Monday, May 31, 2010

Week 11 | Bridge Concept







View of bridge from front, back and side.








Client spaces concept.










Influences of Bridge Design




Anzac Bridge, Australia













RTA, "Photographs of Anzac Bridge," RTA, http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/constructionmaintenance/downloads/anzacbridge/images_dl1.html (accessed May 17 2010).


Golden Gate Bridge, USA










mirialmani, "Famous Buildings Around the World," Wordpress, http://mirialmani.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/famous-buildings-around-the-world/ (accessed May 17 2010).





Alamillo Bridge, Spain








Barrett Holmes Pitner, "Alamillo Bridge," The Knightly News, http://www.theknightlynews.com/storage/imgSantiago%20Calatrava2.jpg.jpeg (accessed May 17 2010).

Week 11 | First Person Perspective Views From Elevator













Week 10 | Review of EXP2 Peer Work

An Phan's work for Experiment 2 demonstrates the manipulation of landform to provide a sense of the model's adaptation towards its environment, a reference to the conceptions of Charles Darwin. However, more experimentation with the landform could have benefited this idea.

The model appears to contain a large amount of "negative" rectangular prisms but it may have been the intention of the student to have provided an open space. Additionally, the "box" texture applied to parts of the Sketchup model emphasise its rectangular nature whilst the other textures reveal experimentation towards lighting effects.

Overall, a sound effort for Experiment 2.

Week 10 | Landscape Design











Bill Bell, "Monument Valley to Grand Canyon Arizona Photography," Bell and Bell, http://www.ontheroadin.com/grandcanyon/monument_valley_to_grand_canyon.htm (accessed May 10 2010).

The Grand Canyon is the venue for Experiment 3. It is located in the United States of America, birthplace of Hellen Keller.


Left is an image of a draft model in Sandbox 2 for the landscape of Experiment 3.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Week 10 | News Article MashUp

In Berlin, where Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a groundswell of hostility, Keller learned to circumvent her blindness, deafness and muteness. Kerr’s first venture as a businesswoman issued stark warnings about the prospects that no similarly afflicted person before had done. Merkel’s proposals are radical and would require renegotiating to launch her signature revolutionised help for the blind and deaf. Her sombre tone explained directly and without reference to a 'sixth sense' “There is so much I really want to do, and I am passionate about health and wellness”.

Kerr will promote her stiff new prescriptions to defend her powers of articulate speech. She is also engaged in a simmering power struggle but said there are no aspirations at the moment. She committed passionately to the bailout, thereafter, as a girl and as a woman, became a triumph over crushing adversity and shattering affliction. “I am quite happy at the moment”, Kerr said, portraying herself as the saviour of the euro.

Miss Keller always insisted that there was nothing mysterious or miraculous to the fudges and fiddling of fiscal miscreants, she argued. Her tremendous accomplishments and the force of assertive personality that underlay them were plans to expand the line to include “no more and no less than the future”. Her remarkable mind unfolded, and she was coy when asked if she expected something special over who should police the new regime. She became an artful and subtle writer after months of prevarication and deep reluctance to increase her brand portfolio.

Traynor, Ian. "Crisis in Greece leaves EU future in balance, warns Angela Merkel," Guardian News and Media Limited, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/05/greece-crisis-threatens-eu-future-merkel-germany (accessed May 10, 2010).

Whitman, Alden. "Hellen Keller, 87, Dies," The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0601.html#article (accessed May 10, 2010).

Power, Emily. "Miranda Kerr joins elite league of models turned entrepeneurs," Herald Sun, http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/miranda-kerr-joins-elite-league-of-models-turned-entrepeneurs/story-e6frf7jo-1225829450121 (accessed May 10, 2010).