Foundations of Design : REPRESENTATION, SEM1, 2017 M4 JOURNAL - FRAME vs FIELD Katherine Leeson
915576 Nina Tory-Henderson, Studio 8-8
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WEEK 9 READING: ERWIN PANOFSKY, PERSPECTIVE AS SYMBOLIC FORM
Question 1: What are Durer’s rules for perspectival projection?
Albrect Durer developed as system using a window with grid lines in front of his subject to help him show depth. Using this tool, he could project a three- dimensional subject onto a 2-dimensional plane in a way that was considered to be rational, ordered and controlled. Durer developed the main following rules, that all parallels have the same vanishing point and that equal dimensions diminish progressively as they recede into space.
Question 2: Describe homogenous space?
Homogenous space is unchanging and from a central perspective. It assumes that we see with a single static eye rather that two eyes which move, and forgets that an image is projected onto a concave surface, the retina. Homogenous space is a flat perspectival projection and assumes that the planar cross section of a visual pyramid can pass as an adequate reproduction of an optical image. Some consider it to be a space “produce by construction” rather than a “systematic abstraction”.
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INVISIBLE CITY: EUTROPIA
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OLD QUAD ISOMETRIC Isometric Old Quad - Line weights adjusted and section defined
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OLD QUAD ISOMETRIC WITH NOTATIONS Marco Polo’s journey through Eutropia
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QUAD PERSPECTIVE 1 + 2 Perspective 1. The openess and direct view point suits the scene as it allows me to create order and repetition.
Perspective 2. This view enables both open space and compressed space, the contrast of space add to the fickle nature of the story.
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PERSPECTIVE SCENE 1 + 2
A Tedious Life This sece depicts the theme in the story that all people are merely pices on a chess board going throughthe same set of resticted motions. Porcelain chess figures also represent as sense of commonality and the fragility of life.
Mercury at Play This scene depicts the notion of the fickle and the uncanny. All characters are similar but not the same as in the previous scene. The figurines and unoder asre a symptom of Mercury, the god of the fickle at work.
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WEEK 10 READING: STAN ALLEN, MAPPING THE UNMAPABLE: PRACTICE, ARCHITECTURE, TECHNIQUE AND REPRESENTATION Question 1: What is the difference between autographic and allographic practice?
Autographic depends on the author or creator for authenticity, it must be developed and produced by the same person. Hence why people collect autographs of celebrities. Whereas allographic works can exist in many copies. They are rather a set of notations such as a script, score or plans which are capable of being reproduced at a distance or without direct involvement from the original creator, examples include music, poetry, theatre. They are not reproductions but rather a new interpretation or version of the notations. Allographic practice can be considered meaningless without being fulfilled.
Question 2: Why do architects need new representational techniques?
Notations are a useful tool which can describe beyond the physical and incorporate time. Developing representational techniques assists architects to abstract different layers of information, to isolate or combine it in different ways to better understand the site or other material. Due to the constant changing nature of communication and information technology representational technique must evolve with the world and respond to changes in the world. Architects cannot be isolated from social changes and need to sustain relevancy.
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FINAL DRAWINGS Trading CiTies 3: euTropia
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Perspective 1- A Tedious Life
Perspective 2 - Mercury at Play
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APPENDIX Mind Map: Developed to breakdown key themes and movement within the story.
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First section of Old Quad modelled in Rhino
Top View of symbols positioned in Old Quad, establishing the life cyle idea.
Top View of Old Quad and Make 2D Isometric
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APPENDIX First narratice with characters inserted, rendered view in Rhino.
Second narratice with characters inserted, rendered view in Rhino.
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Figures. Fig 1 - 6: Kammer, Rudolf, Henry VIII Feild of Cloth Chess Pieces, 20th Century, Porcelain, Chess Antiques, May 15, http://chessantiques.com/dev/product/henry-viii-field-of-cloth-of-gold/ Fig 7 - 8: Cybis Porcelain Chess Set #5/10, 1970, Porcelain, Chess Antiques, May 15, http://chessantiques.com/product/cybis-porcelain-chess-set/ Fig 9 - 11: Harrison, Jessica, Broken - various works, 2014, Porcelain, Jessica Harrison, May 16, http://www.jessicaharrison.co.uk/page14.htm Fig 12: Mosse, Richard, The Enclave, 2013, Photography, Resource Magazine, May 18, http://resourcemagonline.com/2013/06/the-enclave-by-richardmosse/28740/
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