        Guo, Jing : AssignmentsThe 5th Street
The street by itself is nothing but an open space. However, when it is put along houses or in some intentional way and becomes part of the city, it means something. The buildings and the diverse uses it offers boarder it, and make it essential in the urbanization and urban design. As it is repeated again and again in the field of urban design and Architecture, the street is one of the greatest inventions in human history, for it is so powerfully connect people’s activity with buildings. And all those magic connections come so naturally. The first conscious street in history is at Khirokitia, 6th millennium BC. Through these 3000 years of practice and discovery, our idea about what is a good street design is always changing. When studying the 5th street, I always base my observation on the question—Is it a good street design? As professor said on coolx, ‘a street is simultaneously a public place, a result of a prior framework or subdivision of territory, a dimensionable space with particular physical and material characteristics and an urban form with a particular volume and section, a space with multiple functions an uses, a social institution, and a theater activated by human performance: everyday acts as well as special events.’ These factors become parts of my main standers in the observation and study of 5th street. Introduction The idea of modern city streets in America was brought from Europe in 16th century. Streets in Europe are the evidence of the culture and tradition of the past since the invention of streets in the millennium BC. In the history of European streets, they were built and reformed with people’s construction experience and practice in daily life. So European streets were changing with times, from industrialization to urbanization, say. In the process of becoming the modern streets, some cultural signs or characteristics are remained and can reflect the colorful past of this district nowadays. When planning and constructing the relatively young America, people were more experienced and skillful, clear and exact plans are made before. In the past, the major concern of engineers who designed streets was speed and capacity- to move as many cars as fast as possible. Today, more consideration is given to other consideration such as ‘the livability of neighborhoods in the areas that the street pass through, and the importance of serving different street users, including non-motorized users such as pedestrians, bicyclists, rollerblades and skateboarders’ and so on. On the concern of these factors, and some more, American city streets were planned and constructed. American streets largely act as a media for communication and commercial activities. And on the purpose it is built, it can foresee the future status of the whole district or even the entire city. As to the 5th street is a newly reformed street. The reformation is the beneficiary of significant investment and attention by a diverse set of organizations, including Midtown Alliance, the Tech square developers, the Department of Transportation, the campus planners and architects of Georgia Tech. It is expected to affect the whole midtown area and meanwhile reflect the face of thriving Atlanta, even though we can only tell its embryonic form now. The 5th street, as a main means of subdivision, is part of the road-net in Atlanta. There are mainly three districts along it—the fraternity and sorority houses on Georgia Tech campus, the midtown residential area off campus, which is separated from the campus area with a driving-turn, and the Technology Square that connects these two parts. Among these three districts, it can easily tell the recently reformed Technology Square is best planned and most carefully designed. It is a typical modern urban design theory used in the design of streets. On this project we can see the characteristics of a good street design whereas learn from its weakness. Technology Square Technology Square, commonly called Tech Square, named after its main sponsor and founder, is the blocks of 5th street between the Downtown Connector and Spring Street in Atlanta. Downtown Connector is known as 75/85, which is the overlapped connector of Intersetate75 and Interstate 85 through the core of the city. Tech square as part of the 5th street, above all is a public space. People walk past, drive by, come and go. As it is explained by professor Fiona George in Wikipedia, ‘ A public space or a public place is a place where anyone has a right to come without being excluded because of economic or social conditions…’ It is a bit confusing that those shops belong to the Tech Square, which is, to some degree, part of the 5th street. But those shops don’t belong to the 5th street. Because ‘some parks, malls waiting rooms, etc, are closed at night. As this does not exclude any specific group, it is generally not considered a restriction on public use’. Given to this theory, only the outside wall of the building on two sides of the 5th street belongs to the 5th street. This example can clearly show the basic fact that the street is a public space. Secondly, the street is ‘a result of a prior framework or subdivision of territory and a ‘palimpsest’ (of previous conditions) and a ‘projection’ (of desired future). Tech Square is built over several separated parking lots. The construction of it is announced in 2000 and it is open in 2003. Compared to the previously vacant surface parking lots, the district, announced in 2000 and opened in 2003, has contributed to a more vivid and ongoing revitalization of the entire Mid-town area. It vitalizes Georgia Tech campus by the 5th Street Bridge, which was recently reconstructed to make it more pedestrian friendly. These two pictures below show the view and sight before the green area on the bridge was built. Now it is impossible to see the two pictures.It used to be really dangerous to walk across the street or at least it made people feel so with cars flying past one meter by. Besides, the noise was intolerable. The landscape of the bridge was redesigned in the consideration as the main gate to the Tech Square. It is part of the whole plan of Tech Square as a network of communication and commercial activities. Green plants like trees and grassland act as an abstract wall. They reduce the noise from the high way underneath and form a comfortable natural environment for passers-by. A wide pave way for pedestrian is built. The distance between cars and pedestrians insure their safety. As a result, the whole bridge appears to be walking-friendly. I can always see people playing throw-and-catch with their dogs on the grass. This is only a very typical detail of the entire design of Tech Square, and because of these designs, the 5th street as well as the entire midtown area attract more and more people and business opportunities.This is picture is a result of a prior framework in advantage of the whole Tech Square. Meanwhile, it is clearly a projection of the desired future of Tech Square. Since it is built without big change of the original bridge, it, to some degree, is the palimpsest of the previous conditions. The street is ‘a space with multiple functions and uses, a social institution,’ or you can say ‘a theater activated by human performance: every acts as well as special events’. The rooms of the buildings by 5th street in Tech Square are well planned and are used in several different ways. The Fist floor is for retail use, which includes restaurants, bookstore, fashion shop, salon and so on. The rest floors are for residential use. They are used as hotels or offices. As the sponsor of Tech Square, Georgia Tech makes it as the home to the College of Management, and also Barnes and Nobles at Georgia Tech, the official school bookstore, and the Georgia tech Hotel and Conference Centre, as well as offices for a number of faculty and graduate students. After talking to a good friend in Georgia Tech on phone, and deciding to meet afterwards, the Starbucks in Tech Square come to our mind and is of course the first choice. We did some shopping and also killed time in the Barns and Noble bookstore and after that we had a great dinner in Tin Drum. Commercial shops are set along the two side of the 5th street and contribute largely to the thriving picture of Tech Square. The first come into sight when walking on the 5th street Bridge is T-mobile, due to its good sight near campus, most international students in Georgia Tech use T-Mobil. Other shops Moe’s southwest Grill for Mexican food, say, is one of the fastest food court, Marble Slab for ice cream, which is open till mid-night—it’s always my best choice after a long-hour study in the library, Tin Drum—Asian food are always beloved even when cooked in an American way, though most people deny its good flavor, and you can always see a long line outside it during the lunch time. Other shops like Ribs and Blues, St Charles Deli, The Globe, Ray’s Pizza, Starbucks, of course, as well as other non-food retail establishment. My friend and I are only some of the hundreds of people spending time and money in Tech Square, and these shops of different kinds fulfill people’s different needs and make time here pleasant.However, this area is so attractive not merely because of those shops. What lies behind is the well-planed layout as a result of the use of urban design theory. To make full use of limited space, streets must be planned to make different group of people appear at different times. These diverse shops fulfill people’s different needs at different time periods. Last but not least, the street is ‘a dimensionable space with particular physical and material characteristics and an urban form with a particular volume and section’. Comparing to the street in other districts, 5th street across the Tech Square is more carefully zoning. It divides space in to different parts for different use the way for awning and sit-outside, pedestrians, bicycle parking and benches in green area, car parking, bicycle riding, and car driving. ‘There must be clear demarcation between what is public space and what is Public space and what is private space. Public Space cannot ooze into each other as they do typically in suburban settings or in projects.’ The well-planned zoning well defined the concept of private and public space and smartly makes them a whole. Awnings expand the inter space if the shops and allow their customers to sit outside and enjoy the wonderful sunshine of Atlanta. Meanwhile, those sheds of different style, each reflect the characteristic of the very shop make the originally monotonous building varied and vivid. Besides the awnings, the barriers built for wine drinking shops make people think about the streets of Europe. It seems that people can have a cheap Europe trip right in Tech Square. As to the benches, green area, and bicycle-parking lane, benches along tow sides of the street offer people a place to wait for friends, do some reading in leisure time and also to have a rest whenever they feel tired. Plants are always essential in city planning, for it builds people the connection to nature, and also trees act as an important media to reduce the noise. ‘The district, and indeed as many of its internal parts as possible, must serve more than one primary function; preferably more than two. These must insure the presence of people who go outdoors on different schedules and are in the place for different purposes,’ ‘but who are able to use many facilities in common.’ As Jane Jacobs said in her book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, ‘the district must have sufficient dense concentration of people, for whatever purpose they may be there.’ Most people entertain themselves, off and on, by watching street activity. Nobody does such things as sitting on a stoop or looking out a window at an empty street. People never will enjoy it. The dynamic arrangement of shops and zoning attract people’s attention and then Tech Square achieves its purpose. 10.10 Architecture Part one: Playback How to define architecture? How does architecture shape our life, how it goes with temporary social, cultural, political condition and the education and career of an architecture major student. Part Two: Look up Important terms: Tadao Ando, Mies van der Rohe, interior design, urban design, preservation and adaptive re-use. Definition: Tadao Ando: Japanese architect born 1941 in Osaka, Japan, whose approach to architecture is once categorized as Critical Regionalism. He works in exposed cast-in-place concrete and is renowned for an exemplary Japanese sense of materiality, junction and spatial narrative through the pared aesthetics of international modernism. Mies van der Rohe: A German-born American architect. Along with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, Mies is considered as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture. He created an influential Twentieth-Century architectural style, stated with extremely clarity and simplicity. Preservation and adaptive re-use: To take measures to protect buildings especially those of great historic and cultural importance; When the original use of a structure changes or is no longer required, as with older buildings from the industrial revolution, architects have the opportunity to change the primary function of the structure, while often retaining some of the existing architectural details that make the building unique. Part Three: Speculate The main issue the lecture represent is the role an architect play in society, from an architecture major student to an architect, their task, career and responsibility. 1. After how long on average can an architecture-major student get a license and how long can an architect get enough experience to finish a project as the chief architect? 2. Which factors decide the salary of an architect? 3. How can an architect be rich? 4. How to define an excellent architect? 10.12 Overview: ID Education/Profession/Future Part One: Playback The main issues MR. Mullick demonstrated are what design is, what it calls for, its goal. And then he focus his representation on Industrial Design, and demonstrated its features, connection to other fields and what can be called good designs. At last he introduced us Georgia Tech ID education and works of students. Part Two: Look Up ecological literacy: The knowledge of interactions and relationships between organisms and their environment radial axis: Branching out in all directions from a common center; situated like a radius. radial axes are located in the center and lead to the outer edge of a space. This is most likely used as an architectural technique when dealing with landscaping or the interaction of rooms within a building. Retrofitting: Reinforcement of structures to become more resistant and resilient to the forces of natural hazards. Retrofitting does in fact mean adjusting an object to something pre-existing. In the case of architecture, the object is a structure, and the pre-existing thing are the natural elements. Part Three: Speculate In the discipline of Industrial Design, what are the principles or base. What is designers’ contribute to society and human beings except for the convenience they bring. And also how can ID affect or help to advance technology of other fields or disciplines? 10.15 Building Construction Program Part one: Playback The Construction of building is a huge project and involves sometimes hundreds of people and several separated corporations. It can really be incredibly complex and intricate. Part Two: Look Up A/C/E Integration :The task of integrating the electrical, architectural, and construction industries. Georgia Tech has a department that is completely dedicated to R and D on this topic. Life cycle : refers to the entire design and contruction process beginning with the owner seeking out a designer, builder, etc., and ending with the demolition of the building. Comprehensive: relevant, inclusive, dealing with appropriate details. Knowing the definition, building construction is certainly linked to the word “comprehensive.” Construction requires detail and relevant data. Part Three:Speculate In temporary Building Construction industry, the most important issues is the communication between owners, designers and builders in a most comprehensive and complete way. What is the most serious consequence of the separation within BS industry, and when did the problem arise? 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Vol. 73, Iss. 10; p. 446 Assignment 09.30 09.17 Architecture, Culture& Behavior Part one: This lecture is basically about how design at different scales—city, site, building, object—affects individuals and groups, and how characteristics and goals of individuals and groups affect design. These two questions are based on the idea that we shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us. Mr. Zimring introduce us this idea by demonstrating two topics, which are Physical Activity & Obesity and Healthcare. He shows large amount of date-based diagrams in each topic to make his ideas clear and organized. Some of the important terms are space syntax, obesity, and hybrid. Important concepts are: patient zone, family zone and Layout and Configuration. Part two: Layout and Configuration: Order that impacts walking behavior at the building level. By making buildings longer or by eliminating “shortcuts,” people would be force to exert more physical activity. Obesity— a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and other mammals, is increased to a point where it is associated with certain health conditions or increased mortality. Family zone—area for family to stay with patient within the patient’s hospital room. This area may include a desk, TV, couch to sleep on, and wireless access on the internet so the family can have small comforts while staying with a patient. Part three: 1. Learning: Is it necessary for architecture major students to take the research-based classes to take full use of the space and therefore design things that are more fully considered. 2. Disciplines: Is there a general way to do research before design that is used in the whole architecture industry. 3. Professions: Is there such an integrated research in every design or is it just utilized in some particular type of design. 4. Industry: Is it because the specific researches before the design will affect the speed and cost much more time and money in most cases that they are sometimes omitted. 09.19 Atlantic Station Part one: Photography and video are successful media in investigation of Architecture. Ms. Ruth’s lecture is about the creation of Atlanta Station from Atlantic steel. Her commentary is organized by the time it was constructed. The first part of the lecture is a video showing the demolition of the Atlanta Steel and then she showed photographs of the building of the Atlanta Station, as well as something connected with Utopia Architecture. Terms from essay about Atlanta’s development are vernacular, caisson, Edge city Part two: Vernacular– native or indigenous; a style of architecture exemplifying the commonest techniques, decorative features, and materials of a particular historical period, region, or group of people (dictionary.com). Vernacular in the sense of Mrs. Dusseault’s lecture refers to the façade of the shopping district of Atlantic Station that recalls the design of the old mill buildings in order to preserve some cultural and historic integrity. Caisson: A horse-drawn vehicle, usually two-wheeled, used to carry artillery ammunition and coffins at military funerals. Edge city: is an American term for a relatively new concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional urban area in what had recently been a residential suburb or semi rural community Part three: 1. What kind of media can we use have in investigation and presenting our work except for Video, Photography? 2. What disciplines in Georgia Tech could be involved in the reconstruction of the Atlanta Station? 3. What role did architects play in the design of Atlantic Station, for their must arise a lot of problems in such a huge demolition and reconstruction project? 4. What critiques does Atlantic station receive and how did those critiques affect the creation of it in the process? 09.26 How to read Palladio Playback: Sonit Bafna introduced us to Andrea Palladio who is widely considered the most influential person in the history of Western architecture. He introduced Palladio’s style and work by pairing pictures of buildings. In this lecture the appreciate terms are sesquialtera, coordinated elevation, and Look up: Classical roman style - classical architecture derived from the style in which temples of the Roman Empire were built and most recognizable by the use of columns and capitals characteristic of the style. This style of architecture is what much of Palladio’s design elements are derived from. He was one of the first architects to utilize roman temple design in residential buildings, in fact only two examples of buildings derived from roman temple design existed before him. Coordinated elevation: An elevation plan is one that is of the outside of a house relative to the grade of the land. Coordination is a group of things within a whole that work together. Coordinated elevation is the map of the interior of a house. Sesquialtera:3:2 Speculate 1. Is there any similarity between the education Palladio received and our studio work? How did Palladio’s study experience affect his future career? 2. Can I say Palladio’s work cross-discipline for his experience as a stonecutter and mason. 3. Is there any temporary architect who inherits Palladio’s style or simply way of thinking? 4. Is Palladio’s original style still used in the design and construction of modern buildings? 1. 09.10 A multi-disciplinary approach to disability research Part one: Play back In presenting this lecture, Mr. Sprigle put emphasis on the collaboration between different fields of disciplines and study. As the lecture showed, the commonality of CATEA stuff is expertise and interest in disability. Eliminating the barriers between people is of great importance and how to get there as well. For CATEA, the emphasis is on things like wheelchairs and wheelchair improvement and study. How to design wheelchairs and what it should be designed for is also important but much of it still lies in viability and usability. Part two: Look up Viability: practicable; workable: a viable alternative. It reflects that business is still out to make money and keep itself in the black than to actually help society as a whole. Feasibility: capable of being done, effected, or accomplished. There are still limitations in the field of R&D and only time and new innovative minds can propel it in the right directions. Usability: capable of being used Not everything that is designed is worth using. Some things may even complicate our lives even more than before the invention. Part three: Speculate Pedagogy: Is there a major that focus on reducing the barrier between normal people and the disabled, though I know the CATEA is mainly multiple disciplinary? Disciplines: How can CATEA be more influential, that it can probably become an advisor, lead other research association to be more efficient? Professions: It’s really hard to guess that whether the government should put more money and attention on those with most heavily impairment born or acquired, or on cases with slight disability? Industry: Will the increased collaboration of different study field in disability research help improve the designing the product for ordinary people. AEC Integration 09.12 Part one Play back This lecture talks about construction as a sector of economy. Gives general information such as total revenue and number of people employed. Later, it goes onto the 10 major characteristics/flaws of Construction and how Construction evolved from old times. Industrial revolution changed it all and modernized construction where the triangular contract relationship evolved. Then argues for the need of integration and the benefits of integration of construction and the things that are stopping integration. Terms: Niche marketing: Target marketing to certain groups of similar individuals. This technique is used to play on group conformity to coheres people of said group to buy a certain product or service. R & D: Research and Development Needed to make products better, more efficient and cheaper/ easier to manufacture. Specialization: The act of specializing or the process of becoming specialized. Specialization helps people get better in a very narrow point of a certain field of study but this can and usually does lead to communication problems between specializations and slows production or R&D, etc. Part 3 Speculation: Pedagogy: How can GIS help ID students? Disciplines: Before industrial revolution what the study of industy is like, or was there something called industry at all? Profession: Is the designing of chairs and other non-electronic product ID students’ future career? Industry: What is the tendency of industry nowadays? Georgia Information Systems/b. This Lecture is about urban planning the problems developing such as the water absorption problem and the lack of green space. Land use, and Heat is a major problem. Population density and 3D- depictions of cities, electrical routing and even roads are seen in the GIS software. It’s pretty much a great software to examine problems and all the facts of a certain area. Part 2 Fragmentation - the separation of some larger whole into smaller particles. In the AEC industry, this refers to the separation of the different fields that make up the industry, including the different fields of engineering, the architects or designers, and construction personnel. According to Mr. Bowen, this is the biggest problem with the AEC industry. There is little to no collaboration and thus efficiency is severely affected Lean construction: the collaboration of owners, designers, general and specialty contractors, and suppliers in order to produce a value adding, constructible, usable, and maintainable facility (Lean Construction Journal). In other words, lean construction focuses on the collaboration of the different fields of the AEC Industry in order to create a better and more efficiently built product. From what I could gather this is the direction Mr. Bowen hopes the AEC Industry to move. Remote sensing: the science, technique, or process of gathering data on an object or area from a considerable distance, using technology such as radar or infrared technology. Remote sensing allows researchers to gather information from all over the world at concurrent times without having to place personnel in that area. Thus, the technology of remote sensing has made data collection more feasible, more cost effective, and more efficient. Part 3 Speculation Pedagogy: How to use GIS to apply to design a building? Disciplines: What is the role GIS plays in the modern architecture world? Profession: Can GIS help other majors inside the department of architecture except for architecture? 09.09 M.S.: Classical Design Curriculum Part 1. In this lecture, the author takes on introducing us Classical Design and some general forms to present the design of a building from different aspects. Seven architects from different company introduce us classical design in modern society, and some basic types of pictures they use in designing a building. A. Tim Kelly He does this by showing us the finish image of different parts of different classical-designed buildings. For example: stairs, ceilings and aisles. B. David Pearson He does this by showing us different types of pictures of buildings which architects usually use in the process of designing a building. For example: master plan, satellite image, perspective study, detail sketch, schematic drawing, elevation, and elevation detail. C. Jeremy Sommer He does this by pairing the inside and the outside of a building, and also different perspective of buildings. D. Stefanie Wahl She does this by showing us pictures of different rate of process. E. Trey LaFave She/He does this by contrasting buildings under different conditions. For example: different sunshine intensity and different perspective angels. F. William Rutledge He does this by showing different classical design examples. G. Mike Watkins He does this by pairing pictures of an area from different viewing sight. Some of the important terms are: master plan, satellite image, perspective study, detail sketch, schematic drawing, elevation, and elevation detail. Part 2: Perspective: The technique of representing three-dimensional objects and depth relationships on a two-dimensional surface. Elevation: A scale drawing of the side, front, or rear of a structure, especially a building. Part 3.Questions: 1.Is Classic design only a form of the outside of a building or is there some rudimentary difference between other forms of buildings? 2.Why should architects take so much trouble to draw pictures of different effect? What are those pictures used for? 3. How can a building be both classical and environmentally-friendly? Solar Decathlon Part 1: In this lecture, the author takes on giving a presentation about the Solar Decathlon, which is a competition with 10 contests which includes: architecture, engineering, comfort zone, market viability, communications, and so on. He put focus mainly on the Zero Energy Home–a house relying plainly on solar power. This house was designed under the coordination of 20 different schools giving support of different fields. He does this by showing us the process of the construction of the house. Some of the important terms are: collaborative method and isolation. Part 2: Collaborative method: specifically aims to increase the success of teams as they engage in collaborative problem solving. Insulation: the act of preventing the passage of heat, electricity, or sound into or out of, especially by surrounding with a non-conducting material. Part 3: 1.Is the zero home practical in people’s life, given that we should so much money on the material of construction, besides there’s no guarantee of comfort? 2.How are architects involved in the creation process? 3.How can something be designed to save the maximum amount of energy? Digital Design and Manufacturing Part 1: During the lecture presentation, the presenter takes on the designing and constructing of installations on digital world. The author gives artworks to structure his enlightenment on the process of design and construction. Some of the important terms are: CNC and Space Index Part 2: 1. CNC: computer numerical control, which uses G-code, a programming language to control a machine to cut shapes or sculpt. CNC produces straight cuts and flawless curves, which is huge for architecture in this day and age. CNC has grown tremendously using 5 Axis lasers and parametric geometry, which has aiding in revolutionizing the architectural industry. 2. Space Index- The thought of how the piece will fit into the open, surrounding areas. Part 3: 1.I just found out that actually all those shown installations are manufacturing with very simple pieces of materials, but complicated steps. I’m wondering, how can an architect come up with such ideas to build something abstract? How can I know what they want to express to others, a thought or simply a concept? 2.Will so much use of computer reduce the art value of a building or something? 3.Despite the CNC’s wide use and perfection in designing, what are the limits and shortcomings to this technology? Installations Cold, concrete, and metal—- These words are perhaps the best description of the Architecture East. But two things stand out within as what seems like a prison of art: the abnormally tall bench that stretches three stories and the sheets of plastic dancing and intertwining with each other. Both serve their own purposes but those purposes can also be debated. From the outside, you see random stripes blowing everywhere, uncertain of what it actually is. The entire structure itself seems to be an abstract representation of wind through the random, smooth and rough motions. The general geometry of the Artifact is a complex and deformed plane. However, the construction of this piece as a whole was not at all random. The artifact is mainly composed of durable yet flexible plastic material. Evident from the level of transparency and hardness of the surface, the plastic composition may include both glass and carbon fibers. Each plastic stripe was produced separately, and then reconstructed together by dot codes into a form of organized disorder. Throughout the surface of stripes, several sets of bolts and nuts completely anchor the strips of plastic to the ground and to each other and finally the structure is held in place by the anchoring wires. Perhaps the disorder came from the aging of the piece or abuse? Either way, the practicality of the flowing plastics is very limited. The only use that could be thought of it is a really dirty and uncomfortable bench… and a really, really strange project for graduate students at that time. It might look like a peacock but that doesn’t seem likely either. The on-going construction and ever-changing setting around the Arthitecture East definitely motivated the installation and the new applications aimed to improve the outlook of school landscape. Art students often seek for new adventures and inspirations in order to stay creative. This creative desire may be what has been driving them to create two artifacts with such unpreceded design which challenges not only on the artistic design , but also on the production process. The creation of the physical wind requires original methods to produce, construct, and shape the plastic stripes. In addition, much consideration has also been done to make this artifact more than just an class project, but an union of Wind and Earth, illusion and reality and the design and producton. Made from approximately 80 pieces of wood. The tall wooden bench stretches three stories and has wave like qualities though out the design. The wooden pieces used to built the bench seems to be made by hand and connected with screws and staples like joints. The strips themselves are always the same thickness and width. Altogether the structure obviously simulates a waterfall with gaps to represent the split in the water when it hits rocks. It is very uniform and calming. Long metal poles keep the piece from wobbling too much and the structure is anchored to the concrete in many places such as the second floor wall and the third. Though the extremely tall bench is not finish, it still seems more practical than the flowing wind. Tables are attached to the second floor part of the bench however, there is nothing to prop the tables up. This give future students projects to do as more and more add- ons can be made. The motive for this piece could be the fact that the interior of Architect East seems very dull and cold. Filled only with Metal, concrete, and charcoal, the yellowish-brown colored wood gives off a warm vibe and allows students to have a better environment to create and analyse. Placed in the middle of the entire building, one can't help but notice it and how the changing sun light emphasizes different parts of the wooden falls at different times. Whether that effect was intentional or not, it still gave more depth to the bench and almost breathed life into it. Never quite the same every time one looks at it and always providing a place to rest. Compared to the flow of wind structure, the wooden falls seems a lot more thought out and by far the more practical creation. The Winds are in very poor shape and no one cleans it. Not to mention a terrible waste of plastic. The wooden falls deals with both physical and psychological needs of the resident art students. Fold out tables. A place to sit. A glimmer of warmth in a cold prison-like building. Both, however, represent what an architect can accomplish and what is to be expected of an architect's creativity and wide span of knowledge that includes design, material, color theory, and production. Link to this Page
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