Instructor Jerry Lum
LEARNING PORTFOLIO ARCH 101 Anne Perez Spring 2016
Project 1: What’s your sign? In#order#to#design#and#build#a#sign#that#communicate#our#personality,#we#have#to#follow different#steps.# First#of#all,#personal#quali=es#have#to#be#found#so#that#they#can#be#interpreted#with visual#images. Theses#images#will#be#then#turned#in#a#collage. A@er#lis=ng#many#of#them,#I#chose#3#adjec=ves#that#define#me#best: Econfident Eintui=ve Elogical I#think#the#collages#have#to#be#both#esthe=cal#and#mysterious#enough#so#that#they cannot#be#understandable#at#the#first#sight. I#decided#to#try#to#express#these#quali=es#through#symbols#although#symbols#are#o@en cultural#and#not#universal,#but#the#messages#are#quiet#clear.
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Project 2: A journey of Discovery in search of lost wonder
For$this$project$$Jerry$wants$to$lead$us$not$only$to$look$at$something$and analyze$it$but$to$describe$what$we$feel$and$how$it$inspires$us. We$have$to$visit$some$places$we$don’t$know$and$take$at$least$50$photos and$then$select$5$of$them$and$comment$on$them. I$found$it$a$very$interesBng$exercise$in$the$sense$that$we$are$forced$to$look at$what$we$see$in$a$different$way$than$usually,$and$to$asked$ourselves quesBons$we$don’t$take$Bme$to$ask. $
This%trip%of%discovery%starts%with%a%unusual%place where%the%feelings%are%o6en%contradictory:%%a cemetery. It’s%probably%the%last%one%le6%in%SF%since%all%of%them have%been%moved%outside%the%city. And%this%@ny%place%just%next%to%the%mission%Dolores seems%forgoDen%by%human%beings.%Some%of%the tombs%are%hidden%by%the%lush%vegeta@on%and%one feels%more%in%a%secret%garden%than%in%a%place%of buried%people.%The%very%quiet%neighborhood reinforced%this%feeling%of%peace%and%solitude.%No flowers%on%the%graves%except%those%fallen%from%the trees%around.%Nobody%remembers%the%sleeping inhabitants. My%eye%is%aDracted%by%a%gravestone%obeliskJshaped. And%I%remembered%how%the%Egyp@an%obelisk%was related%to%the%sun%god,%was%said%to%be%a%petrified ray%of%sunlight.%I%wonder%if%the%person%who%is%lying under%it%can%feel%its%warmth%and%light…%% %
The$following$spot$is$very$different$from$the$first$one!$Much more$noisy$and$lively. It’s$noon$and$The$Transamerica$Pyramid$is$surrounded$by$people who$come$in$and$out,$the$streets$nearby$are$blocked$and$busy but$the$small$park$behind$allows$a$moment$of$rest$and tranquility. This$image$was$like$the$water$trying$to$reach$the$trees, themselves$trying$to$reach$the$building. In$this$case,$the$nature$cannot$compete$with$the$human$edifice. Another$shape$that$reminds$the$ancient$Egypt…$will$it$be$there$in 6000$years? From$the$park,$I$noJced$a$big$building$made$of$glass$and$steel. The$pyramid$is$reflected$in$it.$It$looks$like$a$reflecJon$on$water. The$design$is$clean$and$crisp$so$that$it$looks$both$elegant$and sophisJcated. It$brings$to$my$mind$a building$called$“le$pavillon noir”$in$my$country.$Same materials$and$a$similar design.$$ $
From%there,%starts%one%of%the%only%diagonal avenue%of%the%city:%Columbus.%This%par<cular situa<on%gives%a%special%shape%to%the%buildings at%each%street%corner,%the%most%famous probably%being%the%Sen<nel%Building. This%narrow%red%brick%building%is%set%back%from the%road.%Everyone%is%free%to%imagine%the meaning%of%the%geometric%symbols%used%on%the wall.%The%windows%divided%in%3%triangles%are especially%odd.%%
The%journey%ends%in%the%Golden%Gate%Park.%It’s the%<me%of%the%day%when%the%light%starts%to fade%so%that%everything%seems%to%be%seen through%a%filter.%Next%to%the%conservatory%of flowers,%some%guys%are%playing%music,%guitars and%drums,%and%the%whole%combina<on%ends up%in%a%perfect%harmony%for%a%while.%%