Dear Students,
If you want a tutorial from me I am starting to make my self available for things other than changing nappies and not having much sleep.
I will be at my studio as much as I can over the next 3 weeks and will be able to fit tutorials in.
If you are interested email me to make arrangements.
Jeff
Surface development is one of the options of translating digital data into structural/construction information
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For those of you that refused to check your emails over the holiday!!!!
memo 07
boxing day memorandum
A happy holiday to all of you; I hope you all had a rest- and thought-ful time so far. Now it is Boxing Day and time to get back to work and time to conclude the first project insofar you haven't done it already.
Some still have work outstanding in particular the four 6x9 reduced presentation panels and the text about your study trip experience.
Remember: All students were asked to hand-in an up-dated version of their four a1 sheets as 9x6 inches reductions. Please note that this time we will insist on the professional processing ASDA is still the recommended (and probably cheapest and most convenient option). Please send them as hard copies to the schools address (Robert Thum; AVA Architecture; Docklands Campus; 4-6 University Way; London E16 2RD).
Send the text as a word document with lastname_bilbao2005.doc as the file name where lastname is your last name, obviously.
What you should have by the beginning of the second term!
In essences you should have by now a completed scheme design for the London Cruise Terminal. The design should be explained in 1:200 plans, sections, elevations, 3D axonometric model providing a comprehensive overview of the entire scheme and 3D interior perspective views of the key spaces.
Most important is the construction of a physical model either in scale 1:500 or 1:200. If you can not make a model conveying a sense of structure and space it is very unlikely that you have understood your own scheme. Use the model to design and design development. We are not interested in entirely representational models.
Four fully annotated and extremely carefully considered A1 sheets (the competition panels) should give you just enough space to explain the proposal. In addition you have the A3 booklet as another vehicle for explaining your proposal. Here you decide on the extent and the focus of the document. However some chapters have to be included in all of them: an extensive introduction to the site with your own maps and cross-referenced site photographs, site sections, maps of infrastructure, circulation...; structural strategy, concepts for overall structure and enclosure; material strategy, differentiated use and treatment of materials through out the scheme; environmental strategies: sunlight study, prevailing wind study, energy conservation strategy, waste management strategy; functional diagrams circulation and servicing; landscaping strategy; understanding the ships:
drawing of ships, sections and elevation of an average and large cruise ship (for example the cruise ship THE WORLD which docks regularly in London).
The a3 booklet should help you to make a decision on what you will pursue in the second and third term. Questions that should be answered by either the four panels or the booklet have to include:
What is your proposal above being a Cruise Ship Terminal?
What is it made of?
How is it put together?
What is it for beyond processing cruise ships and their passengers?
What makes your proposal specific to the London condition?
What makes the design particular to the River Thames site?
How does the scheme act in response to the river edge condition?
How does it respond to the tidal condition?
How does it fit into the London Majors strategy of Safeguarded Wharfs?
How does your scheme take the 2012 London Olympics into consideration?
How does it sit in the urban context?
What is its relationship to the existing community?
What are the existing communities?
What is its position in terms of trends in global tourism?
Is it environmentally sustainable?
Is it economically sustainable?
Is it socially sustainable?
...
Please keep in mind that the mid term reviews are just around the corner. We have discussed the format and structure of the portfolio on Friday 16th December. For all of you who have not attended it is your responsibility to catch up.
On Monday the 9th January 2006 we will meet with each student individually to discuss project trajectories for the second and third term. We will look at your work as portfolios + 3D work. In addition you will present your own architectural thesis. Where will you take your project? What are your methods going to be? What are the anticipated outcomes? Remember, generally you will have a choice of two principle directions: into the building or out to the city.
The timetable for Monday:
In the morning we will start at
10.30 with Nick Taylor, Katrina Wong, Reiko Sato,
11.15with Victor Ortega Mangan, Waseem Aftab, Shakera Mangera,
12.00 with Kok Seng Chee, Tonia Lazaki.
In the afternoon we will continue at
14.00 with Peter Bedbrook, Lorenzo Moreschini, Sibyl Trigg,
14.45 with Andrew Taylor, Alvin Shum, Hisayo Kaneko,
15.30 with Elizabeth Noltsi, Antonis Koukas,
16.15 with Mndy Aeira, Calum Smith Lawrence, Christian Dam
Please note: currently I have very limited internet access. Therefore I will only be able to comment on emails and blog entries after the 2nd January
Kind regards,
Robert Thum MSc Dipl Ing
Diploma Programme Leader Architecture
School of Architecture and the Visual Arts
University of East London
Dear students, time is running out on this term. Six weeks til X-mas break!! Click the thumbnail image above to view the timetable.
