by Lizz Robb #NotADestination The Booklet Course Project for Architecture1o1 Part C Instagram: Lizzielalayellow Em: lizz@yellowhouse.net
Table of Contents
Introduction – Page 4 Part 1 – What I’ve Learned – Page 5 Part 2 – What I’ve Learned from Others – Page 12 Part 3 – My Architectural Space – Page 21
Front and rear covers: The University of Technology Sydney’s Frank Gehry designed and recently opened, Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, for their School of Business in Sydney, Australia.
Introduction
Our final milestone in our travels through Architecture looms – The completion of Part C: From Space to Place. It is time for reflection and celebration ... This booklet has been compiled as a record of the highlights of Part C. It has been broken down into three parts: Part 1 – What I’ve Learned: A selection of the things I made during the course. Part 2 – What I’ve Learned from Others: A selection of some of the things my classmates made during the course. Part 3 – My Architectural Space: An overview of my own terrestrial architectural space. If this course was a reality TV show, Part C was where the course presented a totally unexpected twist. We moved from a conceptual to a very hands-on mode. We built things – over the period of a week. Some of the work I did all on my own, in that I was both the designer and the implementer. Other tasks were so big that I project managed them. Architecture and project management go hand in hand. I know. I did my Masters degree in Project Management at the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at the University of Technology, Sydney. One of their buildings, that I am head over heels in love with, is designed by starchitect, Frank Gehry, features on both the front and rear covers. I have really enjoyed how well and wonderfully designed this course has been. The concepts we have explored have been wonderful. The quotes were incredible. The learnings rich and diverse. Our Design1o1 community has grown and matured. Leadership has changed. New people have joined. It is as dynamic as it is delightful. Since I started this journey two years ago, the heartfelt thanks go to Stefano Mirti and Anne-Sophie Gauvin, our brilliant teachers, who inspire us, lead us and make this all possible to teach us so much. KissKiss LoveLove
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“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.” ― Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Part I - What I’ve Learned
Above: The Queen Victoria Building
Polychromatic Thread Sculptures Plexus by Gabriel Dawe.
"The really explicit phrase is doors of perception." - Marianne Faithfull
Week 1: Perception Transforming a space into something different using strings.
If there is one thing I love, it is installation art. This installation was set up in our media room, which has black walls. I was going to project bright lights on to the string. However, we moved the installation to the front of the projection screen. As we projected film on to the screen, there was movement of a different sort across the string, adding an extra exciting unexpected dimension. I have posted some video clips of this cool effect on Instagram.
"It is far from simple to show the truth, yet the truth is simple.� - Dziga Vertov
Week 2: Joints
Build a physical structure you can enter. I probably over-engineered this by project managing a team of six people to build the structure. It was hard work but it was very enjoyable. At a party I had, I just loved seeing how the children naturally gravitated to the structure and how much fun they had playing in it.
Source: Decozilla.com
I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth. - Steve McQueen.
Week 3: Technique Dividing a space within a room with a “hanging� divider made out of paper. It was fun experimenting with paper and discovering how inexpensive and versatile it is as a design element.
Source: thecreativehome.com
"No one should be interested in building bridges – they should be interested in how to get to the other side." - Cedric Price
Week 4: Materials Making a folding screen.
I discovered the exciting work of Paul Jackson as I avidly watched all his videos on his website. I now have copies of his books, ‘Folding Techniques for Designers’ and ‘Cut and Fold Techniques fpr Pop-Up Designers’, waiting to be used in the break between Architecture1o1 and Design1o2.
Marble filigree windows at the Amber Palacen Jaipur, India. Source: tripwow.tripadvisor.com.
"Architecture is the thoughtful making of space." - Louis Kahn
Week 5: Colours This week is all about light, shadows and colors. To work with them in a proper way, we will focus on one fundamental element in the architectural language: the window. I tried and failed with the Camera Obscura technique in Design1o1. Not to be defeated, I tried it again and after much trial and error, I surprised myself by succeeding. Here are two views from two different windows in my house. As one of my colleagues commented, the colours that came out look very much like the colours used by the Old Masters.
The scaffolding of Christ in Rio. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ article-1257689/Statue-Christ-Riocovered-scaffolding-gets-4m-facelift.html
"To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.” - Le Corbusier.
Week 6: Synthesis Crossing Condor’s scaffolding system with other sources, inspirations, ideas, materials you will find yourself. The keyword is “hybrid”: we start from the existing system and we see what we can add and inject to it. I suggested the use of scaffolding as a key element in building the structure. I also suggested using scaffolding from landmark building as pieces of architectural art (this could easily have been done with the scaffolding from the statue of Christ in Rio) or incorporated as design features into external elements like fencing.
“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.” ― Arthur Ashe
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Above: The Queen Victoria Building
Part 2 - What I’ve Learned from Others 13
sabrosas_journal #NoHouseShould
Superflaja #WhoTakesNotes
Sarah.Alyce #PutOutTheLight
t.simjanovic Shadows
caturinn #PutOutTheLight
Mani_elab #SunMoonStones
kristinaneral #SunMoonStones
Above: The Queen Victoria Building
Part 3 – My Architectural Space 21
During the course of Part C, one of my biggest learnings about architecture is that while a picture may speak a thousand words, to be able to truly appreciate architecture, one must be able to experience it firsthand. I have realized that great architecture not only creates a visual joy but also an experiential delight. Buildings that I have been studying in Sydney and that have done this form me are featured throughout this booklet: The Queen Victoria Building, featuring Romanesque architecture and the contemporary Dr Chau Chak Wang Building. My architectural space is original, creative, clever, bold, playful and stands the test of time. It creates emotion and inspires or uplifts a person in some way.
Dr Chau Chak Wang Building
Dr Chau Chak Wang Building
As I was unable to make it to the Summer Camp, I spent my time working on a piece of urban art, celebrating the end of the Architecture1o1 journey. The structure is a Traffic Signal Box at the corner of Adelaide and Macrossan Streets, Brisbane, Australia. As I was unable to make it to the Summer Camp, I spent my time working on a piece of urban art, celebrating the end of the Architecture1o1 journey. The background is the location of the summer camp, along the Moselle River, a famous winegrowing region. The art reflects my mental space on many levels – happy, busy, growing, developing and embracing life and love. LizzieLaLa’s life has become so much richer and more fulfilled by Design1o1 and Architecture1o1. KissKiss LoveLove
The background is the location of the Summer Camp, along the Moselle River, a famous winegrowing region. I have tried to capture some elements that I observed in the Summer Camp and blended them with my own experiences in delivering this project concurrently. Cheers! KissKiss LoveLove Note to Lecturers: A busy picture was one of the designrequirements to avoid the work being graffitied.
“The Sun does not realise how wonderful it is until after a room is made.” ― Louis Kahn
Above: The Queen Victoria Building
Design1o1 meets Architecture1o1 and results in fashion design – creating the designer clothes label of LizzieLaLa. With me in the picture (to the left) are Sarah (in the middle - another Architecture1o1 student) and Del (to the right) – who patiently works with me on all my crazy art and design projects.
This homework was easy and fun. 66/101 #TheReallyExplicit 27
LizzieLaLa Publications Š 2015 Lizz Robb, Brisbane, Australia