18 Cross Sections

18 Cross section sketches

In my sketch ideation, I had attempted to produce 18 different concepts by considering the different combinations which can be conceived between all three clients. This enabled me to experiment with the idea of space and what really truly defines the architecture of the studio when exclusively designed for different types of designers and their own work.

Evidently through my sketches for the three clients, my hatching and and sense of style had developed overtime as my ideas developed in quantity and progressively became more abstract.

However this flexibility had also made me design 'on a tangent' as I had almost forgotten the end notion of the client's usability of the space. For this reason, I am currently striving to revisit some ideas and design and sketch with empathy and priority of the two clients and how they can use a studio space which matches their individuality.

As such, this opens the idea for exploration into the experience and concept of architecture as space, form and order as I continue to experiment with the studio designs for my two chosen clients that is Mountain and Moon (C2) and Trent Jansen (C3).

Red = Relevant Client/Idea to explore

Sketch #1

Top - Client 1 (the_kyza) - Sleek [adjective]

Bottom - Client 2 (Mountain & Moon) - Visceral [noun]

Sketch #2

Top - Client 1 (the_kyza) - Sleek [adjective]

Bottom - Client 3 (Trent Jansen Studio) - Biomimicry [noun]

Sketch #3

Top - Client 1 (the_kyza) - Sleek [adjective]

Bottom - Client 2 (Mountain & Moon) - Tempt [verb]

Sketch #4

Top - Client 3 (Trent Jansen Studio) - Stimulate [verb]

Bottom - Client 1 (the_kyza) - Sleek [adjective]

Sketch #5

Top - Client 2 (Mountain & Moon) - Visceral [noun]

Bottom - Client 1 (the_kyza) - Emerge [verb]

Sketch #6

Top - Client 3 (Trent Jansen Studio) - Biomimicry [noun]

Bottom - Client 1 (the_kyza) - Emerge [verb]

Sketch #7

Top - Client 1 (the_kyza) - Emerge [verb]

Bottom - Client 2 (Mountain & Moon) - Elegant [noun]

Sketch #8

Top - Client 3 (Trent Jansen Studio) - Iridescent [adjective]

Bottom - Client 1 (the_kyza) - Emerge [verb]

Sketch #9

Top - Client 1 (the_kyza) - Evolution [noun]

Bottom - Client 2 (Mountain & Moon) - Tempt [verb]

Sketch #10

Top - Client 1 (the_kyza) - Evolution [noun]

Bottom - Client 3 (Trent Jansen Studio) - Stimulate [verb]

Sketch #11

Top - Client 1 (the_kyza) - Evolution [noun]

Bottom - Client 2 (Mountain & Moon) - Elegant [noun]

Sketch #12

Top -  Client 1 (the_kyza) - Evolution [noun]

Bottom -  Client 3 (Trent Jansen Studio) - Iridescent [adjective]

Sketch #13

Top - Client 2 (Mountain & Moon) - Elegant [noun]

Bottom - Client 1 (the_kyza) - Sleek [adjective]

Sketch #14

Top - Client 3 (Trent Jansen Studio) - Iridescent [adjective]

Bottom - Client 2 (Mountain & Moon) - Elegant [noun]

Sketch #15

Top - Client 2 (Mountain & Moon) - Visceral [noun]

Bottom - Client 1 (the_kyza) - Evolution [noun]

Sketch #16

Top - Client 3 (Trent Jansen Studio) - Biomimicry [noun]

Bottom - Client 2 (Mountain & Moon) - Visceral [noun]

Sketch #17

Top - Client 2 (Mountain & Moon) - Tempt [verb]

Bottom - Client 1 (the_kyza) - Emerge [verb]

Sketch #18

Top - Client 3 (Trent Jansen Studio) - Stimulate [verb]

Bottom - Client 2 (Mountain & Moon) - Tempt [verb]

Week 1 Independent Study Checkpoint

Week 1 Independent Study

Initial Sketch From Sketch Book.

The architecture evokes the 3rd client 'biomimicry' on the top of the datum.

While the bottom datum reflects the 2nd client 'visceral'.

SketchUp Model Cross Section

SketchUp Model 3D Cross Section

Material Selection - integrating timber ... 

The Clients

Find an image showing a creative work from each of the companies/designers below (they will be your clients in experiment 1) and describe it using a noun, verb and adjective; see below for examples.

note: be creative with your selection of words, this will help with the tasks ahead!

the_kyza ( Khyzyl Saleem, @the_kyza on Instagram): Noun, Verb, Adjective

Cybertruck Concept

Noun - evolution
Verb - emerge
Adjective - sleek

Mountain & Moon (Audrey Allen and Ashton Cameron, https://www.mountainandmoon.com.au/): Noun, Verb, Adjective

IL CAPO Signet Ring | Ruby

Noun - visceral
Verb - tempt
Adjective - elegant

Trent Jansen Studio (https://trentjansen.com/): Noun, Verb, Adjective

Pankalangu Wardrobe

Noun - biomimicry
Verb - stimulate
Adjective - iridescent

Images...

Best Piece of Creative Work Before Coming to this Course - HSC MDP High School Edmondson Park Design Development Proposal, Pio Catholic College

Presentation board

Twilight render of Sketchup CAD model

My HSC Major Project in Design Development was architectural based and was conceived in the effort to oppose a vertical school proposal that was originally planned in Edmondson Park. Through the analysis of the needs and wants of surrounding Edmondson Park residents, present day high school students and communities, it could be deduced that the notion of vertical schools favour dense city environments by reducing green space and contributing to the overdevelopment of buildings in residential areas which hinders the quality of life and sense of community of those affected. For this reason, my architectural project sought to design with empathy by considering the needs of the target market and facilitating the relationships of high school students by proposing a high school with an emphasis on wellbeing through flexible and multipurpose facilities that could be used by both the school and wider community to generate a sense of togetherness and reduce the breadth of development in the local area. Notably, this was the project in which my views on architecture and design matured to value empathy and the needs of the people involved in a phase I coined 'Futurebound'. I believe architecture is a service that carries the burdens of others to work towards a ‘futurebound’ society, or a society that is progressive and in unison. The logo depicts two hands belonging two different individuals holding Earth in its palms to reflect this idea.

Image(s) of a Great Piece of Architecture - The National Memorial of Peace and Justice by the Mass Design Group, 'Architecture that heals'

The National Memorial of Peace and Justice (Mass Design Group, https://massdesigngroup.org/work/design/national-memorial-peace-and-justice)

Photo © Alan Karchmer

Around the time at the end of 2018 and the start of my HSC Major Design project, my views of architecture and design had been reinvigorated by a TED talk, profoundly and powerfully spoken by Michael Murphy, co- founder and CEO of MASS Design Group, that Architecture had an intrinsic power to ‘heal’. While he commended that the greatest architecture was “beautiful”, “visionary”, and “innovative”, it doesn’t fulfil its ambition to “serve” the people of society. Murphy’s ‘Memorial to Peace and Justice’ of the Rwanda genocide epitomises his belief that architecture is not simply “expressive sculptures” but are emblematic of our personal and collective aspirations as a society.  All aspects of design, including aesthetic choices had the power to impact the lives of those influenced by the built environment as showcased by a local volcanic stone used by the group to repurpose them as the wall of the hospital, considering both the environmental and human handprint of architecture. As such, the National Memorial of Peace and Justice is symbolic of "restorative justice" and "spiritual healing" of the Rwandan genocide which had scarred the local community, thus making it architecture that can 'heal'.

Original Photograph of Something Beautiful - Favourite Memory of High School

Clancy Day - 23rd August 2017

Arguably the hardest photo to choose when describing something as "beautiful". I chose a photo which immortalised my favourite memory of high school, a simple and mundane moment which had been edited to look more saturated, colourful and possibly symbolise the transience and serenity of memory which captures a single frame of time and is viewed in a more desirable lens. This memory or photograph is beautiful because it is the simple memories and meaningful relationships which makes life fulfilling for me.  This image of my group of friends in Year 10 2017, was a moment where we stared into the distance and talked about our hopes and dreams for the future. It was a simpler time before the emotional strain and heavier times of the Senior years of high school that succeeded this moment, thus accentuating a sense of poignancy of how much times have changed and the journey of high school - that is how different reality was and how things turned out to be after our conversation from this moment. This is beautiful, because at the same time, it shows how far I and my friends have come personally and the amount of growth and adversities we faced in the final years.