ARCHITECTURE 101 MIDTERM - ASSESSMENT QUINCE CHEN FA L L 2 0 1 5
TA B L E O F C O N T E N T WHAT’S YOUR SIGN? • COLLAGE 。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 1 • FIRST SIGN 。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 2 • REVISED SIGN
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P E R C E I V I N G , E X P E R I E N C I N G , A N D I N T E R P R E T I N G S PA C E S A N D P L A C E S : D O C U M E N T I N G O U R JOURNEYS • P H O T O P R E S E N TA T I O N 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 4 • COLLAGES 。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 6
M A K E A W A L L , M A K E A W I N D O W, E V O K E W O N D E R • THE BEGINNING 。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 7 • THE MODELS - FIRST ITERATION 。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 11 • THE MODELS - SECOND ITERATION 。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 12 • NARRATIVE EXPLORATION & THE MODELS - THIRD ITERATION 。。。。。。。。。。。。 13
WHAT’S YOUR SIGN?
-COLLAGE• My first collage consist of all the
pictures of words that describe Quince. - stubborn, optimistic, gourmand
FIRST
• On my first collage I cut out the
images that represents me and placed it along the first letter of my name Q. Then placed the Q on a white background.
SECOND
• On the second collage I placed
the images as the background with a white Q.
• The third collage, I put in the
photos as collages in both background and the Q.
THIRD
WHAT’S YOUR SIGN?
-FIRST SIGN-
We are now here to build the sign, first taking in mind how we will like to hang or mount the sign in order for it to stay in the air. The most challenging part is that I can come up with all these ideas to create a sign that best describes me, but in order for it to be light enough so we can hang with pins on the wall is difficult. I used foam board to construct the shape because foam board is light and strong. Then carved out the same letter of Q I used in my collage. To represent my stubbornness I used a wine, burgundy color which I shaded the color then tinted it to appear dull and dead. Added the light inside to show the optimistic. To better improve I would have to add a bracket for the sign to hang from.
WHAT’S YOUR SIGN?
-REVISED SIGN-
After our critique in class, taking different advises from my peers, I‘ve constructed my second sign with a similar concept and improvements added. I designed a bracket that the sign could be hanging from, adding the same wine, burgundy color. Then on the sign itself I changed the color to a dark blue color with the same technique of shaded and tinted it. What I’ve kept from the first design is the letter Q carved on both sides and the lights added inside. The complementary color of red and blue used are to let others distinguish the two piece apart but at the same time to feel comfortable looking at it.
P E R C E I V I N G , E X P E R I E N C I N G , A N D I N T E R P R E T I N G S PA C E S A N D P L A C E S : DOCUMENT OUR JOURNEYS
- P H O T O P R E S E N TA T I O N -
• First step of exploring the place, is to get out there and
explore. Location: The Wave Organ & Fort Mason Center
• Feel the place with all senses and track it down with pictures. • Choose the best pictures that recorded my emotion at the
moment and create a Powerpoint.
• My emotions: solitary, complacent, thought - provoking,
reminisce, forthright, prospection, vulnerable, insightful, daunting, fatigued.
• During the trip, most of the time my emotions did not evoked
specific memories, instead i had many deja vu moments.
PERCEIVING, EXPERIENCING, AND I N T E R P R E T I N G S PA C E S A N D P L A C E S : DOCUMENT OUR JOURNEYS
-COLLAGES• At this stage of sensing the spaces and places, we choose any photos we took on our trip that evokes your emotion to create a collage. My emotions: nostalgia & deja vu • The reason I felt deja vu and nostalgia
together because the place brings a familiar feeling to me at the same time lead me to recalled old memories. Having this feeling of I had been here before and recalling the same memory. But these memories are not coming back as whole images, instead the scenes are broken, like how the images are cut into pieces. The memories are also misplaced, some scenes do not belong with the others, which I can’t place them in the right moment in life because there are something blocking it just like the stripes I had placed on top, they are somehow not allowed to come back to me in my head.
M A K E A W A L L , M A K E A W I N D O W, E V O K E W O N D E R
-THE BEGINNING-PRECEDENCE RESEARCHHEYDAR ALIYEV CENTER BAKU, AZERBAIJAN
DONGDAEMUN DESIGN PLAZA SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
M A K E A W A L L , M A K E A W I N D O W, E V O K E W O N D E R
-THE BEGINNING-PRECEDENCE RESEARCH CONTINUEDGUANGZHOU OPERA HOUSE GUANGZHOU, CHINA
SUZHOU MUSEUM SUZHOU, CHINA
M A K E A W A L L , M A K E A W I N D O W, E V O K E W O N D E R
-THE BEGINNING-PRECEDENCE RESEARCH CONTINUEDMUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART D O H A , Q A TA R
W HOTEL GUANGZHOU, CHINA
M A K E A W A L L , M A K E A W I N D O W, E V O K E W O N D E R
-THE BEGINNING- M E TA P H O R -
• The wall is a living thing that responds to changing conditions
inside and outside by morphing into one form or another. • Windows are my eyes to the world - as such, they frame my
worldview. -GESTURE EXPLORATION-
M A K E A W A L L , M A K E A W I N D O W, EVOKE WONDER
-THE MODELS: FIRST ITERATION-
Trying different possibilities of wall designs on Sketchup.
M A K E A W A L L , M A K E A W I N D O W, EVOKE WONDER
-THE MODELS: FIRST ITERATION-
I am to construct a windowed wall that can evoke wonder in others also for a person to sit or lay down to read, meditate, or to daydream. I am inspired by the photography of star trials, which is a long exposure that records how the stars moves across the sky and form a circular trial in photographs. I traced a circular path on the wall then punch holes along the path. Wall dimension: 12’X15’. It started out as an attractive idea, but I need to add more depth to the flat plane wall. Also to add seatings for a person to sit and lay down.
M A K E A W A L L , M A K E A W I N D O W, E V O K E WONDER
-THE MODELS: SECOND ITERATIONOn the right is my second revised model, in the new model I added depth and changed the wall into a curvilinear shape, responding to the curvilinear theme seatings are also curved along the wall. The folded panels on the right is added to balanced out too much circular flows. I changed the height to a taller scale of 18’, so the holes will feel like real stars along the trail. But at the same time the scale is too tall, one wouldn’t able see the outside world from the window. The crafting is a little bit off because when both walls are curved holes on the 2 identical walls will be misplaced, which allows less light to pass through the holes.
On the left is my third revised model, thinking that I want to go back to the original wall shape of a rectangle. Shrink the scale, because a shorter height would will make the person feel wrap around, feeling the coziness and warmness. I’ve moved the little “stars” from the top to the bottom because the main function of the holes are for a person to see the world. Seatings are lower than the previous model considering the wall is shorter now. Disadvantage of my new model is that the rectangular window on the right is not creating harmony in the whole, the same apply to the seating.