MURAT YAVUZ ARCH 101 FA LL 2015 J ERRY LUM CCSF
Table of Contents 1- …........What’s Your Sign? - Collage - Sign I 2-…........ What’s Your Sign II? 3-…......... What’s Your Sign Redux? 4-…......... A Journey of Discovery to Local Places of Wonder -Presentation of Journey -Collages
5-…......... Make a Wall, Make A Window, Evoke Wonder -Wall Model Second Iteration -Third Iteration of the Wall -Narrative: 1st Draft 6-…........ Make a Place That Evokes Wonder -Narrative: 2nd Draft -Plans and Elevations 7-…........ A Spatial Journey Leading to a Place of Wonder -Story Board 8-…........ Enhancing the evoked experiences within A Spatial Journey Leading to Place of Wonder -Final Iteration
What Is Your Sign? Before starting to build our signs, we were asked to create a collage of our signs. First assignment of the semester starts with brain storming. After picking 3 adjectives that fits our personality which explain us in 3 words we were headed to search of the signs, clip arts and anything that would lead us to create the collage. Soon we will start building the actual sign.
Inspirations for the sign:
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Week 1
Sign I Selected adjectives were: -Dominant -Oriental -Adventurous Foam board was the material used to create the signs. Moreover, transparent colored sheets were used in between the boards to bring some colors to the sign.
Reflections From Sign I: -Create an outline of the sign and place it on the material you want to work on, make sure it looks like you imagine. - Make sure you have enough material and tools to create what's in your mind. - Carving the foam board was hard and took lots of time, make sure you are prepared for that.
Sign II After working with the foam board, I thought I was familiar with it and decide to work on it again. Also, after the experience I had from the first sign, I decided to cut/paste the board instead of carving it. It worked better and I had neater looking sign. I also didn't have to spend as many hours as the first one because I was prepared before starting. For the second sign I decided to use the same materials but I change the shape of the sign.
Week 2
Reflections of Sign II Even though I am familiar working with the foam board, my cuttings were not that precise. Also I had some calculations mistakes. Some of the triangles weren't at the size they were suppose to be so when I glue them together there was some empty spaces in between the triangles.
What’s Your Sing Redux? Charcoal Works: By using charcoal on newsprint we are trying to evoke the feelings.
Solitary Wonder
Wonder
A Journey of Discovery to Local Places of Wonder For this project we took a journey to the places that we haven't been before. Our intention was to discover the feelings evoked. We decided to visit Fort Mason and The Wave Organ. It was interesting to visit landmarks with a purpose of looking for the feelings. Also because it was my first time in both places the feeling I had experienced were strong. -Pleasant -Felicity -Juxtapose -Satisfying -Youthful
-Abandoned -Serenity -Solitary -Disgust -Appreciative
Week 3
Pictures From the Local Places
Appreciative
Satisfying
Disgust
Serenity
Abandoned
Felicity
Youthful
Solitary
Collages of the Journey
- Abandoned
-Solitary
Make a Wall, Make A Window, Evoke Wonder “Make a Wall, Make a Window, Evoke Wonder…” is the 4th project of the semester. We are now beginning to build models. We are using chipboard to create the first iteration of the wall. Reflections: Even though I like the second wall( on the right) and thought it would evoke wonder, my classmates and our instructor thinks the first wall(on the left) has more of an architectural value. I have to apply that value to my next iteration while evoking wonder. Week 4
Wall Model Second Iteration After discovering the materials and the techniques of building wall models now we are assigned to take another step and thicken our models.
Reflections: My new iteration of the wall has a greater architectural value. However it is too literal to create the feeling of wonder.
Third Iteration of the Wall The main goal of the project is to create a space for an adult to lay down or sit and evoke the feeling of wonder. Therefore focusing on the window and seating helps more to accomplish our Reflections: intention!
My new design is more successful on creating wonder and revealing feelings. Its also getting abstract and its good to think and build outside of the box. Week 5
st Narrative: 1
Draft
My design represents the remainder structure from a disaster like occasion. Looking through a lined up rib like structure gives the feeling of being protected. Especially when the rhombuses seem like they are going to fall in any second. Some of the rhombus panels are almost slighting down and the rhombuses stuffed on the ground completes the concept of a structure that gives an unsecure space. A first time viewer would experience the fear, and would try to get closer to the ribs since the frames are holding the rhombuses. When they turn around the rhombus panels on the floor may scare them more, but when they see that they are purposely located, they feel rescued. My audience would find the seating interesting if they are brave enough to get closer and try it. Also edges of the rhombuses on the floor will lead them to get closer to the ribs.
Make a Place That Evokes Wonder On this iteration of the wall we are now required to build floors, walls, ceiling and a roof. Now that we have enough experiences of materials, tools and building models all of us in the class are proceeding to more complex models. The geometry of my last iteration inspired me to build a geodesic dome and by breaking pieces on the dome I tried to achieve the sense of wonder and create a pavilion like design.
Week 6
nd Narrative 2
Draft
My designed evolved into a geometric space, but it still represents a memorial of a disaster. Geodesic dome amazes the visitors and the fractured opening creates the feeling of wonder especially when looking from inside visitors will feel like an earthquake tore apart the geodesic dome. The seating are not welcoming neither comfortable. They are designed and located purposely to increase the feelings of disastrous environment. The main entrance has a larger openings but visitors can enter and exit the structure from any opening. Some of the openings are smaller so if visitors want to use those they have to bend and crawl. My design serve as a rest space where visitors can read and lie down.
Plans and Elevations
Front
Top View
Right
Back
Left
A Spatial Journey Leading to a Place of Wonder This is the first iteration of my design that has “ A Spatial Journey Leading to a Place of Wonder�. I was having hard time creating a journey. I discovered that it is harder to create a journey on a design like dome. By using the wooden sticks and polyster paper I tired to create a journey, a design that leads visitors to have a journey.
Week 7
Story Board Reflections: Make sure that you have the list of events and organized views of the design.
Discovery
Approach
Entry
Experiencing Interior
Going Outside of the Dome
Walking Away
A Spatial Journey Leading to a Place of Wonder After seeing successful journey’s on my classmate’s models now I have created a model that evokes wonder and also has a path and journey. Form this point it was easier for me to proceed to next design and accomplish the requirements. Reflections: I was using different materials and they generate different textures. Now I have another challenges, such as providing unity and creating complexity without making a mess.
Enhancing the evoked experiences within A Spatial Journey Leading to Place of Wonder On the last iteration I am finally able to evoke the feeling of wonder and have a journey that leads the visitors to walk around the structure. Also now I have experience on working with different material, creating rough drafts, sketching next iterations and expose the purpose of a design reclaimed. Even though its nice to gain skills and experiences on building models, biggest achievement of this project was to design to evoke feelings and lead to a journey. Week 8
Final Iteration
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