Chaos to cosmos

I have not posted for a while as i have been busy with my University work however I will post more about the projects that I have done in the last few months.

Chaos to Cosmos
This project looks at different types of composition in general, not just in architecture. we worked in teams of three one person studied chaos, another cohession and I looked at cosmos and symetrical compositions.

I started studying examples of cosmos in architecture within Lincoln, it started with the the churchs and the Cathedral.

However the building that took presidence in this project was the residential block by the Brayford Pool, this is a new build which is a bit out of the norm as they are more often cohesive.

Part of the project was to use reverse logic, so I  had to take my ordered building and make it chaotic and aysmetrical.

 

Another part of the project was to create a composition that was made out of lots of identical atoms. the shape of the atoms were a corner block

This was the composition I created:

This was the first major project that was on a longer time scale so I felt I was able to get more stuck in to it.

 

 

Developing Lincoln

Over the past week I have discovered some interesting plans for the development of my local area. Firstly is the Brayford campus on which the Architecture building is situated, I have previously reported the rest of the Art Department would be located next door. However there has been new plans of what the university wants  to acheive over the following decade. The plans include more academic space, student accomadation, cafes, hotel and multi-story car park as the current car park shall be built upon. the University are also looking at expanding the award winning GCW Library.

 

 

The next part is the bridge over the railway line next to the engine shed. As previously posted network rail have looked into putting bridges across the railway line at densley used areas, this week they have released plans of what this may look like.

This is very exciting time to be studying at the university as it is expanding, especially being an architecture student as I can watch my future profession input into my present.

The Lincoln story

The first project I was given at Lincoln was to study the buildings on a route from the cathedral back to the architecture block. As well as drawing sketches and taking photos we were to think about the enviroments social, sustainability, practicality, condition, beauty and sustainability. We did this as a part of a group (alpha 2), at the end of the two weeks of collecting all of our work we were to present it in a crit in front of some of oour lecturers and peers.

 Also pinned up was our own work that took a part of lincoln and change it. I chose steep hill as I thought it was very steep (hence the name) and very slippy, this must cause problems in the winter months, especially for older and disabled people. This lead me on a design to create steps on the east side of the road cutting into the steep hill to create steps clad with the cobbles. The red brick wall shall be used to create a hand rail from protruding bricks.

Our first Crit went well with the lecturers comenting on a caring for social aspects of architecture as well as the detail our group has gone in to.

Hybrid Images

I found this on facebook whilst procrastinating, but actually ended up working. These images come from very clever people at MIT and are great optical illusoinists. the images change their content depending on the distance away from the viewer. It works by combining high spatial frequencies from one image and low spatial frequencies of another, ( confusing i know but it works).

Here are a few to have a look at look at it very close then move a few metres away and see the image change;



Who's face is it?



astronaut or diver?

heres more on their website: http://cvcl.mit.edu/hybrid_gallery/gallery.html

MC Escher's Waterfall

My dad has pointed me to a video on youtube that shows MC Escher's waterfall but actually real and working, which is a pretty impressive feat seen as it is an impossible object. the video is bellow;

 



If you were to view the illusion from a different angle you would be able to see how it is set up although we are not able to get a different view, it is possible to gain clues fom shadows and lighting to understand how it works. this shap eyed youtuber explains below;

 

Many thanks to John Boffin fo sending me the link.

Daniel Libeskind to receive LEAF lifetime award

The Polish born, world renowned architect Daniel Libeskind is set to receive The Lifetime acheivment award at the Leaf awards 2012. This is a well deservered award as he has designed many notable structures during his including; Imperial war museum North, the Jewish Museum Berlin and the Museum of Military History Dressden. This Lifetime acheivment award is just one of many that Libeskind has collected over the course of his career. Well done Daniel Libeskind.

Luxembourg and Belguim

I have recently been on a 100 mile hiking expedition with scouts and this gave me a chance to view the architecture of different countries and make comparisons between different regions. We were based in Wiltz in Luxembourg, which was fairly small (around 5000 inhabitants) but very modern. however as we walked out into belguim through the small hamlets and villages that ot many tourists go to the architecture changes to very old and rustic with very few modernist buildings. most residential buildings were made from large farmsteads. it was only until we got to the larger towns that we saw more amenities and modern architecture. pictures will be posted soon.