I tried to explore both literal and conceptual ideas of movement. Conceptually, I explored elements such as the speed of the movement, the occurance of the movement in real life (eg, the 'tumbledryer' and the erratic butterfly pattern) and extended the simple drawings to more complex ones.
I did find it hard to be very diverse in my three personal words, and to have a variety within each word (eg, not having the same type of scalar transition just in different shapes.)
As expected, the two point perspectives were slightly difficult at first to understand, and then the changing angles from the top and bottom views also took some time to draw correctly.
With the two point perspectives I noticed my drawings and combinations were more focused on thinner spaces, that combined together into walls and more enclosed spaces.
First Set
Second Set
Third Set
Fourth Set
Fifth Set
Final Set
The power words this time were harder to choose, perhaps because the combinations were more complex or that they were more relate-able to spaces. However, these combinations are much more interesting in my opinion, to the single point perspectives.
To have power isn’t to simply be the most valuable or have
a near monopoly in your sphere. It is to be more than bubbles underneath the
currents of modern life, integrating into society through individual
decisions and gaining loyalty. If you becoming a masterclass in the power
of marketing, listening to the public and connecting with them, you are sure
to gain extraordinary performance and then have the ability to dictate the
terms of your influence.
Public influence, and being open to society, will be the undercurrents of my power ideal. My two chosen clients, Facebook and T2 are both prominent in their technological fields, however their success relies heavily on public opinion and as such they need to have a close relationship with their consumers and make strong connections with them.
The task of combining three H's together in various ways while drawing them into a single point perspective seemed simple enough. I was a little daunted needing to draw two other angles as it wasn't as easy to calculate was was behind what as it was with the isometric drawings of the previous experiment.
It was quite challenging drawing the views from above and below because
the drawings wouldn't fit onto the half-page and I would have to adjust
the vanishing point to accommodate for this.
As I progressed with this first task, I aimed to make each combination more interesting and challenging, as well as playing with how they touch/intersect each other and furthermore how they can integrate together into a unified shape.
I would like to think that my combinations became more calculated.
First Set
Second Set
Third Set
Fourth Set
Fifth Set
Final Set
The power words I gathered from two tutors (Andrea and Jacky) as well as from my own inspirations. When allocating words I took into account the scale change due to the distance from the vanishing points, the ratio of each part to others, the extent of contact between the H's (or shapes that they created), and the directionality of the members (eg. outstretching or all contained).
My native country, where I was born, is Russia. Whenever I think about it, although I don't have any personal recollections of the scenery, I imagine pines, wild flowers, long grass or of course snowy forests. Russia isn't a particularly valley-filled country, except for the Kamchatka Mountains region. And it is here that you will find my Valley of Geysers:
The essences that I would like to take from this valley are the light feel of the air (due to the continuous steam flows), the winding river and the green-ness of the grass on a rocky terrain.
Completed valley inspired by Geyser Valley
The shape of the terrain, as well as my vegetation and rocks I am satisfied with. The valley should be steep, but not mountainous, and the river should look quite gentle but still be inset among high and low hills.
The particle effects took a while to adjust with their life spans and sizes, however I got there in the end. To avoid having to add many geyser effects and crashing CE3, I amplified the fog density for the entire day to create a smokey effect.
From the initial monument and with my electroliquid aggregation quote in mind, I developed the model into a piece of architecture that can develop spaces as the natural environment encompassing it develops.
View from down the river
A 'horizontal lift' powered partly by the river current transports students to the site from an alcove further up the river with road access (seen in the third image). The tracks semi-float on the river, and may possibly also mould. The 'lift' platform extends out to the ground.
'Living' Space
Parts of the architecture itself, such as these ivy circles and the trees within the wooden path shape, will grow and alter the shape. This sprouts from my electroliquid aggregation concept of living architecture with growing spaces of both nature and the architecture.
Site overview
Sheltered space
Play of shadows from the trees and lines of my 'light' material above
Overview 2
The final image is a view of the 'Space Between', the lower rectangle with circular insets. This space is a combination of natural and artificial elements, and is clad with my medium texture which I elaborated on in my previous post.
