Review

PDP - there have been issues in keeping up with detail levels, style and what to include. this is initially due to the vague nature of the brief not including any overly detailed prompts for content or layout. Ease of posting and mood at the time have led to the changes and discrepancies in the rest. a regular check or assessment to establish whether this was appropriate would have been helpful to organise the whole thing. Because of this i have not been inclined to use the PDP as more than just basic recording, i now feel that i could use it as much more of an organisational tool as well.

Skills assessment (since last)-
most of this semester has focused on improving my computer based skills and therefore my skill have improved accordingly, however i have tried to maintain all other skills at a similar level.

Drawing
- Sketching has improved slightly, mainly in trying to quickly draw up interior perspectives from plans however more detailed sketches still lack a lot of depth
- technical drawings have improved slightly but not a great deal
- Handwriting has not seen improvement, i still haven't devoted sufficient time into doing exercises so that it might improve.
- Computer skill have greatly improved. CAD skill were renewed and improved beyond the standards of the CAD course, also improved in speed accuracy and cross program use.
3dsmax skills have greatly improved in creation and manipulation of geometry, creation and use of materials, lighting for scenes and setting up cameras for still frame images. The only area that has not been worked on was animation.
Photoshop photo manipulation has improved as well as use for cross program file use and manipulation.
-Reading has not really improved, generally maintained the same level through research for tech and design work, however there has been less indepth reading for uni, i have read a few other books that have no relevance to uni.
- Research have improved slightly with regards to tech work as well as the design and access statement required more site specific info from local authorities and similar organisations.
- Time management still an issue keeping to timetables and deadlines has been hard, firstly because i still have trouble sticking to these plans when theres a reasonable time to the deadlines however, this wasn't helped by the uni changing the deadlines and requirements.
- Modeling skill has been maintained but not greatly improved.

Semester 2 week 16

ALL time and effort spent in preparing for tech submission and crit.




crit went much better than i had expecting considering the problems i had printing the work. i had planned to print earlier but i fell behind on my work schedule and ended up having to try and print that morning where most of it went wrong.
the results of the crit have very few changes to the over all design, some issues on 1st floor balcony and 2nd floor seminar space. as well as in showing the joints. long section needs a lot of work.


AD3.2‏
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Sent: 14 May 2010 12:47:20
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Dear James,
Following the review of your work yesterday, I think that I was wrong and that you may need the vertical elements to form a grid of triangles in the framing of the superstructure. By now, you have more photographs of precedent buildings than I have. Please do what you can to strengthen the design. The short section which shows the vertical wall becoming organic looks very weak and Robert Evans was clearly worried about several aspects of the long section. Please come in if you want to discuss matters.
Yours sincerely,
Steven Morant.

Semester 2 week 15

Week Overview: A lot of work, not a lot of sleep.
thursday's tutorial: went for input about entrance layout, ended with much a longer tutorial about the building envelope. result of the tutorial was to redo the build envelope once again making it less angular and the entrance issue was resolved.

Semester 2 week 14

Plan and access Result: 60.

No tutorial this week instead there was a fairly impromptu crit.

The result of this crit is mainly that i need to clarify why im doing the gridshell. Or get rid of it entirely, i'll opt for the former because i've invested so much time in experimenting with the shapes in 3dmax.



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Assessment AD3.2 and AT3.2 Thursday 13th May‏
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Sent: 29 April 2010 16:52:22
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From: Bridget Hansford[1402 - 200910]
To: All Section Instructors; Bridget Hansford and Simon Warren's Group; Sarah Mills and Dennis Burr's Group; Steven Morant and Simon North's Group
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Subject: Assessment AD3.2 and AT3.2 Thursday 13th May
Sent: Thursday, 29 April 2010
All,
As timetabled I am confirming the arrangement for your assessment for units AD3.2 and AT3.2 on Thursday 13th May.

Remember that this is not just a crit so you need to be able to present as complete a presentation as possible for assessment. You will present the work to a panel of 2 staff members. Make sure to arrange a display that tells a full story of your design from analysis to technical resolution both in 2 and 3D.

Regarding technology AT3.2, for your final reviews:

• Your stage 1 technical studies will be available for you to pick up from the fifth floor studio 12.00am Tuesday 4th May for inclusion with your work on the 13th
• You are required, to submit both stage 1 and stage 2 of the technical module along with your scheme design. The scheme design will be on the wall, the combined technical submission will be placed in a portfolio under your work. Please ensure that that you label your work with your name.
• Your stage 1 & 2 submissions will be reviewed in the context of your final submission and examination. The successful integration and implementation of synergistic constructional and structural principles in your final design will be examined.

In terms of arrangements, we are aiming to give all students one board each so that all work can remain in place for 2 days. Please pin up by 10.00am, remember that this is your submission time for the units and late comers will be marked accordingly. Please bring all models and accompanying work placed either in your portfolio or below.

W need you to leave your work up an in place for Thursday 13th and Friday 14th, to be collected at 4pm for assessment.

We aim to give a provisional mark shortly after the assessment.

If you have any queries, please ask your tutor.

Regards Bridget





Comments on the Third Year reviews on Thursday 29.04.10‏
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Subject: Comments on the Third Year reviews on Thursday 29.04.10
Sent: Friday, 30 April 2010
Following the review of schemes by Simon Hudspith, it is clear that almost all schemes could be improved if attention was given to the following matters.
1.The effect of your proposal on Briggate. Ideally, an elevational study showing your building and how it relates to its neighbours on Briggate should be included at, say, 1:50.
2.The landscaping of adjacent spaces. Is the landscaping an extension of the architecture?
3.The character, identity, atmosphere, mood, appearance, techtonics, materiality, colour, and texture of the scheme, internally and externally.
4.Is there a "killer image" which summarises your intentions and makes people want to understand your scheme? This should be the sort of image which you would want to see included in the Course Yearbook.
5.Two people showed memorable Sketch-Up aerial views of the whole block, showing their proposal in its context. It is hoped that each student will use some similar powerful technique to show an aerial view of the proposal in the context of the whole block.
6.The order in which the information is presented and the layout, and coordinated presentation of the scheme.

Please try to tackle some of these issues by the time of the next studio day on Thursday 6th May and bring a draft of the proposed presentation so that it can be discussed.