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• 1. image & concept 2. maps 3. process 4. SWOT
1. tracing Broadway boogie woogie 2. first interaction 3. second interaction 4. final a. cross section 5. SWOT
• The place I’m mapping is my home country Taipei city, and the topic I choose is “time”. by this opportunity, I want to map the same place with different time periods, and try to find out what change is and why it is change.
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“I like the thought that what we are to do on this earth is embellish it for its greater beauty, so that oncoming generations can look back to the shapes we leave here and get the same thrill that I get in looking back at theirs- at the Parthenon, at Chartres Cathedral.” -Philip Johnson
• I believe every design of building, and urban planning are a kind of language which won’t limited by time or culture. Even though there is a language barrier between the ancients and now, we still can feel and understand our ancestor by analyze the old building and old city planning.
• Taipei city is building at the place with nothing. In order to have a better controlled and plan a new urban they choose to build Taipei city in the place between two most important places Dadaocheng and Bangka. Therefore, when I’m drawing this map it is very easy, there is almost nothing outside of the Taipei city and there is only few important building in inside of Taipei city.
• The transformation style of Taipei train station (Qing dynasty).
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In order to dispel the existence of Qing dynasty, Japanese decide to rebuild the Taipei city. The first steps they do are removing the wall and start to develop a new road. The second steps are removing the old building and build eclecticism style building. When I start to draw this map, I find out there are a lot of different between the map of Qing dynasty and the period of Japanese occupation. I can see in the period of Japanese occupation, they had the actual plan to build Taipei city. They divide Taipei city as two parts, north and south. The north part is for commerce, and the south part is for government.
• The transformation style of Taipei train station (the period of Japanese occupation).
• The transformation style of Taipei train station (present).
the period of Japanese occupation Qing dynasty
present
• Strengths: I really love the concept and story about this mapping project. • Weaknesses: when I complete this project, I can feel I’m not good at sketching and draw the detail.
• Opportunity: I will practice to draw more accurately of the detail, and try to focus on one specific area or building. • Threats: the biggest challenge for me is to find the right map of the time and area. Sometime, the resolution of the map is too bad to see clearly.
Mondrian’s painting “boogie woogie� is inspire by the music jazz. Therefore, at first I decided to use the nature light to demonstrate the change of the music.
• At first I’m trying to trace what ever is red.
• The second part is trying to trace the white part of the painting.
• At first model, I want to play with light and shadow. I’m using the stings line to represent the nature light. In addition, I’m putting the hole on the roof to look like the texture of the first tracing paper.
First model
• Since my first model is using the light, shadow, and strings, professor suggest me that I can use the stings art to create the personal space. Therefore, I decided to do some research about the strings art and building structure.
• Inspiration
Concept
1. Mondrian drawing style transformation: dark and complex to clean and simple. 2. Native American traditionvision quest: The quest can reveal our life's purpose, but it is an arduous journey into the core of our being that we should only embark upon with sincerity. William Walk Sacred cautions, "It's very important for people to realize that this is not fun and games. Going into the spiritual world is very serious. If the intent isn't clear, the spirits will not give the vision. The most important thing is being clear in your heart as to what you are seeking for yourself and the people of the world."
I decide to create two space with very complex texture and simple texture to make the visitor have the feeling of explore, and transformation of the Mondrian’s style.
• In order to draw this cross section, I finished the model first and take the photo from the top of the model.
• Strength: I’m finally using the different material to demonstrate the concept, and create the “space”, not the building. • Weaknesses: At first, instead of thinking the model as the space, I just keep thinking about the building and structure.
• Opportunity: instead of using the grass as the background, I will try to use other material which won’t overwhelm the space I create. • Threat: it is really hard to use the strings to create the personal space, I still consider my model missing some elements.