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Hey guys,
This is the link for my blog.
There is a space for comments under STUDIO / HERMITAGE page.
Any comments will be appreciated  :)

Kevin Hernandez

worlds thinnest apartment

Hey guys, just thought this might help with forming you 10m squared hermitage. This is how one architect has managed to do it. Enjoy http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4182096395561985233#editor/src=sidebar

Final Presentation - Selwyn Guo

 

This is the final presentation for my studio assignment.  Thanks to the feedback, I've rearrange all my work on a separate wall space so that the person viewing my work won't get distracted by another person's work. Compared to my original presentation, all the drawings are more evenly spread out and placed in order step by step throughout the project. While all the left over draft drawings and models are placed on the table next to the final site and mass and void model so that they could be easily view when required.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the final layout of the presentation. The black and white contrast really bring out the work from the plain studio walls.

Charcoal 1:1 Drawing

Plaster Model - Lonetona Peato

A few steps taken to create plaster model combined to a #PhotoGrid. (Top pic) the blue 'block' was created using the cutting planes as boundaries. (Bottom left) after a few trials, I've realised that using thin card to cast the moulds was pointless as the card would bow when plaster was poured. Instead thick glossy card was used which allowed clean shard lines in the final cast (bottom right)

This is my first time working with plaster. Although a messy and somewhat sticky process. It enhances skills gained throughout the year so far in terms of model making. Look forward to working and exploring with new materials.

Descriptive Geometry - Lonetonap Peato

This is my attempt at descriptive geometry. Having already have done some of this a couple years back, this was a good refresher. I guess this exercise helps the mind envision lines on a page into a 3D form. I've found that labelling EVERY line helps immensely so that there is no confusion.

Project 1 Process

So I thought id post my Project 1 even though its  a little late now..

 

I chose this Ink blot because I liked the way the central point related to the blotted areas around it. How they flicked away or towards the centre.

To relate my contour drawings to the central point I made it so it was darker towards the centre to emphasise it and got lighter as it got further away.






Next was to refine this contour drawing so it would be sharper and hardline. I kept in mind the uniqueness of the curves my Ink Blot had so I wanted to keep this aspect and not make my refined drawing too linear

 
 
 

After refining my contour drawing, we had to chose a Primitive Form and the one that would related best with my design idea (central point) would be a Triangular Prism as it has a central point. So to related my contour central point and the central point of a Triangular Prism I made it so my drawings central point would be on the base in the middle which would relate directly to the above central point of the triangular prism.

This lead onto Negotiating the Void where we had to use Paper, Wire and Wood to show the void inside our Primitive.

First I started with Paper thinking it would be the easiest however I soon realised how difficult it was to show the void inside my Primitive and make the curves on paper. So I skipped it and tried to play with wire.

If you can see in my second image above (in the middle) where looking ontop if my Primitive Form, I noticed a 2 lines that flow around all sides of the triangular prism almost looking like a ring or what I think a Doughnut.

Using wire I tried to show this form directly and I came up with this -

Wire Model

So using the end of the wires to represent the curves that flow around the prism and where they come out from is the central point.

Next I went and starting using wood to negotiate the void -

Here you can also see the emphasis on that central point and everything is almost related to it. For the wood I tried a different approach and went with connecting one side to another and also trying to show curvature. This was really difficult as wood is very linear but some curves were formed. I wasnt happy with this one due to it not showing much interior void.

After finishing my Wood and Wire models I went back to paper thinking I would have gained a better understanding of my Primitive Form to negotiate the void -

 By using one piece of paper and folding it to make different voids I was able to create a better understanding of my Primitive form. I also tried to relate the edges of my paper model to the circular form that was created around my Triangular Prism.

Next was to make a series to 10 sections for your models.
First I started with my Wire sections. For this particular model it was possible for me to do an Orthographic drawing to produce the sections due the the model being very symmetrical.

Blue lines are my section lines and where they hit a wire I draw a 45 degree line in between the two elevations. By connecting 2 elevations together from intersections it gave me small rectangles where a section of a wire would look like, so an oval or in some cases just a circle.


Instead of putting these sections separately onto another piece of paper I made a model in which you can see all the 12 sections and the structure it makes joint together.

From here I did my Wood sections and chose to use a brown colour to represent wood.

And my Paper sections -

Finally after this long process I came to my final part of the project "Mass + Void + Site".

Firstly for my contour model I wanted to emphasise the central point again so I took a section out of the contour drawing where the centre point is and used that as my Model.

Now having my contour model done I started thinking about my final model to put on this. I wanted to incorporate the whole central idea into my model and the flicks that were on my Ink Blot. For me the flicks represent connection from centre to the blots that were surrounding it so I wanted to show connection between this "terrain" on my contour model.

So heres what it came out to be -

I wanted to stick with a triangular shape just because it related to my Primitive and has a central point.
The points on the triangle represent the flicks from the contour drawing or Ink Blot, these flicks are in different direction relating to the surroundings. Also to contrast with the contour model and the whole curvy idea, I kept this model Linear.

Here's both of the models together. -

I placed my Mass model in the centre because that is where everything is connected to. Also making my Mass and Contour model the same material was my idea to make the mass model look as if its apart of the contour model.

Here's my Final Presentation - (sorry for the bad quality)