ARCHITECTURAL COMMUNICATIONS 1142 COURSE REFLECTION

Architectural Communications has opened my eyes to the wide variety of ways in which individuals, including architects, convey their understanding of space with others.

I have used my eyes, my hands, my feet.

I have spilt paint, dried up pens and cut my fingers.

I have a been a painter, a movie-maker, a designer.

Arch1142 forced me to accomplish a wide variety of tasks in rapid succession. I liked the sampling of different elements, especially as an opportunity for first year students. It felt a bit like ‘workshop sushi’, but I appreciate the broad way in which the course dealt with the absolute fundamentals of design. Spatial organization, narration, precision, construction, style…I feel like I have a solid basis now to branch out from into other courses and activities.

ROTATION THREE - ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING

Final Architectural Drawing Submission - 

[Rose Seidler House in Quotes:]

“The mural, designed and originally painted by Seidler himself, provides a colourful focus to the palette of the minimalist house interior.”

“The need for flexibility and craving for spatial freedom has found its expression in what can be termed in a general way as ‘open planning’, the free flowing flexibly subdivided floor space of a building.”(Seidler)

“The rectilinear form of the house is quite deliberate to be in strong contrast to the natural form of the land. I prefer to see beautiful nature – green tree and grass offset by a man-made geometric square. I think that contrast between nature and what is built is to me a source of what we call tension.” (Seidler)

[These three quotes situate the graphic intent of my project within the greater realm of the design intent of Rose Seidler House]

Architectural Drawing - Process Work

Class Work - 

Cup at Scale 1:1

Contextual, Historical and Design Information on Harry Seidler's Rose Seidler House - 

Graphic Drafts - exploring the mural as a contrasting element to the minimalist interior and also the open planning of the design

Architectural Drawing - Reflection

“Drawing is a form of communication with oneself and with others.” Alvaro Siza

As an elective, Architectural Drawing provided a good opportunity for me to consolidate my new communication skills into a form so vitally architectural.

I liked studying Rose Seidler House – the original setup at the site made it so easy to capture a mental picture of life within the home and how it was informed by the space.

I discovered the graphic style I had generated during the Atlas of Colour workshop translated well to black and white pen drawings. Also, the style complemented the late 1940s/early 1950s building well.

Further, the thread of arranging, navigating and narrating wound its way into architectural drawing. My composition of my A2 sheets was informed by the sequencing skills I had learnt in the previous workshops.

Creating presentation drawings and rendering them in my own unique way provided me with an opportunity to develop my own unique style, which I tried to express through each individual element of the workshop. Working to find a balance between the expression of suggestive and tangible forms is a skill that I hope to be able to use to communicate many future designs.

ROTATION TWO - ARCHITECTURE IN MOTION

Final Film Submission - 

Chosen Theme Words - 

Palpable, Interstitial, Light

Spatial Narrative - 

The narrative of my film focuses on the light that is let in by windows and the capacity they have to frame a room. Movement through the space is dominated by these openings and their relationship to the spaces they enclose. My spatial narrative finds the façade of the building sliding off, exposing areas connected by openings. The windows pump  one through the spaces, until they eventually push  you down the steps and back outside the space. The cutouts provide a way to communicate the ever-changing quality and quantity of light and shadow absorbed by the various rooms of a building.