Thus far this blog has primarily consisted of discussions, responses and concepts from my Architectural Design studio class. This has been individual work until now, and served as a way of developing our understanding of this semester's underlying concepts. One of the briefs that I co-wrote was selected by the class to move forward for … Continue reading Update!
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Discussion Forum: Stone is More Stone Than Before
Thomas Gravanis / © Culture TripGreek temple, made of stone Lifted directly from a design class discussion forum, these are my responses to the following questions provided by my tutor. "Material is endless. Take a stone: you can saw it grind it drill into it split it or polish it- it will become a different … Continue reading Discussion Forum: Stone is More Stone Than Before
Brief for an Architectural Design Studio: Part 3
STEM -> STEAM CHOO CHOO. ALL ABOARD THE STEAM TRAIN. It is well-known that the Arts have been constantly undervalued by most educational institutions and society at large. Instead, STEM subjects - Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths - have dominated in funding and facility allocation. This has resulted in tension between university faculties, barriers in … Continue reading Brief for an Architectural Design Studio: Part 3
Brief for an Architectural Design Studio: Part 2
Serving Diversity The Albert Barracks Wall was built around the beginnings of Auckland, constructed by Maori against the possibility of a Maori attack that never came. The city developed, the remains of the wall absorbed by the country’s first university, unaddressed, and the space remains in a strange limbo between the past and present. Today … Continue reading Brief for an Architectural Design Studio: Part 2
Brief for an Architectural Design Studio: Part 1
Harnessing the Unpleasant: Can boredom and anxiety be useful? The elusiveness of the creative process has long confounded us and, while many pedagogies have tried to formalise it, the spark of an idea and the experimentation that follows is often a highly individual, unpredictable process. Psychologists Robert M. Yekes and John D. Dodson conducted research … Continue reading Brief for an Architectural Design Studio: Part 1
'What is a Wall?' & Other Questions 