Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Welcome to ARCH 1390 - Digital Representation Studio!

Please put an hour or two aside in the next couple of days to get the following sorted:

1) Create a new blog in blogger for the purpose of ARCH1390. Do not use a blog you have created for a previous class. You will use this blog to demonstrate your weekly progress through the course. Please use the naming convention: "ARCH 1390-2013 - Student Name"

2) Keep note of the studio blog:  http://arch1390-2013.blogspot.com.au This blog will contain information you will need in relation to studio exercises, major assignments and any general notifications that happen during the semester. Note: It is YOUR responsibility to keep up to date with all of this information!

3) From the list below you will be selecting one designer/artist to study for the rest of the semester. Throughout the course of the studio you will be creating analyticalinterpretive, and "reinventive" work through unpacking their designs and how they are represented in drawings, models, and other forms of media created by the firm / individual. Spend an hour googling the list below and see which you find most interesting. Choose someone to have a bit of fun with!

You will need to arrive at the decision by the end of week 1 (Midnight Sunday):


- Coop Himmelblau - Emilio Ambasz
- Andrea Palladio   - Studio Gang Architects
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser - Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- Antonio Gaudi   - Simon Murton
- Erich Mendelsohn - Fariborz Sahba
- M C Escher - Oscar Niemeyer
- Yona Friedman - Piranesi (the prison etchings)
- Nicholas Schuybroek  - Santiago Calatrava
- Steven Holl (the watercolours) - UNStudio
- Ruy Ohtake  - László Moholy-Nagy


4) There are two tutors involved in this year's studio; Stephen Peter and Vinh Nguyen, and so we have divided the students into three groups:

Group 1: Vinh                         Group 2: Wesley                    Group 3: Stephen               
Alexiou, Byron Pitsilioni Abboud, Christopher Barr, Martin Patrick
Chan, Vivien Man Yan Binkanee, Aliv Blanket, Jordon Dov
Chen, Xiaofeng Cheng, Xiang Christiansen, Niels Bergmann
Chen, Xiaoyue Dobbs, Tiara Jacinta Coronel, Jeremy Arnold
El Willy, Ribal Johnson, Elliott Marcus Fuchs, Ashley Jordana
Heraud, Dominique Patricia Lam, Shanny Lau, Sui Lun
Kaung Myat Htoo Kyi, Le, Chilam McDonald, Andrew John William
Kongkatong, Madhuda Lee, Alexander Tuk-Sun Miska, Barbara Ludmila
Liu, Yao Nguyen, Sally Mitchell, Peter Keith
Livaja, Tomislav Olazo, Wendie Molinder, Erik Lukas
Luo, Wei Victor Xiao Rizal, Annisa Rivera Pan, Neville
Manavella, Cecilia Shahraki Moghaddam, Elham Petersen, Sebastian Jagd
Odesh, Aram Sudjono, Sammy Sahani, Maurishka Ann
Ogle, Darcy Kegan Tee, Christopher Yi Jue Sinpraseuth, Matthew
Shalala, Jad Wang, Shibin Tan, Kelvin
Thai, Doyle Quan Nhu Wong, Hung Kam Waes, Saffat
Vukicevic, Milan Yap, Nicklaus Wong, William Kah Sing

Lectures will be held in Room M032, which is in the centre section of the Red Centre (access via the School of Mathematics). The studio will run across three rooms:
1004 - Group 1 with Vinh Nguyen
1005 - Group 2 with Wesley Benn
1006 - Group 3 with Stephen Peter