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Week 7

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Light and Scale For my refined model, I wanted to use artificial lighting when photographing, opposed to the natural lighting I'd used when photographing my original paper and cardboard models. While natural light gave off a soft & natural look, it didn't allow me to capture vivid shadows the same way artificial lighting did. With my desk lamp I was able to emulate lighting during different times of the day by changing the direction of light source, or by rotating/moving my model. First, I took these photos with the louvre roof. I experimented with the shadow it would create by rotating my model and moving the light around. I then went on to take photos of my model  without  the louvre roof. This allowed me to show more of the inside space.   After taking some photos of my model I decided to try capturing light and scale in another way. By turning on the live feature on my camera, I took multiple photos while moving my light...
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Week 5

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Week 5: Studio Activity Before starting on my paper model, I recorded the dimensions of my room and jotted down the scaled dimensions. I chose the scale 1:30 because it suited the materials I would be using, without the model having to be floppy because it's too big, or inaccurate because it's too small.  Paper Model: [Scale, 1:30] Using paper as a material had its pros and cons. While it was easy to cut and fold, its thinness made it difficult to create a rigid structure. In order to create a more inflexible structure, I glued several pieces of paper together to form the base. This made it a lot easier to glue tabs to the bottom on the model and ensure that the walls would remain stiff.  Cardboard Model: [Scale, 1:30]   Cardboard was much harder to cut and fold than the paper, but it was also a lot easier to create a rigid structure. Both materials created a difference when photographing the models, as the paper let much m...
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Week 4 [Final Compositions]

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Week 4: Final Compositions Our group decided to evenly divide up workload between each member, meaning each of us had to complete our individual tasks i.e. photoshop, infographic, orthographic, scanning photographs/drawings. I was in charge of combining the photoshop images. I found this task quite difficult, as It wasn't easy to make the images blend seamlessly, but unlike the others, I didn't have to accommodate to a colour scheme. Orthographic Photoshop Analogue and Digital Drawings Infographic
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Week 3

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Week 3: Onsite Activity Tracing user experience in the site using video We used the videos we took to document patterns of how people use the space we are analysing. The video was taken around 2:30 PM. Each group member took their own video of a different area within our site, which was handy because we were later able to compare paths & patterns within the area. Our group worked together on creating a rough sketch that we could use to represent and display measurements within/of the site. We based our measurements off of tile and pavement size by measuring out singular tiles and multiplying measurements by however many tiles stretched along the distance of our site. Week 3: Group Activity Orthographic
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Week 2

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Week 2: Studio Activity Within our group, we assigned each person to a data set. Each one of us came up with three describing words for our own data set. We then went on to find images that best represented these words, and colour swatched them to create an appropriate colour pallet for the infographics we would later create. Overcast Humid Clear     On-site Individual Activity: Visual representations of design elements and principles found on site. Size/scale Repetition/pattern Space Texture Lines Shapes (geometric or organic) Balance Proximity Direction (of lines) Alignment Colour Contrast Week 2: Group Activity Infographic
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