Semester 2 week 5

lecture: financial appraisal: value of commercial property.
this lecture seemed fairly pointless. the lecturer thought there wasn't really enough time to give understanding of the subject matter and had an attitude to reflect this. some basics of relevant financial terms were conveyed fairly well but the equations that related to them were only skimmed over even though they were the majority of the lecture content. Over all the lecture was made fairly useless.





Design work: A few sketch ideas, was informed since it was what i said i was interested in i should approach all my ideas on CAD so i invested alot of time refreshing my autoCAD and3dsmax skills.
Also a fair amount of tech research happened. unfortunately the nature of what they want for submission means it is hard to come by so takes more time than i had expected.




Critical study result : 60. B.

Semester 2 week 4

Tuesday lecture:
Letters And CV's also professionals in the uk construction industry.





Some fairly good information and advice on CV writing but mainly on how to contact/ apply for jobs. Rest of the lecture just seemed to be reading the list. with a little explanation on each.

Design: presented a few sketch ideas, mainly spent time researching my ideas and precedent in trying to form some sort of brief or design basis for the scheme.


Things discovered this week:

http://www.gesturetek.com/marketuses/digitalsignage_advertising.php



http://mti09spring.wordpress.com/category/exercise-1-blog-crawl/
- variety of interactive media surfaces

http://hyposurface.org/
- hypersurface :D




Email:

From: Steven Morant[1402 - 200910]
To: Steven Morant and Simon North's Group; Daniel Awunor(c3128381); Scott Bearman(c3187045); Paul Bedson(c3183239)
CC:
Subject: Monday 15.02.10
Sent: Friday, 12 February 2010
Please be in the studio at 10.00. Try to achieve a design during the course of the day, or try to understand what shortages of information are preventing you from doing so. Bring tracing or grease-proof paper and drawing materials. Enjoy colour. Bridget and Simon will be in Hull and we can use both spaces.
During the lunch hour, see "2 1/2 Drawing" at the Vernon Street premises of Leeds College of Art and Design. Opposite O2Academy. Think about the different ways in which drawing may be defined: the sun draws shadows; the sun draws by fading and weathering the paint on buildings. People draw, unwittingly, by walking on snow or eroding concrete, stone or grass.
Steven Morant has to give an AC1.2 Lecture at about 2.45pm. Simon North's plans are uncertain.

semester 2 week 3

Lecture: A brief introduction to law for architects







Whilst i can see the point in this lecture as a stepping stone into the required law, in its current state and content it was almost entirely useless. The subject matter had to be far to broad and much to watered down for us to understand it. without any follow up lectures this lecture seemed entirely pointless. this seemed fairly apparent to everyone, including the lecturer. However it must be said, i would not appreciate any further lectures that cover more detail because they would be even more dull than this one was.
In short, hire someone else to do this for you.


Design: Missed thursdays tutorial because i was feeling ill, which meant i didnt not get to present my work on hayes davidson.


Hayes Davidson Reasearch







hayes davidson artists blog-
http://hdstudioa.blogspot.com/

shows all their various influences
music + films
stop motion- graffiti
Photography

constant seminars from outside firms, artists, architects

Prints

'We love drawing. Drawing allows ideas to be explored and communicated very quickly, as well as offering a gentle style of illustration that audiences engage with easily.
Hayes Davidson is a keen supporter of the emerging renaissance in drawing, and is actively and enthusiastically exploring opportunities to develop hybrid computer and hand generated imaging.'




http://www.jacksonpollock.org/ =D its fun

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/06/50-great-examples-of-data-visualization/


lichtfaktor






Email:

From: Steven Morant[1402 - 200910]
To: Steven Morant and Simon North's Group; Daniel Awunor(c3128381); Scott Bearman(c3187045); Paul Bedson(c3183239)
CC:
Subject: Thursday 11.02.10
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2010
On Thursday 11.02.10, in the studio, it is intended that each of the groupmembers should give a 5 minute powerpoint talk on the architectural draughtsman whom he or she has been studying. It is also intended to check progress on the tasks, related to the Addendum "Preparations" which individuals and groups agreed to undertake. During the rest of the day, it will be possible for individual students to discuss their progress and early proposals with the two tutors.

Semster 2 week 2

Tuesday:
AC3.2 intro & Design and access statement.



in a summary the lecture was just pointing at the CABE guide and saying 'use that'
everything else seemed to contradict itself.



Portfolio Review:
Was hideously under-prepared thanks to how the last semester has ended.
only good point was the planometric.
- Text was too small
- section was unclear how it was drawn, cad/ hand drawn and was extremely poor quality.
- images of models were cropped poorly.
- no development images were there
- colouring on maps was poor, should be more consistent and have less line strokes.
- a few of the drawings in the development work should be used as development images.
- Photographs of all models that were built would be best for development images.










Design work:
given an assignment to research Hayes Davidson as a draftsman. Hayes Davidson is a visualisation company based in london




also spent time reserching digital/virtual art, in fields i hadnt covered in my dissertation.











THURSDAY INSIDE OUTLECTURE:

Stafford Critchlow
Wilkinson Eyre Architects

Wilkinson Eyre overview: bridge design, residential, international commerce, masterplan at Kew gardens, educational/cultural

Case Studies-
'Exemplar' secondary school
- clusters of teaching space for 30 pupils.
- timetabling allows circulation
- corridors replaced by double height space
- adaptable class room space
- shared facilities are separated out
-> Joining space is covered
-mesh at entrance to moderate wind
- stack effect
- ?open plan teaching?



Bristol Brunnel Academy
- 2 storey
- layout based on a 'street'
- south facing
- community facilities
- central space divided in colour scheme: warm/cold




Bristol Met Academy
- Cluster models based on a spine
- twisting curve on the roof for interest




Bridge Learning Campus
- 'All age school'
-Primary, secondary and sever learning unit
- set on hill; climb hill as progress through education
- each cluster has its own entrance
- resources planned to enforce the progression



_ Further Education; building conversion projects

City and Islington college
- buildings built to wrap around existing building
- glass wall hung to create buffer to road, also united 2 buildings




_ Uni projects
Queen Mary Uni, london
- humanities, film and drama block
- lecture theatre: mechanically ventilated and acoustically isolated

Exeter Forum
- work with landscape architects so building is coherent with landscape
- sloping site
- forum as circulation for existing
- lower levels than existing buildings
- materials on the interior are to give outside feel to the 'street' section
- window in auditorium and spinning seats




Oxford Uni
- earth sciences (research)
- labs and offices separated into 2 wings
- top floor cafe as social area
- 5 floors office -> 4 floors labs
- stone cladding on pre-cast concrete gives earthen feel to facade





Matthew Hardcastle
Zaha Hadid Architects

Evelynn Grace School/ Academy, lambeth - secondary school
- firms 1st school

- small schools basis
- minimise vertical cirtulation
- horizontal organisation of the small schools
- separate shared facilities
- selective inclined walls to orientate you in the building
- running track as connecting path
- 'architects are afraid of colour'