Independent Study over the 2 week break!

· In this task, you will be accurately modelling a building and capturing comparative renderings (to existing photographs) that highlight your modelling and visualisation skills. This task is similar in nature to the first Folding Paper exercise. The purpose of this task is to increase your knowledge of accurately reading and transferring plans into 3D models, and creating believable renders. The assignment will use your group base model as a starting point to re-imagining your chosen architecture.

· Arrange yourselves into groups of 3-4 and post to your blog the names of the members in your group, providing links to their blogs from your blog post.

· In your groups of 3-4, decide on an Architect, and choose a particular building of theirs to research. Build a base group 3D model of your chosen building (accuracy is important), using photos, plans, sections, elevations, dimensions, images and descriptions that you find collectively as a group.

· You should choose a building with an interesting geometrical makeup, and a building that you can find many images/photos of, and much documentation on. Since you will be re-imagining the architecture, it is worth considering a building that you can imagine changing in significant ways.

· You will each need to find at least two sources (different from your other group member's sources and not from the internet) on your Architect or your chosen building, and conduct extra research into the building to help with detailing.

· You will need to work together to figure out the accurate geometry of your building.

· Capture images of your developing model, and post to your blog, so we can see your process in developing the group model. (These images can be shared amongst the group).

· Once you have an accurate group model, share the final version of your model amongst your group members. You will use this base model as a starting point for the rest of the Assignment 2.

· Post images that you have captured yourselves of your own group model to your blogs. (You should capture these images individually so that there is variation between content on your group members blogs).

· Post any combined research that your group undertakes to your blogs. (this can be shared information).

· Choose 2 photos each, an interior and an exterior of your building, and make a render that matches the photo in terms of geometry, lighting, camera angle, etc. The images should geometrically match up EXACTLY, and be recognisably similar images. If they don't, then your model is not totally accurate. Members for the same group should each choose different photos from each other.

· You can start collecting images and examples of the types of modifications that you intend to enact on the building, including site examples, architectural precedents, structural details, materials and functions.

· Start thinking about how you would like to re-envision the architecture. Think about a new site context in which your building will exist, changes to the structure, scale materiality, and function.

· Write to your blog 150 words describing and expressing your ideas and intended direction for the re-inventing of this building.

· We will be using Layar and Junaio (among other applications) for the location based Augmented Reality aspects of teh project. YOu may want to do some independent study, and even look at setting up your own Layar (though there is some scripting involved).

· Layar

· Junaio