Final Presentation MKII

For our final gathering we will all get to experience the Unbuilt Architecture Fabrications together from 11:00 on Wed (25th) in Lab1 again.

By way of a glimpse at the work the 6 groups have achieved in this segment of the course here are a few quick screenshots from the respective models:

GroupA : Beaver Dam Theatre (blog)


Group1 : Silkborg Museum (blog)


GroupB : Wombarra House (blog)


Group2 : Canberra High Court (blog)


GroupC : NY Homeless Housing (blog)


Group3 : UK School (blog)


Remember to take some time to think through what elements of each fabrication is successful, which areas you would do differently or indeed which sections of the process you may want to concentrate on for the remainder of your degree.

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To grab a copy of the maps to explore in your own time as well, please collect them from the samples folder and copy them to the utgame folder in your profile. If you have questions or problems with this part please just ask as there are a mixture of cooked and uncooked maps and other things to remember.

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Fabrication Presentation

Teams,
For our presentation session at 11:00 on Wednesday there are a few things everyone needs to do.
Remember to build the map to accommodate multiple players (24 if all goes to plan) and it needs to stand on its own in the same way the Falling Water model did (as in someone should be able to explore the map without any external commentary, Falling Water uses signs at the start - maybe you can think of other things as well).

Once you have your map happy in the editor (and your files neat and tidy in the right folders), hit the COOK icon in the toolbar to create a published version of your map and packages. These files (now under something like My Documents, MyGames, Unreal Tournament 3, UTGame, Published, CookedPC, CustomMaps) are the ones that need to be submitted and loaded onto the server here at 9am Wed.
If you want to bring us one today (Tues) then, we can check that what you have already is working on on our machine that will run the game for you (in BECU).

Please submit the files into 2 locations for us:
Firstly into the Submit area on Emustore in the ARCH1392 folders.
Secondly into FILEFRONT with link on a blog for remote players to find.

During the actual presentation we will have the groups run through in order, with the current group not 'in game' - allowing everyone else to explore the unbuilt world you have fabricated for us. We will connect speakers to a few of the machines and a large screen to get some atmosphere going as well.

Not long to go now everyone.

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ps. Questions/Problems - charge into BECU and see Graham or Jeremy

PROCEDURE FOR FINAL PRESENTATION AND EXTENSION

HI ALL. THIS POST IS TO CONFIRM THE ARRANGEMENTS THAT WE NEGOTIATED IN THE FINAL CLASS:

1. ALL MAPS AN ASSOCIATED PACKAGES SHOULD BE UPLOADED TO FILEFRONT BY 9AM ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 18. PLEASE LABEL YOUR FINAL MAP CLEARLY.
2. EACH STUDENT SHOULD PROVIDE A LINK TO THE FILEFRONT UPLOADS ON THEIR BLOG (STUDENTS SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE A LINK TO THEIR GROUP WIKI ON THEIR BLOG).
3. WE WILL START THE FINAL PRESENTATION AT 11AM SHARP IN LABS 1 AND 2, AND FINISH AT 2PM SHARP.
4. EACH GROUP WILL HAVE 20 MINUTES OF "GAMETIME".
5. ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ENTER EACH ENVIRONMENT.
6. THE ORDER WILL BE A, 1, B, 2, C, 3
7. PLEASE DO A NETWORK TEST OF YOUR ENVIRONMENT BEFORE WEDNESDAY, IF A GROUP EXPERIENCES TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AT THE PRESENTATION THE TIME IT TAKES TO SOLVE THOSE PROBLEM/S WILL BE TAKEN FROM THEIR 20 MINUTE TIMESLOT.

EXTENSION:
AFTER A REQUEST FROM YOUR STUDENT REPS WE HAVE AGREED TO GRANT AN EXTENSION FOR THE BLOG AND WIKI COMPONENTS OF THE COURSE UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY JUNE 22. THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO FOCUS ON THE UT3 ENVIRONMENTS UNTIL WEDNESDAY AND GIVE ADDITIONAL TIME TO REFLECT ON YOUR EXPERIENCES DURING THE COURSE IN THE EXTRA FEW DAYS.

GOOD LUCK!

REAL WORLD EXAMPLE

ANDREW WALLACE IS AN ARCHITECTURE STUDENT AT UNSW WHO IS CURRENTLY FINISHING OFF HIS FINAL YEAR. HE WORKS FOR THE PRACTICE "LAURA CALDER ARCHITECT" WHICH IS A SMALL FIRM SPECIALISING IN RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS.

FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW TO TAKE A "DIGITAL TOUR" OF A RECENT PROJECT:

http://www.laracalderarchitect.com.au/pro_thomas.html

I ASKED MR WALLACE HOW LONG IT TOOK HIM TO DO THE SETUP FOR THE VIRTUAL TOUR;

"The model was already built in archicad. It probably took about 4-5 hours all up. that includes 3dsmax to setup all the materials and open doors etc -and then i had to learn how to make materials and the setup in UT3 because it was my first attempt. So there was a bit of wasted time from mistakes and learning. I would estimate the next time would take between 2 and 3 hours, especially if you can recycle materials in max and ut3."

IT'S WORTH A LOOK TO SEE HOW SOMEONE IS INTEGRATING THIS APPROACH IN PRACTICE.

QUESTIONS FOR GROUPS C+3: CONFLICT

DUE TO A REQUEST BY STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM GROUPS c+3 WE HAVE RELEASED THESE QUESTIONS EARLY:

1. What opportunities are created by the conflicts in your proposal? Should these conflicts be 'resolved' or 'maintained'? Why?

2. What imagery would you use to display your conflict?

3. How could you integrate conflict, positively, in your design process?

4. Very concisely describe any historical conflicts that have effected your site and that have, to some degree, been resolved by your building?

5. What are the areas of your proposal that require immediate attention? i.e. the weakest areas.

QUESTIONS FOR B+2 PRESENTATION: PLANNING

1. What Did Le Corbusier mean when he said ‘the plan is the generator’ ? (of architecture)

2. Explain your groups strategic plan regarding creating an environment as good as or better than the half life 2 model?

3. Draw a diagram showing the spatial planning of your chosen unbuilt project, and explain it your presentation.

4. Explain the principle roles/aims of statuary planning with regards to the built environment?

5. Individually identify your educational plan, both in terms of this course, and the degree in general?

TASK FOR WEEK 10

Meet in room 2001 at 3.30pm.

At 3.30 we will have a guest lecture by Dan representing SodaJerk and talking about a recent art film project called Pixel Pirates II.

At 4.30pm Groups A+1 will set up 3 x 46" LCD screens and computers to run them.

At 5.00pm Groups A+1 will present on the themes of "Remuneration" as it relates to Architectural Collaboration. Each presentation will last for 10 minutes leaving 20 minutes for questions. Following our student rep meeting from last week these times will be strictly adhered too.

Independent Study: (complete by the beginning of next weeks class)

1. All students will write a blog entry on the theme of "PLANNING" in regards to the different people involved in an Architectural Collaboration. Refer to the Brief for the Blog on the course website.

2. Groups B+2 will be presenting at 5pm next week. In addition to the Brief for the Blog these groups should refer also to the Brief for the Wiki on the course website and to this blog for the 5 questions they will address in their presentations.

3. All groups should continue working on their Unbuilt Architectural Project and be integrating a range of instruments discussed in the weekly presentations in their collaborative work.

QUESTIONS FOR GROUPS A+1 PRESENTATION: REMUNERATION

1. STATE THE MOST VALUABLE LEARNING OUTCOME THAT EACH STUDENT HAS TAKEN FROM THE COURSE.

2. STATE THE HOURLY RATES OF EACH TASK REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE FABRICATION PROJECT. INDEX THESE TO THE AUSTRALIAN MARKETPLACE.

3. WHAT FACTORS, BEYOND WHAT SOMEONE ACTUALLY DOES, CONTRIBUTES TO THEIR REMUNERATION?

4. STATE FIVE EXAMPLES OF NON MONETARY REMUNERATION.

5. a) HOW MUCH HAS YOUR FABRICATION PROJECT COST SO FAR?
b) HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOU COULD CHARGE FOR IT?

TASK FOR WEEK 9

Meet in room 2001 at 3.30pm.

At 3.30 we will have a guest lecture by Paul-Alan Johnson.

At 4.30pm Groups C+3 will set up 3 x 46" LCD screens and computers to run them.

At 5.00pm Groups C+3 will present on the themes of "Context" as it relates to Architectural Collaboration. Each presentation will last for 10 minutes leaving 20 minutes for questions.

Independent Study: (complete by the beginning of next weeks class)

1. All students will write a blog entry on the theme of "Remuneration" in regards to the different people involved in an Architectural Collaboration. Refer to the Brief for the Blog on the course website.

2. Groups A+1 will be presenting at 5pm next week. In addition to the Brief for the Blog these groups should refer also to the Brief for the Wiki on the course website and to this blog for the 5 questions they will address in their presentations.

3. All groups should continue working on their Unbuilt Architectural Project and be integrating a range of instruments discussed in the weekly presentations in their collaborative work.

QUESTIONS FOR GROUPS C3 PRESENTATION: CONTEXT

1. What is the context of your work?
2. Why is context important in terms of the architectural examples?
3. Could the context be changed and not affect the inferred concept?
4. How does the function of your building influence the context?
5. Should you influence the context by using UT3- why?

QUESTIONS FOR GROUP B PRESENTATION: RECORD

RECORD (TAM NGUYENS GROUP)

1. CAN YOU GIVE TWO CONTRASTING EXAMPLES OF WHERE THE TRUTHFULNESS OF YOUR RECORD KEEPING COULD BE BROUGHT INTO QUESTION?

2. HOW DO YOU SELECT WHAT ELEMENTS TO PLACE ON RECORD? NAME SOMETHING YOU HAVE LEFT OUT.

3. DESCRIBE THE CONCEPT OF HISTORIOGRAPHY AND HOW IT MIGHT RELATE TO RECORD.

4. WHAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF RECORDS HAS YOUR GROUP GENERATED AND HAVE YOU ORDERED THEM IN SOME WAY?

5. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO "GO ON RECORD" REGARDING THE DATE THAT YOUR UT3 ENVIRONMENT WILL EQUAL THE FALLING WATER ENVIRONMENT?

QUESTIONS FOR GROUP 2 PRESENTATION: HIERARCHY

Hierarchy (Matt Days Group)

1. How does hierarchy play a role in your group structure / organisation / collaboration?

2. Is there a clear and distinct form for hierarchy in the architecture of the unbuilt work you have chosen? Explain this hierarchy?

3. In the UT3 program is there any obvious hierarchy that needs to be adhered to and why?

4. How does hierarchy influence and or develop inquiry?

5. How does hierarchy influence your goals for the project?

TASK FOR WEEK 7

Meet in room 2001 at 3.30pm.

At 3.30 we will have a guest lecture by Senior Lecturer Graham Bell.

At 4.30pm Groups A+1 will set up 3 x 46" LCD screens and computers to run them.

At 5.00pm Groups A+1 will present on the themes of "Intent" as it relates to Architectural Collaboration. Each presentation will last for 10 minutes leaving 20 minutes for questions.

Independent Study: (complete by the beginning of next weeks class)

1. All students (except Group B) will write a blog entry on the theme of "Hierarchy" in regards to the different people involved in an Architectural Collaboration. Refer to the Brief for the Blog on the course website. Group B will be writing on Record.

2. Groups B+2 will be presenting at 5pm next week. In addition to the Brief for the Blog these groups should refer also to the Brief for the Wiki on the course website and to this blog for the 5 questions they will address in their presentations.

3. All groups should continue working on their Unbuilt Architectural Project and be integrating a range of instruments discussed in the weekly presentations in their collaborative work.

UT3 TUTORIALS

HI ALL, THE UT3 TUTORIALS HERE ARE QUITE GOOD TOO (IN ADDITION TO THE WAYLON BRINCK ONES I'VE REFERRED YOU TO EARLIER).

http://www.hourences.com/book/tutorialsindex.htm

I'VE TRIED THE TERRAIN ONE, USED THE OUTDOOR WATER ONE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TO COPY FROM A STANDARD UT3 MAP, AND NOTICED A FEW MORE THAT WOULD BE USEFUL (MOVING GEOMETRY, PARTICLES AND PHYSICS ARE AT THE TOP OF MY LIST).

CHEERS

UT3 ADVICE

HI ALL SEE: http://www.arch7201-7202-2008.blogspot.com/ FOR A FEW BITS OF ADVICE RE UT3.

CHEERS

WEEK 7 PRESENTATIONS: GROUPS A+1

WEEK 7, 8 AND 9 PRESENTATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO 10 MINUTES

IN THIS WEEKS PRESENTATIONS THE GROUP SUPERVISORS WOULD LIKE EACH STUDENT FROM GROUPS A+1 TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS (PLEASE ENSURE NO DUPLICATIONS):

1. What does it mean to intend something in terms of communication?

2. What part does body language play in revealing/concealing your intentions?

3. What kinds of intentions do sketches (in terms of drawings, ideas and writing) capture well and not so well?

4. At what stage in your schedule does your group intend to equal the HL2 Fallingwater benchmark?

5. Can you prove intent?

THE ANSWER TO EACH QUESTION SHOULD EXPRESS ONE CLEAR IDEA AND BE COMMUNICATED IN ONE TO TWO SENTENCES.

TASK FOR WEEK 6

Meet in room 2001 at 3.30pm.

At 3.30 we will have a guest lecture by Antony Pelosi, Lecturer in Spatial Design Massey University, Wellington, NZ.

At 4.30pm Groups C+3 will set up 3 x 46" LCD screens and computers to run them.
At 5.00pm Groups C+3 will present on the themes of "Knowledge" as it relates to Architectural Collaboration. Each presentation will last for 20 minutes leaving 10 minutes for questions.

Independent Study: (complete by the beginning of next weeks class)

1. All students will write a blog entry on the theme of "Intent" in regards to the different people involved in an Architectural Collaboration. Refer to the Brief for the Blog on the course website.


2. Groups A+1 will be presenting at 5pm next week. In addition to the Brief for the Blog these groups should refer also to the Brief for the Wiki on the course website.

3. All groups should continue working on their Unbuilt Architectural Project and be integrating a range of instruments discussed in the weekly presentations in their collaborative work.

TASK FOR WEEK 5

Meet in room 2001 at 3.30pm.

At 3.30 we will have a guest lecture by Project Manager John Cowan.

At 4.30pm Groups B+2 will set up 3 x 46" LCD screens and computers to run them.

At 5.00pm Groups B+2 will present on the themes of "Record" (Group 2) and "Hierarchy" (Group B) as they relates to Architectural Collaboration. Each presentation will last for 20 minutes leaving 10 minutes for questions.

Independent Study: (complete by the beginning of next weeks class)

1. All students will write a blog entry on the theme of "Knowledge" in regards to the different people involved in an Architectural Collaboration. Refer to the Brief for the Blog on the course website.

2. Groups C+3 will be presenting at 5pm next week. In addition to the Brief for the Blog these groups should refer also to the Brief for the Wiki on the course website.3. All groups should continue working on their Unbuilt Architectural Project and be integrating some of the instruments discussed above in their collaborative work.

TASK FOR WEEK 4

Meet in room 2001 at 3.30pm.

At 3.30 we will have a guest lecture by Senior Lecturer Graham Bell.

At 4.30pm Groups A+1 will set up 3 x 46" LCD screens and computers to run them.
At 5.00pm Groups A+1 will present on the theme of "Discipline" as it relates to Architectural Collaboration. Each presentation will last for 20 minutes leaving 10 minutes for questions.

Independent Study: (complete by the beginning of next weeks class)

1. All students will write a blog entry on the theme of "Record" in regards to the different people involved in an Architectural Collaboration. Refer to the Brief for the Blog on the course website.

2. Groups B+2 will be presenting at 5pm next week. In addition to the Brief for the Blog these groups should refer also to the Brief for the Wiki on the course website.

3. All groups should continue working on their Unbuilt Architectural Project and be integrating some of the instruments discussed above in their collaborative work.

TASK FOR WEEK 3

Meet in room 2001 at 3.30pm.

Task for the week:

1. Send a representative to BECU to determine what is required to loan 3 x 46" LCD screens and 3 x XPS laptops (installed with web browsing capability and UT3) to run the screens.

2. In your group pairs (i.e. A+1, B+2 and C+3) gather the required equipment and set it up in rm2001.

3. In your groups discuss which of the instruments of web based collaboration will be most useful for your group project. Discuss how you propose to use them and reveal their particular advantages.

4. At 5pm you will be demonstrating your UT3 environments to your groups supervisor. If you don't have your version of a room in UT3 with you (or accessible via the web) quickly make another one before 5pm.

Independent Study: (complete by the beginning of next weeks class)

1. All students will write a blog entry on the theme of "Discipline" in regards to the different disciplines involved in an Architectural Collaboration. Refer to the Brief for the Blog on the course website.

2. Groups A+1 will be presenting at 5pm next week. In addition to the Brief for the Blog these groups should refer also to the Brief for the Wiki on the course website.

3. All groups should continue working on their Unbuilt Architectural Project and be integrating some of the instruments discussed above in their collaborative work.

http://www.russelllowe.com/arch1392/index.htm

TASK FOR WEEK 2: COMPLETE BY THE BEGINNING OF YOUR NEXT STUDIO

Meet in room 2001 at 3.30pm

Task for the week:

1. In your groups choose 5 topics from the list below. These topics will become the subject of your bloging for the next two weeks.

A. Synchronous Messaging; e.g. Skype, Team Speak, MSN
B. Collaborative Document Editing; e.g. Wikis, Google Documents
C. Shared Repositories; Youtube, Google 3d Warehouse, Filefront, Fileplanet
D. Social Networks; Facebook, MySapce
E. Virtual Worlds; Second Life, Sony at Home
F. Asynchronous Messaging; Email, Forums, Fax, Blog

2. Brainstorm additional examples for each topic.

3. Assign one topic to each of your team members.

4. Watch the General Workflow tutorial from the UT3 set (Getting Started Tutorial 002) then explore, in teams, the Falling Water model reflecting on the environment with respect to the workflow presented. The group should then explore how a project (like the Falling Water model) could be split into parts.

5. At 5pm you will be presenting your individual proposals for the Unbuilt Architectural project to your group supervisor.

6. Follow these presentations with a discussion on which one will become the group project for the semester.


Independent Study: (Complete by the beginning of studio class on Wednesday April 2)

1. On your blog, compare and contrast the different instruments in the topic assigned to you in terms of collaboration. Look for academic papers or reports that discuss the role of these instruments in terms of collaboration. Cite at least 3 of these references to support your argument. Write 700 words plus quotes, images and/or video to suit.

2. Complete the “Getting Started” video tutorials 001 to 010 for the Unreal Editor that ship with the special edition of UT3. You should do this in groups but each of you should have your own version of a room in UT3.

Note: The themes for each presentation are now locked in. You can see them in the course outline and the wiki brief here:

http://www.russelllowe.com/arch1392/index.htm

THEMES FOR THE PRESENTATIONS IN WEEKS 4-12

HI ALL. CAN A MEMBER OF EACH GROUP EMAIL RUSSELL.LOWE@UNSW.EDU.AU TO CONFIRM THE THEMES THEY HAVE CHOSEN AND THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THEM.

TASK FOR WEEK ONE: COMPLETE BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEKS STUDIO

STEP 1: CREATE YOUR BLOG

STEP 2: IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR STUDIO SUPERVISOR CHOOSE AN IMPORTANT UNBUILT ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT AND WRITE 350 WORDS DETAILING ITS "IMPORTANCE". YOU SHOULD INCLUDE A QUOTE THAT SUPPORTS YOUR ASSERTION ALONG WITH STILL IMAGES AND/OR VIDEO TO SUIT.

NOTE: EACH STUDENT IN THE GROUP SHOULD RESEARCH AND PRESENT A DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT. ALL MATERIAL USED SHOULD BE CORRECTLY REFERENCED.

ARCH1392 WELCOME

ALL STUDENTS SHOULD EMAIL THE URL'S FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL BLOGS TO THEIR STUDIO SUPERVISORS BY FRIDAY THIS WEEK (14/03/08).

PLEASE USE MINIMA BLACK AS A DEFAULT TEMPLATE AND YOUR FULL NAME AND ARCH1392-2008 AS YOUR BLOG ADDRESS.

WELCOME