Monday, April 27, 2009

Monday, April 6, 2009

Ideas From Clients Exp 2

"Perhaps my factories will put an end to war sooner than your congresses: on the day that two army corps can mutually annihilate each other in a second, all civilised nations will surely recoil with horror and disband their troops."

Alfred Nobel

Source: War and Peace in Alfred Nobel's Thinking,
http://nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/biographical/articles/tagil/index.html, accessed April 6 2009.

"My motive in seeking out new sites to explore, in diving even deeper, in staying below even longer, in filming, in fighting, was, certainly, the satisfaction of my curiosity about the sea. But it was also an emotional, almost sexual need . . . I was biologically drawn to the sea, but I knew very well that I would never succeed in possessing it totally."


Jacques Yves Cousteau

Source: Richard Munson "Obituary: Jacques Cousteau". Independent, The (London). http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19970626/ai_n14101465/, accessed April 6 2009.

"Obviously, when you make a breakthrough, it is very exciting. But I get very excited regularly about small results in the lab, which would mean nothing to lots of people."

Keith Campbell

Source: MBLWHOI Library "Cloning Dolly, How and Why?", http://www.mblwhoilibrary.org/services/lecture_series/campbell/transcript.html, accessed April 6 2009.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Development of Stair Design


The stairs which lead to the upper studio space. (Rumination) The tread and the rise are constructed of concrete to maintain material fluidity within the model.

The staircase which leads to the lower studio space. (Tantalize) The spiral staircase evokes a tantalizing sense, utilizing a custom texture (Luster) and a glass balustrade.


An examination of the developed stairs utilized in the final model.

Exterior Animation of Model

Interior Animation of Model

Section Animation of Model

Final Sketchup Model




An image with an exterior wall hidden to highlight the relationship of the gallery and the studio above it.





The completed model for artists Fiona Hall and Rosalie Gascoigne. Hall's studio space was below ground and the word used as a basis for the design was "tantalize". This studio incorporates the use of a custom texture (intense) to emphasize how obsessive a tantalizing thought can become. Rosalie Gascoigne's studio above the gallery space features the use of glass windows to underline the "rumination" involved in the design process. The offset windows and wall structures provide limitless opportunity for the mind to explore. The gallery features the simplistic use of materials. Concrete slab constitutes the majority of the building both whilst glass has been used to counter its heaviness. The initial notebook section sketches for this particular model were posted on this blog earlier.

The 3D Warehouse link for the model is: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=1b3205945b157d2861257d2be7632e4e

Further Sketchup Development



Further development images including custom texture applications and the inclusion of artists works.

Sketchup Model Development




These are images of the model I plan to develop.

Initial Sketch Sections