you tube video

I chose this video as it highlights the idea that stairs can be a very engaging part of the architecture of a building. I wanted to develop a set of stairs that also engages the participant in a visual experience.

datum - 2nd model further developed

datum - initial 3d stairs

datum - 2nd model attempt

Richard Goodwin
synthetic


Gicky Swallow
isolated


Google Sketchup images

datum - stairs cross section - initial

stairs for detach/upgrade section

stairs for synthetic/isolated section

datum - 1st model attempt

Ricky Swallow detach

Richard Goodwin upgrade




Google Sketchup images

datum - 18 sketch sections

richard goodwin

Exoskeleton Arm - Performance (1981)
http://www.richard-goodwin.com/public_html/gallery/gallery/01_Exhibition%20Exoskeleton/06_Exoskeleton%20Arm%20performance/slides/Exoskeleton-Arm_02.html [accessed 8th Mar 2010]

noun: exoskeleton
adjective: synthetic
verb: upgrade

ricky swallow

noun: appendage
adjective: isolated
verb: detach










Unbroken Ways (2006)
http://www.rickyswallow.com/collections/image/sculpture/29/ [accessed: 8th Mar 2010]

patricia piccinini

Thicker Than Water (2007)
http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/31/Patricia_Piccinini/568/40319/ [accessed 8th Mar 2010]

noun: organism

adjective: transgenic

verb: amalgamate

something beautiful

This photograph was taken on 27/06/09 of the London Arch, located in the Port Campbell National Park of Australia. This was one of the attractions seen as I toured along the Great Ocean Road. This rock stack was formed from the natural process of erosion. Originally the rock formation was connected to the mainland, and it was called the London Bridge due to its visual similarity to its namesake. The "bridge" unexpectedly collapsed on 15/01/1990. This picture was chosen as I thought it was a beautiful metaphor for architecture coexisting with the forces of nature.

a great piece of architecture

Villanueva Pavilion
Architect: Juan de Villanuev
Built:1781
This building is located in Spain, Madrid's Royal Botanical Garden and was built as a greenhouse. The garden itself was designed over 250 years ago, and now houses over one million specimens. Villanueva Pavilion now houses cultural activities and exhibitions. I chose this building to represent a great piece of architecture due to its significance to me. When I visited this building on the 21st August 2009, it had an exhibition of architecturally designed hospitals. This immediately grabbed my interest as I was at that time working in the health profession, but it also reminded me of how I was interested in architecture in high school. It was at this point that I started to think about pursuing architecture instead. (The bust in the pond is of Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature)

creative humble beginnings

I have decided to post a collection of images to summarize my most creative works prior to studying architecture. These drawings were completed in a period of a month. Prior to this effort, I hadn't done any drawings or artwork since early high school. I completed high school and a university degree pursuing areas in science and health. When I finally decided to quit and pursue architecture instead, I decided to motivate and prepare myself for this direction in life by starting to draw. These images that I chose to draw have no significance apart from the fact that I wanted to start simple. I hope these creative humble beginnings can only lead to bigger things.