Sunday, March 30, 2008

ARTISTS AND ARCHITECTS FROM TODAYS LECTURE

HERE ARE A FEW LINKS TO SOME OF THE ARTISTS AND ARCHITECTS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S LECTURE:

1. ALEXANDER ROSS (PAINTINGS OF PLASTICINE SCULPTURES): http://www.featureinc.com/artists_bios/ross.html

2. ANDY GOLDSWORTHY (NATURAL/UNNATURAL): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy

3. JEAN NOUVELL (PRITZKER PRIZE WINNER 2008): www.jeannouvel.com
(THIS WOULDN'T CONNECT TODAY .... I IMAGINE HIS SERVER IS A LITTLE BUSY)

4. COOP HIMMELBLAU (CLOUD 9 AND OTHERS): http://www.coop-himmelblau.at/

5. RODDERS JOURNAL (I RECOMMEND THE BARE METAL MOCKUP): http://www.roddersjournal.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=4&chapter=0

ENJOY

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

ALL ARCH1101 REMAINING LECTURES

ALL ARCH1101 REMAINING LECTURES WILL BE HELD IN CLB6 (CENTRAL LECTURE BLOCK 6).

IT IS BUILDING E19 ON THIS MAP http://www.facilities.unsw.edu.au/maps/kensington.pdf

CHEERS, RUSSELL

Monday, March 17, 2008

"LECTURE TWO: THE STAIR" IS AVAILABLE ON EMUSTORE

HELLO ARCH1101 STUDENTS, LECTURE TWO IS NOW AVAILABLE ON EMUSTORE.

SORRY FOR THE DELAY.

NOTE: ALL DRAWING IN THE COURSE SHOULD BE MADE USING YOUR 0.5 BLACK PEN IN YOUR MOLESKIN NOTEBOOKS. SO MAKE THE SECTION DRAWINGS REQUESTED IN THE LECTURE IN YOUR MOLESKIN NOTEBOOKS; TWO PAGES SHOULD BE PLENTY, BUT USE MORE IF NECESSARY.

RUSSELL

Sunday, March 16, 2008

ACCESSING THE FBE SERVERS FROM OFF CAMPUS

FOLLOW THIS LINK: ftp://emustore.fbe.unsw.edu.au LOGON AND NAVIGATE TO THE COURSE FOLDER HERE:

S:\Resources\samples\Arch\ARCH1101 - LOWE

(your User name is the letter 'u' followed by your student ID and your pasword is your normal fbe password. If you haven't set that go to the "current students" page on the fbe website and follow the "FBE password services" link).

THE LECTURES WILL ALWAYS BE QUITE LARGE (IN TERMS OF FILE SIZE) SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED INTERNET ACCESS THEN I RECOMMEND YOU COPY THEM TO AN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE (OR SIMILAR) AT THE UNIVERSITY.

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004

THE COMPUTER GAME SOFTWARE WE WILL BE USING IN EXPERIMENT 2 IS CALLED UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004.

WE WILL BE USING THE UNREAL EDITOR THAT IS EMBEDDED IN THE GAME ENGINE TO DESIGN GREAT INTERACTIVE SPACES THAT WE CAN OCCUPY IN REAL TIME.

I RECOMMEND THAT YOU PURCHASE THE GAME ONLINE THROUGH "STEAM".


http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php

AND HIT "GET STEAM NOW", ONCE THAT HAS DOWNLOADED, SEARCH FOR "UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004", IT'S $14.95 US DOLLARS.

NOTE: THIS INFORMATION HAS CHANGED! I WILL EXPLAIN DURING THE LECTURE ON MONDAY APRIL 7.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

GREAT ARCHITECTS

ARCHITECTS MENTIONED IN TODAYS LECTURE:

PRESTON SCOTT COHEN: http://www.pscohen.com/

NEIL DENARI: http://www.nmda-inc.com/

CARLO SCARPA: http://www.archiviocarloscarpa.it/index.php?lingua=e

ENJOY!

Monday, March 3, 2008

ARCH1101 STUDIO SESSION ONE

STEP 1: CREATE A BLOG USING http://www.blogger.com/

NOTE: USE YOUR OWN NAME TO NAME YOUR BLOG, USE “MINIMA BLACK” AS A DEFAULT TEMPLATE…

STEP 2: POST THREE IMAGES

A: YOUR BEST PIECE OF CREATIVE WORK AT HIGH SCHOOL
B: AN IMAGE OF THE BUILDING THAT INSPIRED YOU TO BECOME AN ARCHITECT
C: AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

STEP 3: WRITE A PARAGRAPH UNDER EACH OF THE IMAGES THAT TELLS US SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT THEM

STEP 4: FIND AN IMAGE SHOWING A WORK OF ART FROM EACH OF THE CLIENTS AND DESCRIBE IT USING A NOUN, VERB AND ADJECTIVE


NOLAN: NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE


SWALLOW: NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE

PICCININI: NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE