Wednesday- 2nd dissertation meeting in preparation for 1000 word submission, Result of which; Good title, much more focused than previously, notebook should be typed up in an effort to condense my notes and provide clarity.
Rest of the night spent experimenting with models for my anchor
Thursday- Tutorial- assessment of idea; using perspective and mirrors to create selective illusions for the different users of the anchor.
Idea was good but needs a lot of work doing to catch up and develop, Gary gave me a Journal ( AR oct8 09) which gave me several ideas for how to outline and present the scheme as a whole. 1 week until Crit and Germany trip need to be organised; week plan:
- Friday; revisit site in York for photos more specific to idea,then further development of idea
- Saturday; A0 Planometric of entire scheme
- Sunday; write up 1000 words of plan for dissertation
- Monday; Review and correct 1000 words before submission. Rest of the day spent on measured drawing
- Tuesday: Lectures, rest of the day on measured drawing and constructing presentation sheet
- Wednesday: Finish Sheet and build model, pack for Germany
- Thursday: Presentation and depart for Germany
Friday- Site Visit to York, went well, good weather got most of the photo’s needed (in future don’t buy cheap batteries that only allow 5shots per 2)
Saturday- Morning spent in studio attempting to print A0 map in preparation for planometric drawing, rest of the day spent learning to draw the planometric.
Sunday- Notes condensed and typed up. The rest of the day was spent writing up the 1000 words: a plan of the dissertation broken down into chapters in a logical progressive order.
Week review:
Beginning of week wasn’t as productive as hoped but making plans on Thursday and the realisation that there was very limited time to prepare for crit, Germany and submit 1000 words meant that at the end of the week making a timetable and having no option but to stick to it allowed me to be much more productive.
Book Review:
THE Virtual Dimension- architecture, representation and crash culture.
- John Beckmann
Architecture in the age of it virtual disappearance - an interview with Paul Virilio by Andreas Ruby
- architecture in a primary sense has to deal with statistics, resistance of materials, equilibrium and gravity.
-architects work with mass and energy of a building and its structure
- architectural features being replaced by technology i.e stairs with escalators, the architect being replaced by engineer.
- architecture takes place in the 3d. virtual allows for expansion into new dimensions.
-'virtuality... haunting architecture'
- new fictional dimension should be built just as one builds houses.
-architecture in :realspace materiality of architecture :virtualspace transmission of electromagnetic signs.
- architecture no longer subject to gravity but instead electromagnetism.
-architecture will continue to exist but in a state of disappearance, there but unseen.
ANTItechtonics: the poetics of virtuality - William J. Mitchell
Architecture in the real world: physical construction, mass, tactility
architecture of the virtual
*no material to transform- no weathering
*forms and relationships of space are not necessarily stable
*not rooted in the ground
*consist of a light weight enclosing membrane
*joints dont matter
*surfaces have no thickness, fitted together with mathematical precision
- No room for ingenuity in the details
- structural expression and honesty lose all meaning
- no distinction between vertical and horizontal
Retired: tectonics, craft, handtools, local tradition, facade, ornament, helevetica, parti, permanence, learning from luxor(stone)
Rewired: electronics, CAD/CAM, software, global organisation, interface, electronic display, emigre, genome, reconfigurability, learning from luxor(VR)
