arch 190 model construction workshop // 3rd exhibition!

arch 190 // model construction workshop // 2nd exhibition!

final models: spatio-parkour

photos by aslihan gunhan

1st exhibition // thanks a lot to all!

arch 190 // model construction workshop // 1st mini exhibition

More on Drawing Techniques

Please also check the previous post on section drawing 

http://archfirstyear.blogspot.com.tr/2014/05/section-drawing.html

Maps of the Same Place

 Cappadocia is a unique site, where the natural and man-made environments merge into each other. Since now, students have studied spatial and tectonic formations in different scales. Cappadocia excursion aims to provide a rich discussion on how to critically observe, analyze and represent different aspects of a site. With reference to the previous experiences, and to the earlier discussions on mapping and analysis, students are going to analyze a small site in Cappadocia. As a group students are expected to discuss and decide on which qualities of the site you are going to study. They are suggested to consider important keywords such as movement, variety of activities, human scale, enclosure, different types and hierarchies of (open) spaces, materials, processes of land formation, top down (subtractive) and bottom up (aggregated) structures, tectonics. 

The methods are:

-Layered Plan

-Layered Section

-Continuous Mesh Form

-Aggregate Mesh Form

-Mapping Actions

Field Trip to Cappadocia // Mapping Ürgüp

We've been to Cappadocia for the studio excursion!

Fabricating Landscape

This exercise starts with the exploration of geological structures and the physical forces that shape them for the study of the concepts of field and aggregation. These studies will then be utilized to form the assembly of an abstract landscape to be shaped by a spatial agenda.

Event Structures

Students are expected to design a structure that  both facilitates and organizes at least three parkour motions that they select. The structure should transfer its loads to vertical surfaces.

While designing the structure, students are expected both to consider the human scale, body proportions, as well as the structural scale and the motion oriented space, incorporating the principles that they’ve learnt previously.