Traveling Structure

My architectural inspiration for this project came from primitive, classical and modern architecture.










 The stairs are just made from paper covered in masking tape.

 
The rocks are made from balsa wood and black ink. I diluted with water so it would turn out more grayish, then I just glued them to the foam board with wood glue.



 The fence is made from BBQ skewers I cut in half.



 I cut my balsa wood in panels angled at 45 degrees each so that panels would be visible rather than just making a regular box.

Materials used: balsa wood, foam board, wood glue, yarn, masking tape, skewers, tracing paper, black ink, push pins, paper

Water Fountain

 For the vents I had covered both pieces of cardboard completely and then cut the shape of vents in with the pencil marks I made on the back of the cardboard. That way the vents look cleaner than just taping around them.


 The final result includes the hot water fountain and the regular drinking water fountain.

Materials used: Cardboard and duct tape

3D to 2D

memento homework

The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale.





Capacity of objects to serve as traces of authentic experience.





The souvenir reduces the public, the monumental and the 3D into the miniature which can be enveloped by the body.





Nostalgia cannot be sustained without loss.





To have a souvenir of the exotic is to possess both a specimen and a trophy.

Elements and Principles

Elsa Mora

1. Organic Line/Shape

Sisley Leung

2. Rectilinear Line/Shape









3.  Focal Point

Andy Goldsworthy

4.  Color Scheme or Value Range

Sasa Antic & Olivia Jacamyk

5. Scale

Lee Bontecou

6. Symmetry 

David Lu

7. Asymmetry

Nick Cave

8. Repetition

Michael Mapes

9. Actual Texture

Charles Young

10.  Simulated Texture 

Arielle Smolin

11. Horizontal Line

Student Work

12. Vertical Line


 







13. Diagonal Line

Student Work

Red and Green Signs

I changed the color of street signs to emphasize how important these colors are to our everyday lives. Since we were young we always knew green was a "safe" color while red was the color of caution. The yield sign and this stop sign look a lot more friendly as green instead of having the red in your face telling you to stop or watch out. The same thing applies to highway signs. They are usually green because that tends to me a more inviting color than the others.