : I thought utopia is a fantastic world that every people dream. However it actually means that an ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects. Modernity: modernity means the quality of being current or of the present. From the past Atlantic station to today’s Atlantic station the modernity was adapted. Agribusiness : The word itself seems to have a meaning of combination of agriculture and business. It actually means a generic term that refers to the various businesses involved in food production. Agriculture became a business in Atlanta. Part 3 What and when was the major turning point from the demolition to redevelopment? What was the most challenging and difficult to change for making modern Atlantic station? Do you think the memory or trace of the old Atlantic station helped to redevelop? Lecture #3 – The appeal of Palladio Part 1 The guest speaker, Sonit Bafna, gave a lecture about Palladio’s historical achievements as an architect. The whole lecture was generally about his design of buildings and its blueprint. Palladio’s works contains very beautiful and embellished classical design. Sonit Bafna explained about why his building was so revolutionary at that time. And also he explained several geometrical keynotes. Part 2 Villa – I thought villa was just a type of building where people live. It is said to be villa was originally a Roman country house for the upper class (Wikipedia). Palladio’s beautiful style applies to the villa. Alignment - the adjustment of an object in relation with other objects, or a static orientation of some object or set of objects in relation to others (wikipedia). Palladio used alignment so that the buildings could not be altered without changing much. Harmony – I thought harmony supposed to be a just good combination of anything. Actually it was quite correct to the original meaning that pleasing combination of elements in a whole. Palladio used harmonious style of constructing house that were revolutionary. Part 3 How did the Palladio’s work took a lot of attention? Palladio’s building shows a lot of pillars. What was the significance of it? What strategy did he used to engage the viewer’s eyes? 9/16/07 Assignment #3 Lecture #1 – A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Disability Research Part 1 In this lecture, the auther, Stephen Springle, explained about a multi disciplinary approach to solve problems of disabilities. He displayed some products for disabilities by using power point. He defined the meaning of disability as one’s limitation of the major life such as communication, ambulation, and self care. In today, about 50 million American are having some kinds of disabilities. The Author mentioned two terms: Universal Design and specialized AT. For Universal Design Appeal, there are calculator, spoon, knife, and fork, targeted for every people include disability. For specialized AT, there are artificial leg, wheel chair, and touch pad. He also introduced the way to approach assistive technology, environmental access, and some outreach activities that help disabilities. Part 2 Assistive Technology(AT) : Before the lecture I thought the meaning of AT would be just technology that helps others but it actually contained boader meaning. It actually means any items or products that imporve other functional capabilities. Disability : I thought that I definitely know the meaning of Disability that it means a person with an physical problems. But after the lecture, I understand it is a physical or mental impairment that limits one or more of the majore life activities. Thus, I realized that there are more disabled people than I knew before. Workplace accomodation : When I first heard or saw this term, I was wondering what that term could mean. I thought it is just a good place to work. However, it’s a working place which is best for all workers and customers including disabilities. Part 3 What kinds of products are there that helps people with mental disabilities? Which combination or invention is most productive and efficient to disabilities in general? What percent of people or workplaces in America actually use those universally designed models today? Desgin for disability is a subtle combination of items that improve function little bit. Which one would you recommend to develop if there is one simple and cheap combination with small advantages of people and complex and expensive combination that provides big advantages? Lecture #2 – AEC Integration – A view from the Center Part 1 In this lecture, the author discussed about the Industry. There are several ways to construct Industry today. Industry has three different sectors: Residential buildings, Non-residential buildings, and Civil/Infrastructure. He also explained historical background of Industry that it was a lot different from today’s industry until Industrial revolution happened. In today’s industry there is a triangle relationship among owner, designer, and contractor. From independent to collaboration, industry is constructed through a long process with integration. Part 2 Industry : Industry itself has very broad meaning. I could not define clearly what an Industry exactly is. The author explained that Industry is a sector of economy. Industries are economies of countries that are interlinked in a complex web. Construction industry represents a symbol of civilization. Integration : It is easy if you just think about the definition of “Integration.” However, in industry, integration is a final stage of construction industry. By combining certain processes that are related, Integration imporves the value, availability of technology, and function of consolidation. Supply chain : a collaborated system of people, organizations, and activities from suppliers to customers. It transforms first components into final products that goes to customers. Industry is a coordinated group of people and society, so the supply chains are connected invisibly to trade and optimize the value. Part 3 Is it possible to have an independent industrial society? What was the major change between before and after industrial revolution? Without making products or physical trade, people transform their idea or information to other people. (for example, teacher teaches students.) Is this a part of industry, too? When you frist see the industry, it is hard to clearly catch and understand the concept. What would be a critical point to explain to people at the first time to make them understand? Lecture #3 – Geographic Information Systems: Whenever Where Matters Part 1 The auther, Stephen P. French, discussed about the developed technology used for geographical information and its application into urban planning. There are some converging technology in today’s society, such as internet, wireless, and GPS. The GIS can show a general geographical changes from the past to present and even tell the changes in the future in a picture. Gathering all the information of Geography of certain area, urban planners can decide where to construct different sizes of buildings avoiding the area with a lot of natural disasters. Part 2 GPS : GPS stands for Global Positioning System. I heard this many times in the movie that it is used for tracking people. It depends on satellite that tramits microwave signals. GPS provides the actual position, speed, and time. Therefore, GPS can determine any object’s location that has GPS receive system. Impervious surface : It is a mainly constructed surfaces that are impenetrable, such as building tops, roofs, and roads. GIS shows the surfaces with the different colors on the map. Land suitability : I thought the GIS just provide the surface picture of the land, but it gives all the information if the land is suitable. Land suitbility checks the conditions of the land such as water, nutrients, erosions, soils, and slopes. Part 3 Is it possible to know other environmental information such as temperature, wind velocity, and precipitation by using GIS? How would you apply GIS to design a building? Is it possible to see the Geographic Information underneath Earth’s surface? Is there any insufficient function in GIS What would you develop or invent to cover up and what would you use it for? 9/9/07 Assignment #2 Lecture#1 – Classical Design Part 1(Playback) In this lecture, seven guest speakers from different area explained about their classical design Architecture which demonstrates old types of buildings. Classical design has certain types of forms following Italian or Greek figures. Most of lecturers showed pictures of some original buildings and then showed pictures they fixed or changed afterwards. The buildings need to be harmonized with its environment and other modern buildings. They said that the purpose of the Classical Design is to make traditional feelings forming the building timeless, well proportioned, and beautiful. Part 2(Look up) Mantel design : One of the guest speakers from Harrison Design Associates mentioned about Mantel design. Mantel is an ornamenation framing the opening of a fireplace. Classical design contains the fireplace decoration. Schematic drawing : Veranda Partners talked about the some types of drawing such as schematic and elevation drawings. Schematic drawing means a diagram of a electrical or mechanical system of the building. It shows how something works and the relation between the parts. Part 3(Speculate) Disciplines : While most people pursue modern design in these days, how does classical design affect the society today? Professions : What parts of the construction method or design tell the actual uniqueness and difference from other types of building design? Pedagogics : What would you recommend to students if a student want to mix the modern and classical designs together in one construction? Lecture #2 – Solar Decathlon Part 1 This lecture explained about the buildings with the solar power not the electrical power. Solar Decathlon is an Architectural and Engineering competition. The guest speaker said solar power can produce all electricity for the United States. To build a house that depends on solar energy, architecture is the biggest point, but it still needs some other functions such as engineering skills. In using solar energy, insulation is the most important system because it needs to contains the solar energy all the time. Also sustainability, supporting and insulation exterior wall, and air flow takes important rules. Part 2 Photovoltaic : it is made of a semiconducting materials that convert solar energy directly into electricity. Solar Megaphones : they are chimneys on the top of the solar powered building that utilize special optics to direct sunlight and they allow a lot of solar energy without much heat. Part 3 Disciplines : Solar decathlon is internationally competed, but how many actual solar powered buildings are there for the use of real house in which people live? Professions : How long is solar energy remained after about three hours of sunlight. Pedagogics : what would be the major part of constructing a solar powered building? Lecture #3 – Digital Design and Manufacturing Part 1 CADCAM stands for Computer Aided Design Computer Aided Manufacturing. The guest speaker of Digital Design and Manufacturing explained the order of making Digital Design. First, Designer or Architect makes a conception. Then develops the idea into documentation and simulation. The next step is prototyping. From prototyping back to documentation is called Feedback loop. After it, Fbrication and CNC Machines produce and Robotics assemble. All these process can be done by computer and the computer creates the design environment. Part 2 CNC machine : CNC stands for Computer Numerical Control that controls the computer by reading certain codes to operate the machine tool. Local and global variation : These variations are used where a nonlinear dimensionality reduction falls. Combinations of the local and global variation can develop a high dimensional space. Part 3 Disciplines : Computer based design supposed to be more efficient. How much time is consumed for making a small building by Digital Design comparing to standard design? Professions : Using Digital Design What parts of the design would mostly efficient to use? And how will mix of standards and Digital design work? Pedagogics : It will be difficult for the students to use complicated system of digital design. Is it possible to use Digital Design at the first time or do students need basic knowledge about the Architecture? 8/29/07 Assignment #1 Installation 1. The installation inside of the building is mostly structured by wood and some long steels that connect each pieces of wood. The installation is constructed of long pieces of wood that are straight or curved. From the first floor to the third floor, the installation looks like the flow of water or the wave of the curtain blown by the breeze. Because the curves are very soft, it seems more like a wave. Even though wood and concrete are not the best symphony, the installation's smoothness covers the awkwardness between wood and concrete as it flows from the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top. Not only just soft and simple curves, but also the distortions and different levels of curves actually makes the installation look more sophisticated and harmonized with the inside building construction. On the first floor, the use of chair is very practical and the different sizes of gaps above the chair looked unique and artistic. Installation 2. The installation is located outside of the building right next to the grass. At the beginning, this installation seems very complicated and looks like a just form of tangled plastic pieces. However, the twists and the distortions of long pieces of plastics had sequences as it forms one big installation. Because the installation winds from the ground to upper level through the pillar, it makes me think of ivy. At the ground the plastics are parallel to each numerous pieces, but as they fall apart it starts to twist, and plastics settle again as they condense. The material itself embellishes this installation. The tranparecy of the plastic provides magnificent light effect as the lights reflect and refract through the plastic. Thus, the installation also brings a light atmosphere against a heavy atmosphere of the concrete building. 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