RHINO TUTORIAL!!!!!!!!

guys,

we had a short tutorial on rhino yesterday and i thought this youtube tutorial could help you guys in learning that program.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV1KV11evb8

hope this helps!

g,

your new favorite architect

ke recommended this site. check it out.

http://pscohen.com

what a nerd, i am.

i decide to write about our mid-reviews.

but something striking that i saw in almost everyone's architectures (including mine) is the unwillingness to ornament their designs, and our fear to move to the organic. we have moved to a very ordered, geometric, minimalist idea of form in our section. not to say that it is bad all of the time, but after sitting through 4 hours of reviews today, i saw enough straight lines in our projects that i could have gone crazy. even abbey had her "nazi bunker". if i can remember clearly, only yin fei **(hope im spelling it right) took a leap of faith and did circles. but we are so used to the comfort with solid geometry that we don't even wish to stray beyond that.

there's a young duo of architects that are from notre dame that are now based out of new york that have taken the idea of ornament and have utilized that to the fullest potential. (and they love cnc machines like crazy too) theyre called gage / clemenceau and i'd have to say, their stuff is pretty thought provoking.

i'll link you to their website.

http://www.gageclemenceau.com/

just to make you laugh....

do you really want to be an architect?

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7429337/?ref=nf

Site Plan Changed!

check out the edited site location at (Arch-students\classes\FALL-2010\ARCH373\kne\site model). Our site no longer goes up to 600'. It stops at around 591'.

file name: site plan model scale 1

theres also a rhino file that has exact location made by kne.

Section example

powerpoints

Did anyone put together our precedent powerpoints? If not, I can get everyone's powerpoint together and put them in our class folder. We should do this tomorrow(Wed).

Geunho

Site Model Finished!! (I think..)

Hey guys,

I no u guys been waiting impatiently for this awesome site model... I just saved it under our class folder so you guys can see it and maybe work on your design with it. Hope all is good and let me know if there is anything to be fixed.

how to get there:
(CLASSES on arch-students (from desktop) to FALL-2010 to ARCH373 to kne to rhino)

fourth edit_123 is the name.

g

http://communities.canada.com/VANCOUVERSUN/blogs/geekingout/archive/2010/10/18/father-and-son-perform-home-science-experiment-and-an-iphone-goes-into-space.aspx

father son send an iphone into space. crazy.

Aquariums

Aquariums aren't fish hatcheries.....but they might help us with some ideas. Here is a site with some interesting ones.

http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/aquariums.html

Fish Farm in Central London

http://pruned.blogspot.com/2008/10/aagrotecture-2-aquaculture.html

ENTOURAGE!!!!

now that we're starting to render/photo montage our awesome architectures, here's a lil helper to make urs better!!!

those architecture pornos look better if you have the right entourage relating to the site or context. If u go to vyonyx.com and search people, u'll find buncha awesome cutout people (trees etc.) that you can use for your arch pornos.

Hope this helps and let me know if you guys have any questions,

g

cool materials for whatever...

http://www.inventables.com/

Awesome-sounding book just published...

I read this review of the recently published book "Architecture and Beauty". It's based on a series of interviews with big-name current architects (Gehry, Zaha Hadid, etc.) on the subject of beauty in architecture... Its cost is unfortunate ($96 on Amazon) but it sounds absolutely fascinating...I'll be looking out for a paperback edition.

http://www.archnewsnow.com/features/Feature342.htm

http://www.busyboo.com/2007/12/11/dynamic-architecture-design/

rotating building... looks pretty cool..

Middle East Conflicts Wall, Marsailles, Illinois

So this weekend, I went to Marsailles' National Guard base to compete against other schools in the area for Army ROTC. On the way back to campus on Sunday, our commander decided to stop in the town at the Middle East Conflicts Memorial.

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6BM7_Middle_East_Conflicts_Memorial_Marseilles_IL

This link has some photos.

http://www.tripfilms.com/Travel_Video-v64935-Marseilles-Middle_East_Conflicts_Memorial_Wall-Video.html

This link has a video.

So this class makes me think about architecture all the time now. This is no exception.

The landscape architect had a conservative take on Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

First of all, its a "conflict" memorial. The name does have a lot to do with the meaning of the memorial. Maya Lin made it a fact to remove the word "war" from the name of the memorial, and this memorial changed the word "war" to "conflict".

Secondly, the form is similar to Lin's. There is a small decline in the topography to the center tablet of the memorial. It isn't as intense as Lin's, but it is enough to feel it subconsciously. The material is the reflective marble that allows oneself to see their own reflection in the names on the wall. You can also do a "rubbing", which is placing a piece of paper over a name and rubbing graphite to get a name. There is also ample space between the walkway and the wall to put flowers, pictures, etc. All these aspects are taken from Lin's wall in DC.

However, there are differences. The tablets were spaced apart instead of one continuous wall. This is a postive aspect, because located directly behind this memorial flows the Illinois River. This natural backdrop isn't obscured by the wall. Furthermore, instead of just the wall of tablets, this LA included a large centerpiece that explained the significance of the wall, flanked with seating. Also, given the small space of the memorial, and the small amount of names, the size of the memorial is small. Therefore, this centerpiece acts almost to buff the wall up.

This memorial is very moving. The cadre and cadets who have been deployed all knew someone who was on the wall. Even I knew a couple people on the wall. Since it is so current, it is moving. The design isn't extravagant or awe inspiring - it's not even original! But it is very effective.

I have a few questions for this memorial: Have we gotten to a point where we are making memorials of things that are still occuring?

This war is still going on. Memorials, I feel, are getting closer and closer to the event. It is to the point where now we are putting up memorials before things are even over.

At the far right of the wall, the last tablet had portions blank at the bottom, to add more names. What happens when that tablet runs out of space? Was that intentional? Was that a design intention or a design flaw? Either way, names are going to keep coming, and the site is going to have to get adjusted to include those names.

interesting convo with pritzker prize recipient tom mayne on charlie rose. 1 hour

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/636

"Swanky new Vegas hotel’s ‘death ray’"

As by request, here is the article about a "death ray" created by glare on a vegas hotel. Kind of a funny article.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100929/bs_yblog_upshot/swanky-new-vegas-hotels-death-ray-a-mild-inconvenience-for-some-guests

TED.COM

TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) is a great website to watch video lectures on wide range of topics within the research and practice of science, design, and culture.

http://www.ted.com/themes/architectural_inspiration.html

This is a link to Architectural Inspiration themes. Many famous architects such as Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne, Daniel Libeskind, Steven Holl etc talk about their ideas and concepts of their buildings.

http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from.html

Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from

this is pretty interesting..

Designing the High Line Diagrams!

Hey guys,

Here are the diagrams KE used today in class. This should a good example of what we need to do for our diagrams. Let me know if any of you guys wanna see the book.

Geunho

it works

Cool video, Ken. Check this out. Architecture through the perspective of a camera. You guys may have seen it last year with Cam. Everything in the video was done with 3d graphics!


http://vimeo.com/7809605

what happens when a park gets flooded but everything below water stays intact?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIELaqwkmbQ

boom.

landscape related, certainly interesting to see.

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The blog works!

Hey guys,
If you haven't yet figured it out, check your email, there should be an invitation link to click on, this link will allow you to sign in and then be able to post to this blog. If you haven't recieved an email, its because i don't have your email address! If this is the case please contact myself or adam!

Also, a list of architects to research for precedence for the next project:
D. Judd
R. Serra
T. Donovan
Smithson
Terrel (sp?)
Jean Claude Christo

Here is a pic of our site at Kickapoo park. I have a larger image if you need it. To post a picture or comment, click on the new post in the upper right hand corner of this page.

Inspiration

Hey everyone, I hope this works.