Week 1 - Studio Tasks

Note: Be sure to bring your laptops to class EVERY WEEK!

1. Create a Blog for Representation Studio at www.blogger.com. Use your name and the Course Code ARCH1390 to title your blog. E.g: yournameARCH1390-2011.blogspot.com

2. Provide your name and blog address to your tutor, which will be linked to the Course Blog during class today.

3. Spend some time exploring the internet and choosing a contemporary architect, designer or artist from the last 50 years to conduct research on, in the coming weeks. Your designer should have a large body of work to draw from, and should be “well known” for their contribution to the design field.

4. Post to your blog the name of the designer you choose, as well as a brief description (In your own words!!!... no plagiarism!!!) of what they are notable for. Include the source of where you obtained your information.

5. Choose two of their works to draw influence from for the Folding and Modelling exercise, post images of your chosen designers’ works to your blogs, including references of where the images are from. (all work not your own MUST be referenced and given credit for!)

Folding and Modelling

1. The main task for today and independent study this week is a folding and modelling exercise, the idea is to take something you make, and accurately represent it using modelling software and visualisation techniques. This will start to inform your design for Assignment 1.

2. You will each be given two sheets of A4 paper to create two different objects with. You will need to creatively fold your paper to make an interesting form (think spatially), with a fair level of complexity, drawing from the styles of your chosen designer.

3. The paper can be folded, curved, cut or ripped, but MUST remain a single piece of paper.

4. Once you have folded your two distinct objects, you will have to accurately model your objects in a 3D modelling application (Sketchup, 3Ds Max, etc… I suggest 3Ds Max), and create photo-realistic renderings of your objects.

5. You will need to model 3 folded paper objects in total, which include 2 of your own, and one from another student in your tutorial group. (I suggest you do someone else’s first in studio today, so you don't have to try to get someone else’s model outside of studio. Or conversely, get a photo of someone else’s to accurately visualise during the week).

6. Once you have modelled your objects, using the camera on your phone in studio, or a good camera outside of class if you have access to one, take photos of the physical objects and take two image captures from different views of your digital model that correspond with reality.

7. Your digital images and photos should look EXACTLY the same! Post your images to your blog in pairs to see the comparison. (Think of the environment in your photos as well!)

8. Post to your blog: 2 digital images and 2 photos of each object, including the name of the student who's object you modelled.

Total outputs: 6 photos and corresponding 6 digital images and of three separate objects. Remember to post your images in corresponding pairs and label your images, including the name and the particular works of the designer that you were influenced by, and the name of the student whose 3^rd object you modeled, as well as the name and particular work that they were influenced by.