It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. -Ernest Hemingway
My Fascinating Journey into the World of ARCHITECTURE1O1 Part II FROM PLACE TO SPACE
Sonia Roychowdhury www.instagram.com/sonianrc ABADIR
Thanks to: Stefano Mirti, Annie-Sophie Gauvin, Lola, Design 1o1 & Architecture 1o1 community
Accademia di Belle Arti
Part 1 What I’ve learned Week 1- History of place/history of space Week2 - Proportions Week 3 - Taking measurements Week 4 - Conceptual Models Week 5 - Papercut Models Week 6 - Building(digital) space In these 6 weeks we were made to - see spaces like architects - explore ways in which place becomes space - measure and project ideas in 3 dimensional ways We were also introduced to many cool apps on the way...
Week 1 (History of place/space) This week we were introduced to Stonehenge...
...Learned to select an image... added a person to give it scale...added a diagram referring to the sun and stars …and made it my own “We all shine on, like the Moon and the stars and the Sun”. (John Lennon)
#WeAllShineOn
#NothingIsBuilt “When there’s anything to steal, I steal”. (Pablo Picasso) I tried to capture the spirit of the place using light and shadows… conceptual model created using Bread Rusk biscuits and a torch light for the sun. “What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time”. (John Berger) App : PicsArt
#NoCowOnTheIce ( Actual Photography)
Week 2 ( Proportions) Learned about the relationship and proportion between myself and the world around. First 2 days introduced to 2 glorious places….Zabriskie Point and Nazca in Peru Scale of myself in comparition to the earth and sky... #ThePrimaryFactor
“The primary factor is proportions”. Arne Jacobsen “Man is the measure of all things: of things which are, that they are, and of things which are not, that they are not”. Protagoras
“The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction”. John Maeda
App : PicsArt & PhotoEditor
#TheSimplestWay Creating my lines in the desert...
By the end of the week ... Learned to ... -
use my body as a natural landscape… “There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion”. Francis Bacon Volcano in my hand...
#ItIsNotHow
Font de Gaume entrance ,on my nose... -
overlay the landscape with an image of my body... My face on the South -Eastern coast of India… signifying my love for the sea and beaches… -
use visual analogies underline the relationship between my body and projections of my mind.
Apps : PicsArt & Google Earth #ThereIsNoExcellent
Week3 ( Taking Measurements) Learned to - measure using specific tools to give some dimensional information... - approached the idea of space … This week we got lost within a world of labyrinths and mazes... Played a maze game “Monument Valley”
#ThereIsNoNeed
Layed out a maze for an ant...
“There is no need to build a labyrinth when the entire universe is one.” Jorge Luis Borges
#AdversityIs
Generated own maze using “Maze Generator”
“Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.” Galileo Galilei
#OurLifeIs
Apps : PicsArt & Photo Editor
Learned to … ...transform an existing ( interior & exterior place into a spatial labyrinth Place in my house which looked like a maze... “ For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions” Lao Tzu “Not all those who wander are lost”. J. R. R.Tolkien
The 'baoli' is a famous Stepwell in New Delhi, India. The entire complex is subterranean and the entire structure unfolds itself as you walk towards the stairs leading down to the ground water. App : PicsArt
A special place in my city which felt like a maze…
Week 4 ( Conceptual Models) Learned to … -
transform our bed and blankets into prehistoric caves to work with lights
#TheValueOf
“The value of an idea lies in the using of it”. Thomas A. Edison
Added some cave paintings to my cave showing the relationship between the sun, moon & the cave
Hunting in the morning… Partying at night after the kill...
#MaybeThe #BeholdHuman
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organize a picture containing 2 main focus points ( the people & the paintings)
“Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned to the simple cave life, with terrific forces at our disposal, which we are clever enough to release, but whose consequences we cannot comprehend”. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Apps : PicsArt & Photo Editor
Learned to… -
make a conceptual model of a given place’s spatial qualities using the simplest material cheese & white paper make a cross section understand the importance of medium
#YabbaDabba
Men Excavating under my prehistoric cave (made Of cheese)
#WhoWouldBelieve
“Who would believe that so small a space could contain the image of all the universe?” Leonardo da Vinci App : PicsArt
Week 5 ( Papercut Models) Learned … - to deal with -
space using the simplest medium paper the technical concept of scale ( One centimeter represents 100 centimeters in real life)
#ThroughSpace
My Mom & Dad...in their 60’s...very much in love... “Space is the place of bodies” Nicolas Malebranche
“Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep”. Le Corbusier App : PicsArt
#BeforeIMake
Learned to … - use light & shadow to create space - stage the papercut people and elements into a spatial scene in... ... an abstract world #AllTheRivers “In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it”. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
.... a real world ( natural setting) #WhatsThatScreaming
... a digital world
“I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery”. Luis Barragan
#IfItHadBeen
App : PicsArt
Week 6 (Building digital space) Learned to...
- address the concept of “space” from the digital world - used the app Minebuild (Android) to build...
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a wall & windows
#MarbleIsNot
Added people to the images to give an idea of scale -
a base between the earth & sky #RetainYour
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16 columns in a 4x4 grid
#IWouldRather
“Marble is not alike in all countries”. Vitruvius
Part 2 What I’ve learned from others In these 6 weeks I came across such a variety of wonderful work …
Each one in it’s unique way taught me so much...
It is hard to choose a few as all were wonderful… Here are some which taught me how to use certain elements ...
Using imagination which left me awestruck & amazed
Images which leave a lasting impression
Images which showed me less is more
...how to use colours in a glorious way
Images which give a sense of peace
Using light & shadow to create space
How to create an amazing atmosphere
Some more images which taught me so much‌
Part 3
My Special Mental Space
During the duration of these 6 weeks I found myself creating 3 special places...
My Special Mental Space (1) By the end of the 1st week I found a connection between a place in nature and my mind…why it looked like a place... added a diagram...and some stones... Trees make a place around us. Trees are a living record of our past. People feel the same conditions that impact a tree's growth. The rings of a tree to me signify our life stages, the different ups and downs in life and incidents or situations which might leave a scar on us ....
#YouGetUp
“You get up early in the morning and you work all day.That’s the only secret”. (Philip Glass)
The start of a peaceful shrine in my place and space. #ThereIsNothing App: PicsArt
My Special Mental Space (2) On the 3rd day of the 2nd week visited Lascaux... Found an empty space there and used graffiti on rocks to show my place…
#TheEggHas Living among a community… celebrating, praying and having fun together but also having our own space… a world of my own….within the cave...my place inside...
App : PicsArt
My Special Mental Space (3) Used the elements we learned to build in the 6th week to build my special place. A protected space for me to rest... #TheEgoIs
“What does a house want to be?� Louis Kahn
#ToGatherHoney
A place for me to enjoy ,party... with my loved ones & friends...
Thanks to all the cells and my peers for making this a wonderful journey‌ Waiting for the final part ...