Group Meetings New Ideas

After our group met for the first time it was rough getting everyones ideas incorporated into the entire project. The question was what can we build with concrete without obstructing the emergency pole? We came up with three structures reading art on the left and four structures reading IARC on the right. We also came up with a new name for our island which was Mirage. The concept was the idea of illusion. We wanted to create something that gave an illusion to the island. For instance Shadows. That is where our structures came into play.

After our group talked again we decided that the path to the pole was obstructed too much and to create a pathway.

We took the structures and basically pulled them apart so the look was the same but there was a path to the pole.

Initial Idea For Waystation

After looking at some precendents I came up with a few of my own ideas for the island. I looked at the pathway between the cars and also to the pole. I set up two concrete walls with open areas in between to let the light reflect onto the ground to create more shadowing. Then I put pavers on the ground with recycled glass chips in them to reflect the sunlight. The curves of the wall was to simulate water. There is also a clear path from the parking spaces to the other side of the island.

Gatewood Studio Arts Building

This is by far my most favorite picture I have ever drawn. It took me hours to accomplish, but it was all worth the time. I do not think that I have ever drawn this well, so the classes must be working. This picture was for the two vanishing points of an exterior of a building. This particular building is the Gatewood Studio Arts Building that all Interior Architecture classes occur. It is one of my favorite buildings on campus.

Enhanced Bottles

This assignment was to find a picture with enhanced lighting. I picked a picture of three perfume bottles for mine. It was pretty hard find the vanishing point on these, but I am happy with the result

Things Are Looking Up

For Nadia's class we were to take four pictures in either one point or two point perspective. This is one I did looking up at the old J.P building in downtown Greensboro. The right side of the building turned out pretty well but the left I had to keep going back and fixing over and over. I still might go back again and try to fix the top part of the picture. Then again I may do more harm then good to it. 

Actual Pictures for Perspective

Looking Up

Two Point Exterior

Enhanced Lighting

One Point Interior


These will be the pictures I will use for Nadia's Perspective class

Starting Pathways Edges and Boundaries

For studio our group was the "waystation". Our island is located in the middle between desert and the oasis group. We have a large emergency pole located in our island. So the first thing that came to mind when I was initially looking at the island was that whatever we put out here could not block the pole. Another thing that I noticed was that the emergency light cast a really neat shadow on the ground when it was sunny out. Thus leading to precedents for our island.

I noticed that our pole looked a lot like the washington monument when it cast the shadow. That helped me think up ideas of maybe simulating water on our wall and playing with the light and shadow idea that was already existing.