I orginally picked the day trip/talk on tuesday, and the lecture on failure for wednesday but ended up changing my mind the day before because I really wanted to do the architecture session (which clashed with the tuesday trip). In an ideal situation I wanted to do all 3.
Architecture - the reason I picked this class is because I've always been interested in architecture, but never got the grades to take it up as a career as a lot of universities wanted a Mathematics and Physics as an A level which I didnt have. I also wanted to take this opportunity to learn more about architecture and hopefully trasnfer this knowledge into my paintings and designs. We learnt about the 5 (+1) elements of architecture, they were the:
- Floors, here you can play with shapes and dimensions of the bulding/floor.
- Walls, for internal and external space, seperating the floor into rooms and from the outside.
- Openings, ventilation, windows and light, you need to take into account where the sun sets and rises when considering window placement so the room/interior can get a light source.
- Doors, they have a symbolic meaning, can be considered a 'big entrance' which is why some buildings have their front door connected to the main room for this grand entrance, means interior doors aswell leading into other rooms.
- Roof, this is the last elemnt but also one of the most important, it creates the shelter for the house
And the (+1) element are people, you need to make the building suitable for the people that are going to use it and suitable for the people you are making for, otherwise it will cause issues and complications (for example, not taking into account disbaled access and slopes (instead of stairs) when making a house for someone who has impaired movement). As well as accessability you need to take into account the visuals and aesthetic of the building, a law firm for example wouldn't be in a building made of colourful spheres with a wacky maze like interior, it would need to be organised and flowing.
In small groups we were asked to make a building prototype out of card and other materials, in my group we decided to create an open space for students, so a modern media lab where it was open and spacious. We also wanted to experiment with diagonals in the building because a lot of buildings work with squares or rectangles and wanted to see how we could incoporate diagonal dividings in the interior.
Lecture on Failure - Due to illness, I unfortunately wasnt able to attend this lecture as I would have liked
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