Tuesday, April 29, 2008

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

Thursday, April 24, 2008

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.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

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.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

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.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

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