ARCH 101 MIDTERM

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INTRODUCTION

It is my first semester try to really join in the arch group, learning

how to built my skill in order to deeply understand, what is the really

meaning for designer. First a few weeks I have no idea what’s the

design means, after that I have a little senesce what is that means.

FIRST WEEK-ICE BREAKER

Icebreaker Exercise: from words to form as an abstract personification of

you Consider this algorithm to carefully craft a phrase that hierarchically

best describes your personal qualities: (adv., adj) + (adv., verb.) + (adv.,

adj.) = me; as an example: creatively adventurous, persistently seeking,

empathetically responsive. Using this descriptive set of words, construct a

small-scale construction that can be hand-held in your palm in any

position (i.e. your construction may not have a base) that is an a abstract

personification of yourself.

FIRST TRY

I don’t have any idea how to start this project, and I start to identity

myself. What kind a person I want to be what the answer is be as

slippery as an eel, which mean’s I won’t be other people hurt and I

don’t hurt any one.

I do this project don’t have any

angle and have elasticity. So it is

the person I want to be. But the

design look so boring.

Good: I don’t all teacher want

us to do

Bad: I have no idea what I

should start and make

the things looks so

bad…

SECOND ICE-BREAKER

After the class no one like my

first object. So what I do is

start a new one make more

complexes and use different

colors. But it start become

meaningless.

COMPARE 1 ST AND 2ND

ICEBREAKER

The second item it better than the first one but it loss the meaning

and still it look like kids doing the work but I still like those two items.

I spend time on it and I try my ways to make them better.

Problem: In my deep mind I believe the simple things look

most nature and beautiful so when I start work on my items. I

am confuse between petty and looks like kids made it.

THIRD ICE BREAKER

Activities: develop a narrative or story that relates to your present

design in terms of its scale (in relationship to the size of a human),

purpose, and environment; and use this narrative to focus the

evolution of subsequent iterations that increase in both complexity

and beauty. Represent your design as both a Sketch Up model and

another actual physically constructed model.

Old one

New one

I do it like this because I believe when we grow up any things, event happens on me all

have changed me a little bit and some may influence my whole life. So I separate 20 parts

(0-19 years old). And I am the white globe under the twenty sides. My life my experience

is used to limited me, at the same time protect me. The four colors are opposite red

against blue (my enthusiasm and my grim) yellow against purple (light and dark). Why I

use the globe because it is the shape hardest be damage, instead the smart way to my

social life. Last the nail, how deep the nail in the side means how important things happen

to me and that year happen is influence my future. (ex, the deepest three, one is I leave

my hometown to shanghai, one is I leave china to united states, and the last is I almost

dead of disease).

story that relates to your present

FORM • SCALE •

PROPORTIONS • BEAUTY

Using the illustrated examples shown above, create similar

proportional studies that apply various proportional systems.

2: In lieu of using my illustrated examples for inspiration, use your

last constructed iteration and perform all 4 activities listed directly

above.

This item design by Fibonacci Series use the small squares against the big

squares. The side way used push bottom make the connection.

Good: it is like a design item is the best part, and followed all the

required.

Bad: I don’t know what to explain my idea.

SPACE

Use a matrix to generate generic spatial compositions – what are the

possibilities?

a. Develop a matrix in table form which has two contrasting sets of

variables, e.g. defining space with

horizontal planes vs. defining space with vertical elements b. In drawing

form, create a 2D visual matrix of the table developed directly above. c. In

drawing form, use your 2D visual matrix to create a 3D array of diverse

spaces

d. All drawing shall be 11-inch x 17-inch e. Matrix in table format, 2D

visual matrix are both due for midweek review f. 3D array of diverse

spaces are due at the beginning of next week

SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS

1. Space within a space

2. 2. Interlocking spaces

3. 3. Adjacent spaces

4. Space linked by a common space

Good: I understand what the assignment try to learn us to do and

I used the smart way to do it.

Bad: nothing creative it make me feel so bored to do it.

SPACE

Create a drawn 3D composition that is a journey of the following

events and spatial experiences:

i. Welcoming and comfortable

ii. Awesome and monumental

iii. Intimate and tranquil

Well come is the super big

place to well coming the

people.

Awesome and

monumental is the big

place connect with the

Intimate and tranquil

Is the wood room in

the top of the base.

Base on the model I just show cannot be build so I change to the

other one

MODEL WITH THE SITE

SUM-UP

This item have a lot of disagreement and many different thought,

most people just think it is a good beginning, but I believe it is a good

work. Because the site I choose gulf. So the side I don’t want to be

too high. And the side I choose to make a hole just like picture shows.

Good it is the best job I did the idea to the way I put the things

tougher. I try my best and it looks really good.

Bad I cannot tell my idea so I cannot explain well and get the

comment I want.

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