For this assignment, our Building Materials and Construction class split into small groups and built structures large enough to hold an 8″ x 8″ x 14″ box, out of any materials, joined any way except welding or soldering, with no member thicker than half an inch. They also had to have flat tops, because [...]
This was a group project with Chantelle Hamilton and Maryam Aghajani. The point was to design a structure with 7m or more clear span, based on a natural structure. We chose lilypads, specifically the Victoria Amazonica, which is strong enough to hold up small children. We called our structure Lilivoltaiq because it is a [...]
For second semester CAD we were asked to build a Google Sketchup model of a room in our homes. I chose my living room. The professor’s goals were for us to learn to use the basic tools, groups, layers, textures, views, and the 3D Warehouse.
Download the Sketchup model (zipped, 5.7mb).
Whoever it was that said “it takes twice as long as you think it will” was an optimist. Sometimes it takes three times — as this project did. The silver lining for you is that it taught me how not to manage my time, and how to recognize when I need advice in order to [...]
For this project, we were asked to visit a place with a strong character and then make a moodbox (a sort of three-dimensional display) to convey what it was like. Maryam, Candace, and I visited the Bytowne Cinema, which has some interesting Modern details, especially on the facade and lobby. It also has a [...]
For this project, our professor wanted us to define a certain number and types of spaces within an 8″ x 8″ x 8″ cube, by using a minimal number of walls and columns, which we could colour white or black. We needed to have at least one space of each type: large, small, overlapping, and [...]
Our final project in Interior Design I was to make a construction that combined volumes, planes, and lines, and would make exciting black and white photographs, since we were still working on the theme “light as inhabitant,” with the goals of learning composition, light, texture, and craft.
Since it began with my hacking holes out [...]
The leaf tower was one of my favourite assignments of the year, since I managed to make it do something a bit special. The rules were to make a three-dimensional structure out of one sheet of bristol board, with only cuts and folds, and without removing any of the paper. Here’s what I came up [...]
After our two-dimensional work, our professor had us tackle the third.
This piece was to make us experiment with using the height and texture of the cardboard to create an effect. Having done a lot of cutting of cardboard recently, I made a grid and then blocked out the size, height, and directions I [...]
Posted: October 25, 2007 – 6:59 pm
Categorized: 1st year
For Interior Design I, Tony wanted us to learn about composition, light, texture, and craft. Our first project was to make three-volume assemblies out of corrugated cardboard and then photograph them. Each was supposed to have a clear dominant, subdominant, and subordinate volume, and to make use of the cardboard’s texture. We started [...]
