Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

EXP 3 news articles

Ratan Tata

'Ratan Tata has expressive hands. As he speaks, they move constantly —sometimes in a broad, expansive sweep, a grand gesture that conveys the strategic leap the entire Tata Group has taken overseas.'

(Ratan Tata’s Global Quest
2006-10-04 16:40:45 Source : Moneycontrol.com
)


Zhang Yin

"My goal is to make Nine Dragons, in three to five years, the leader in containerboards," Zhang said emphatically during a short interview in her Hong Kong office. "My desire has always been to be the leader in an industry."

(China's 'Queen of Trash' finds riches in waste paper, By David Barboza
Published: January 15, 2007)


Carlos Slim

Fortune said Slim's companies, ranging from a restaurant chain to a bank, made up a third of the Mexican stock market and his family's holdings represented more than 5 percent of Mexico's gross domestic product last year.

(Mexican tycoon Slim world's richest man: Fortune
Mon Aug 6, 2007
)

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Final Submission

Link to FileFront:

DM-ARCH1102_ivette_bechara.ut2

If you get stuck on the ramp and can't move, move the mouse around and jump forward. :)


These three spaces work together to reflect my Electroliquid Aggregation quote,

"It is the colour of objects, their materiality, tactility and their ability to adapt to changing light conditions which ultimately have a physical effect on us, evoking our senses".


My Spaces are based on the following axonometric:




5 Images of Final Architecture


This image is of Florence Nightingale's lab space, with the ramp that runs above it. Her space begins on the outside ledge and continues right through the entire length of this dark narrow space. Under the ramp, the lighting conditions change from being completely dark to orange lighting creating a warmer mood. The high narrow space along with the contrast of the dimmed and lit areas creates a special effect.



This image is taken further down the tunnel, revealing the light effect created. The dark space creates a creepy mood while the patches of orange presents the dark custom texture, adding a sense of tactiliy and materiality to the long walls. The ramp running above this space with different coloured lights provoke a sense of mystery as to where what is above.



This is an image of part of the ramp stretching from the begining of Florence Nightingale's tunnel space below, right to the top of the tunnel. The ramp serves a functional role, while the play of different light upon it creates an ever changing sculptural element. The journey one makes on the ramp is significant not only due to it's great length, but through the movement up, down and back around, which allows the scientists to slowely ascend to the second lab, catching glimpes of it through the illuminated slits in the wall (seen on the right wall of the image).



This image is to the left of the top of the ramp, revealing the meeting space of the two scientists, a focal point that stands out. The red glow on the medium custom texture in contrast to the previously dark tunnel changes the mood highlighting an important illuminated space where significant scientific ideas would be exchanged.



This image is of Charles Darwin's lab space which is to the right of the meeting space. The change in lighting colour from red to blue creates a calm ambience with the texture becoming brighter and lighter further in. The feature of these three rooms are the slits on the wall to the right which allow Darwin to catch glimspes of the dark tunnel and ramp.


Other Images

These Images were taken within the 'mass of earth' to show how Florence Nightingale's space (under the ramp with orange lights), the ramp, the red meeting space and Charles Darwin's Space (behind the slits) work as a composition.





This image is from the outside looking into the long tunnel space.
This image is taken on the ramp
This is another picture on the ramp (end of the tunnel) but now coming back the other way, looking towards the outside.
This is an image frmo the meeting place looking to Darwin's space.

Development Sketches:







Week 3 Independent Study

36 Custom Textures

For consistency, i have taken one design and applied 36 different textures to every time, progressing from light to dark.




Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Week 2 Independent Study

18 Combined Scientists' Axonometrics:
















Second Practice Unreal Tournament :









Electroliquid Aggregation:

"It is the colour of objects, their materiality, tactility and their ability to adapt to changing light conditions which ultimately have a physical effect on us, evoking our senses".