Saturday, May 24, 2008

THE 36 CUSTOM TEXTURES (MOVEMENT)

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

DRAFT UT2004 ENVIRONMENTS (WITH ELEVATORS AND TABLES)




THE ELEVATOR (SKETCH UP)








THE 18 SKETCH PERSPECTIVES (TWO POINT)


1.below: dominance 2. eye level: titan 3. eye level: dynamic


1.below: meticulous 2.above: secure 3.eye level: aptitude


1.below: sequential 2. eye level: pride 3.eye level: prosperous


1.eye level: aloof 2.below: mammoth 3.above: impression


1.above: pressure 2.below: oppressive 3.eye level: resistance


1.below: persuasion 2.eye level: strength 3.above: adherence

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

DRAFT UT2004 ENVIRONMENTS






THE 18 SKETCH PERSPECTIVES


1.above: dominance 2.below: dynamic 3.below: aloof


1.above: adherence 2.below: oppressive 3.below: pressure


1.below: pride 2.eye level: prosperous 3.above: strength


1.below: impression 2.below: titan 3.eye level: persuasion


1.below: meticulous 2.below: sequential 3.below: resistance


1.above: aptitude 2.above: secure 3.Below: mammoth

THE MASHUP OF THREE NEWS ARTICLES

Apple Inc.'s Steve Jobs just got done negotiating a deal to acquire the complete Beatles library for iTunes, and now has other music companies up in arms. He said the company's administration had admitted violating employee's benefits by imposing improper fining regulations, and promised to hold a conference soon to work out a new workers' manual concerning the issue. At the same time, Microsoft appears to be interested in getting into the "iPhone" market to extend its power.

Kong said the trade union had dispatched six investigators to conduct a sample survey among designers at London Fashion Week. According to the feedback, besides of Apple and Microsoft, Zhang Yin, LF Markey, Sarah Easom and William Tempest will be among the most talked about chairman of computer companies. They all decided to filed a patent for a prototype wireless device that would incorporate a mobile phone into a Zune MP3 player, that would have voice over the Internet capability.

"I was very excited to be here today as I saw a lot of talent," said Versace. "Unfortunately, we had to choose four, but I feel that they have a great future ahead of them. I am very proud to be a part of the survey." However, Kong Xianghong, vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Trade Unions Federation, mentions that there are management problems in one of the four powerful computer companies, the Nine Dragons Paper (Holding) Ltd., owned by Zhang Yin. The main problem with it is that DRM (Digital Rights Management) makes music and videos unsharable across platforms, which the DRM software is the way the industry has to minimize the piracy in the music and also the digital movie industry.


Reference:


Donatella Versace
Jones, D 2008, The Big Four, Vogue, viewed 15 May 2008,
www.vogue.co.uk/vogue_daily/story/story.asp?stid=52489



Zhang Yin
Yunlong, S 2008, Trade union identifies problems at Chinese
billionaire paper tycoon's company, viewed 15 May 2008,
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/26/content_8056980.htm


Steve Jobs
Maverick, C 2007, Steve Jobs Suggest an End to Anti-Piracy, viewed 15 May 2008,
www.gameshout.com/apple/steve_jobs_suggest_an_end_to_anti_piracy_technology/article1787.htm





Sunday, May 4, 2008

FINAL UT2004 ENVIRONMENT LINKS


FINAL UT2004 ENVIRONMENT LINK (New version)


DM-ARCH1101_TERRENCE_CHAUN.ut2

FINAL UT2004 ENVIRONMENT LINK

DM-ARCH1101_TERRENCE_CHAU.ut2

EXPERIMENT TWO: THE EDGE (week 3)

New quotes

Quote 1 : Stephen Hawking
"God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen."


Quote 2: Florence Nightingale
"She said the object and color in the materials around us actually have a physical effect on us, on how we feel."

Combined quote:
God not only plays dice with color in the materials that have a physical effect on us and how we feel, he also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen.

Final UT2004 environment (New version)


A new version was made for the final UT2004 environment. A new lab has been add behind the wall and the whole architecture has been connect to the wall with the ramps. There's a stage with two ramps inside the lab which the colourful lighting below express the quote "colour affects how we feel" and the bright lighting above the stage represents Florence Nightingale which she came to be known as "The Lady with the Lamp". Furthermore, more ramps are added to reinforce the relationship between the client Stephen Hawking and the architecture regarding on his disability.

Final UT2004 environment

The idea of the two cubes with black and white ramp (stairs) comes from the word "dice" from the quote. The cube with gray colour was designed with the idea from Stephen Hawking and the one with light colour was designed for Florence Nightingale. These two cubes are brought together by the two ramp (stairs) with a meeting place (the upper level). Besides, the little cubes and the large cube elements from the centre column are also representing "throwing the dice". The long ramp (stairs) and the big cube (at the highest point of the whole building which looks like the sun) are representing the power of "god". The brightness provides a feeling of heaven for the upper level (see bottom left image) and underground for the lower level (see top right image), which is also related to the word "god".

From the dark colour cube, different colours of lighting was used, again, in order to fit the idea of "colour affects how we feel". Besides, the main structure of the cube was packed with solid prisms which were pushed out from Hawkings cube which represents his theory on black hole. Long stripe shapes of holes are used to obtain sunlight from the ceiling. On the other hand, holes , ramp, uplifted level and dark colour were chosen in order to express Stephen Hawking's disability. However, the penetrating of sunlights through the holes and different colour of lights represents the success of Stephen Hawking.

For the light colour cube, the floor was designed with 36 transparent squares which is related to the word "the dice where they cannot be seen". In addition, this cube was design with holes which is the opposite of Hawking's cube, as lights can penetrated through these holes (window) to obtain a bright environment which fits the clinet Florence Nightingale who's always full of hope. Also, the cross window frames are representing the sign of "god" and "red cross" which was related to Florence Nightingale's job, nurse.
The lower level was designed as a combined space for both clients, Nightingale and Hawking, which bright space represent nightingale and dark for Hawking. There are glasses on the centre column of the lower level which intersecting polygons can be seen inside and lighting are emitting from the centre as well. Different textures from light to dark are used on the ascending stage to express the idea of "materials that have a physical effect on us". Lights are also emitting through the gaps of the stages and glass blocks on the ceiling. In addition, the glass blocks (see bottom right image) is also related to the phrase "dice that cannot be seen".

The upper and lower level are connected through a circular staircase. The walls at the lower level were cut with stripe shapes of holes in order to gain sunlight from outside. Dark lightings and rock walls were used to obtain the feeling of underground which makes a contrast with the upper level. Furthermore, a curved shape stair was created to connect both the upper level and lower level. A light colour of texture was used to contrast with the dark texture of the lower level.

References considered


http://www.niseko-forest.com/floorplans/images/idx_img01.jpg

http://www.hughpearman.com/2006/illustrations/Tate2_01a.jpg


http://www.felipeassadi.com/SCHMITZ/752219_4.jpg


http://thomasmayerarchive.de/images/1451/005AF20071114D0002/
jpg/Architecture,Richard-Meier,Arp-Museum-Rolandseck,Interior-
views,Arp-Museum-Rolandseck.jpg

36 CUSTOM TEXTURES