Foundations of Design : REPRESENTATION, SEM1, 2017 M4 JOURNAL - FRAME vs FIELD Xiaohan Mei
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WEEK 9 READING: PERSPECTIVE AS SYMBOLIC FORM
Question 1: What are Durer’s rules for perspectival projection? First the perpendiculars meet at one point which is called vanishing point, and it is the point decide perpendicular drawn from the eye to the picture plane, second, all the parallels have a vanishing point,finally the equal dimensions progressively as a recede in space, so if the object in the vision, it can be present in the perspective view drawing precisely.
Question 2: Describe homogenous space?
This is a kind of “central perspective” It mainly follows two rules, the first is the viewing b y an immobile eye, and the second is planar cross section of the visual pyramid can pass for an adequate reproduction of optical impression, and it is a purely mathematical space.
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THIN CITIES 2: Zenobia
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Cities & the sky 3: thekla
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The isometric view of Zenobia
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Thin CiTies OLD QUAD ISOMETRIC WITH NOTATIONS
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The isometric view with symbols
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QUAD PERSPECTIVE 1 + 2 Perspective 1 From this perspective view, it can be shown that, the Marco just reached this city and this view show how he is curious about this city, so he sit behind a column for the reason of scaring about the situation in front of him.
Perspective 2 After the walk in the perspective 1, Marco come to another part of the city, and with the scary experience in the beginning, he sit a little bit far from the column, and he wanted to see how this part of the city like first and then decide weather to wether to continue walking.
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PERSPECTIVE SCENE 1 + 2
Perspective 1 Because it has been mentioned that the city was built for the purpose of desire, so i use the dragon in Hobbit to show the desire of money, and dragon is the symbol of this, from the other side the roles inside are also from the Hobbits and the lord of the ring, the famous character gulu, who is the representation of desire, and there are many treasures in this scene, the representation of gulu and Hobbits is used to show how the mind is changed by the desire, the confetti shows a feeling of evil party.
Perspective 2 With the description of the first perspective, it is said that the city has possibility to develop as a city which is pure, so as the core concept of no desire, the angels are made into this view, and there are some tool are mentioned in the story, like the fish poles, and cranes, barrels storing water, balcony, these kind of thins will create a harmony environment and give a feeling of life, the background is sky to make this view looks more ideal.
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WEEK 10 READING: MAPPING THE UNMAPPABLE
Question 1: IWhat is the difference between autographic and allographic practice?
The autographic arts like painting and sculpture, and it depends on the direct contact with the author, but allographic is the art style which exists in many copies and can be produced without the direct intervention of the author.
Question 2: Why do architects need new representational techniques? Because in modern world, the technology is developing in a high speed, and the techniques is also updating, to learn new representation skills can help the modern architects work more efficiently, and effect the whole architecture area working in an affirmative way.
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FINAL DRAWINGS
The isometric view and two perspective views The isometric view show the general situation of the world and the movement symbols need to be explain, the thicker arrow show the low speed ,and the thinner arrow show the high speed, and the space between also show the length of the pace. In beginning the Marco just reach the city, so curious about it, and walk very fast and when he reach the point of the first perspective, he was shocked, because this part of city is full of
Thin CiTies 2: Zenobia
appetite, the dragon in Hobbit is to show the appetite of money,the character gulu in the lord of the ring and Hobbits, who is the representation of appetite, and there are many treasures in this scene and with the representation of gulu and Hobbits, it aimed to show how the mind was changed by the desires ,the confetti shows a feeling of devil party. Then Marco move to the location of the second perspective,in the story said that “those that through the years and the changes continue to give their form to desires, and those in which desires either erase the city or are erased by it. This means that the city might change into two kinds of style , the fist is what is mention in the first perspective view which is full of desires, and the other one is pure city, which I tried to show, the angels and the tools like fish poles, and cranes, barrels storing water, balcony, they all give a feeling of harmony and show a concept of life, which is ideal for living. And here is my concept of this story, the sentence “those that through the years and the Key view 1 view 2 Movement Heavy mood Light mood Dark Light Time Jump
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changes continue to give their form to desires, and those in which desires either erase the city or are erased by it� means that this city has not changed still full of desires, and another is it has develop to a city without desires or full of desires,and from my view the what city used to be and the city full of desires can be classified as one group, so this is the concept of these two perspective views. The ground of first perspective is made by two layers, in the story,it is said that the city is supported by high pilings, so I use bamboo as the texture of the pillars, and I use zinc as a cover of ground, so it will make it like a palace, and in the second perspective, the grass texture is chosen to make the ground, to show the theme of organic. The columns are covered by the bamboo texture and the roof is covered by zinc texture to match the original text which is the city is made by bamboo and zinc. There is another symbol which is called time jump, this symbol separate the isometric into two parts, and to fit that it used to be a city full of desires, and it has developed into a pure city, it is aimed to created a feeling time travel. Another symbol which is also needed to mention, the
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one called realization, when Marco travel around the city, he reached the center of it, and in that position, he could feel both city themes, and his mind just explodes, like the symbol, looks
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like a n explosion, and he may realize that whether the city is good or not is not a problem to consider, and this city has double side view, one is pure the other one is full of desires.
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COMPLETE VIEW OF TWO PERSPECTIVE IMAGES PERSPECTIVE 1
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