Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Administration & Information Centre / Aedas

A friend stumbled upon this building the other day and emailed me the following link because it reminded him of my current studio project. Very interesting project, extremely beneficial concepts.

http://www.archdaily.com/39697/xi%E2%80%99an-jiaotong-liverpool-university-administration-information-centre-aedas/

Gego Exhibit?

I saw this photo that several friends of mine took while at the World's Fair in Venice. They said they could not remember who the artist was but it looks very much like Gego's work no?

Dibujos Sin Papel -- Final

Final Tectonic Drawing

Final Stereotomic Drawing

Dibujos sin Papel was an investigation into our projects dealing with different attitudes towards representational strategies. It involved thinking about a drawing, in this case a section, within "the parameters of two-dimensionality but, in this case, as three dimensional objects; in other words, as drawings without paper." The explorations seen above were the final resolutions of these drawings without paper. They dealt with the spherical volumes that occupy the core of my library proposal surrounded by the very regular stacks of the library that house the books. These "drawings" only allow the viewer to see the section from a "head-on" approach, any alteration to the sides, top, or bottom results in a drawing that no longer has significance to the project. Below are two other explorations into the stereotomic material.

Sectional Drawings Without Paper 2

Some more attempts..

Drawings without paper - Sectional Study

The project currently underway is dealing with representation of drawing in an unconventional way. Almost as a type of "model" 2D drawings are expressed in a somewhat 3d way made out of a variety of materials from wire to plaster. The model below was an exploration of the section seen in the previous post of my library concept - which relates to a series of volumes that contain the public space within the "cube" of the library. I used inflated balloons and then wrapped them with yarn coated with a watered down glue mixture. After letting them set overnight, the balloons were then popped and removed - leaving the form expressed below. Wire was used to hold these objects in a plane and to simulate the floor plates within the volume of the library.

Mid Review #2

The second mid-review last Friday was a very interesting approach to a critique. Professor Thurlow was a guest and devised a "competition" style viewing of the project we have been working on for the past weeks in regards to the library. Key concepts centered around aspects of both qualitative and quantitative aspects of each design. Despite this project being chosen in the top 4 of the section thus far, I feel that there is still SO much more to be developed and explored and that each project in the studio has great potential. The understanding of what worked and what did not work was understood based upon quick glances around the room -spending no more than 30 seconds on each project as a "competition judge" was a very interesting way of looking at things.

The next assignment - drawing without paper - was also assigned - pictures to come of these explorations.