Project 3: Design Principals

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Project 3: Design Principals

Ok, so before we got started in designing our individual buildings we discused the incorportion of certain sustainale aspects, mainly in regards to materiality.

Polished concrete floors for thermal mass

Rammed Earth (possible use on some walls - also for thermal mass)

Timber structure - recycled, box beams? (interior)

Concrete columns - outdoor feature

Sliding door feature - where applicable (project 1)

Earthy colours

Bricks?

Vast expanses of glass (preferably north facing)

Built-in furniture - recycled timber (tie in with sliding doors)

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Just for a laugh

-You know your and architecture student when...
-you analyze everything as if it were a building.
-concept of time is not forward, but a countdown from the time a project is due ("What time is it?""4 hours 'till").
-you slice your finger, and the first thing you think of is if you'll be able to finish your model.
-you say "It's only midnight I have plenty of time to finish."
-you confuse today and tomorrow and carry a toothbrush in your bag.
-you confuse sunrise with sunset.
-the alarm clock tells you when to go to sleep.
-you strangle your roommate because he said he stayed up late studying.
-you're not ashamed of drooling in class anymore, especially in the Structures lesson.
-you know what UHU tastes like.
-breakfast is your 5th meal of the day.
-the morning newspaper beats you home.
-The idea that you have a room to live in outside of studio is just a myth.
-you hear "Didn't you wear that yesterday?' followed by "and the day before that?"
-You draw perspectives of your friends room on your Japanese homeowork just for the fun of it.
-Whenever you finish a project and don't have any studio work to do, you are constantly wondering why you aren't in studio working.
-You buy baking paper inbulk to write on
-You understand what 4B, 2B, B, HB, H, 2H, and 4H are and have lots of each type.
-Your idea of splurging on yourself is buying another circle template (or other miscellaneous template).
-YOU ALWAYS WRITE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.
-You always have a supply of bandaids around for exacto knife cuts.
-You have a 30, 60, 90 and a 45, 45, 90 degree triangle. Or two. Or three. Or more.- You keep around adjustable triangles too just in case.
-You start replacing pictures of your friends and family with pictures of buildings.
-Watching the sun rise means you haven't gone to bed yet.
-You never have enough wall space to pin things up.
-You no longer leave studio to sleep, you just crash on the couch.
-You always have a supply of portable and non perishable food.
-You can go for days without sunlight. (You go to class in the dark, you come home in the dark).
-Midnight is considered early evening.
-You put up everything on your walls with drafting tape.
-Push pins become a valuable commodity.
-Computers are known only as the white box of death. (They keep crashing on you).
-you can live without human contact, food or daylight, but if you can't print, it's chaos.
-Pencil smudges and ink smears are the bane of your existance.
-You start competing with each other for number of hours without sleep. (Less than 40 need not compete).
-Your four basic food groups are lollies and coffee.Oh and redbull, coffee and cokes are tools, not treats
-Time spent with friends must be scheduled way in advance.
-you've slept more than 20 hours non-stop in a single weekend.
-you've listened to all your CDs in less than 48 hours.
-you're not seen in public.
-you lose your house keys for a week, and you don't even notice.
-Days don't exist anymore, everything is based on number of hours of work. (Of which there are a lot).
-you become excellent at recycling when making models.
you hear the same song on the radio 3 or more times in one night.
-your parents have more of a social life than you.
-you consider using broccoli for your models.

SRD364 Archi 3b - 2008

Tuesday, September 16, 2008