Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Exercise 1 - Submission Format

DESIGN EXERCISE 1 weeks 1-4
15% of studio mark
Week 4, 18/08/0 Monday 1-4pm. In-class assessment.


Building, site, landscape
Submission: week 4; Group work, group/individual submission

Submission format: between architecture and landscape

All work is to be presented on A1 sheets. Maximum of 2A1 sheets [and not the equivalent of]

• Minimum of 5 drawings representing each concept of reciprocity, materiality, threshold, insertion and infrastructure.

• Site analysis: inclusive of traces [drawings developed from the existing/given maps], & mapping [interpretive work] identifying relevant aspects of the site

• physical model scale 1:200 + optional 1:500 of site plan, [physical models: White card]

• 3D conceptual model of site [physical or digital]
A design proposition which maintains/strengthens/enhances/harmonises or eradicates the various orders considered in your research. [individual student’s response to the site]

• Blog – inclusive of most relevant/best aspects of your week 4 submission work [the best of…]

Review & Assessment criteria: Submission Week 4

• Clarity of spatial analysis and interpretation of 5 themes. [analysis]

• Ability to translate and articulate relationship between the themes and the site. [proposition]

• Clarity of architectural representation. [visual and verbal representation]