Friday, March 29, 2013

Youtube Videos- Stairs

Piano Stairs


This was found when I searched "stairs" and "structured". These are steps that are inspired by piano keys, and make sounds when stepped on. Since one of my clients is Stradivari, I thought this musical instrument themed stairway to be reflecive of his work.


Ramp at the Vatican

This video was found when I searched "stair" and "ramp", as i aimed to look for a video that would reflect Kimura Shinya's situation transporting his bicycle up and down the stairs to and from the show room. His stairs don't need steps, but an inclined ramp. This video thus, shows a traveller's journey through a spiral ramp/stair found within the Vatican to be a perfect representation of my idea for Kinura's steps.

36 textures


These are my 36 custom textures, and a few more using words that my classmates and I have chosen that describes the features/qualities/properties of materials.
 
 




 
 

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Sketchup Model Draft 1



This is my first sketchup model based on the section below.This is a test model, and it isn't my final submission model!
I had trouble making this into a 3D model so i chose another section to work on, which will be my final submission.

Monday, March 11, 2013

Week 1: Independent Tasks Sketches 10-18


Next 9 sketches!

 
Top: Construct
Bottom: Artist

Comments: I imagine the bottom to contain stairs that lead up to the top part of the structure, but it isn’t underground, rather, it is above ground, as there is glass that covers the front to allow people to see inside. There are pillar like shapes that hold the floors up, and could be viewed like a basement/workshop area for the client. The shape is a rounded rectangle shape, with reinforcing cladding around the ends. Up above this part, there is a circular hallway, and with this, there are many stairs that lead to different rooms on many different floors. These floors are all different and not aligned with any other floor, to relate to the odd spiked shape that the dome protrudes into. Each section has different shaped rooms, adding to the creativity of the structure, as well as show that each room is unique as they are built for different purposes.






Top: Artist
Bottom: Durable

Comments: The top is very rounded and smooth, with the protruding square/rigid wire part at the top. I still don’t know what the top part would be composed of, but the bottom has rounded rooms with various pathways that are rounded, much like the paths left by termites in wood, but not maze like and has more of a structure.
 




Top: Engine
Bottom: Artist

Comment: Looking back on this image, it resembles an angler fish! Of course, this wasn’t intended when I drew this… the top reflects the power that is associated with an engine, and the pointed parts of the design resemble flames or combustion. There are catacomb-like rooms underneath the ground, and are rounded and contain a lot of platforms. The bauble that is dangling from the pole could be a lift or a means of transport form the ground/ top to the middle ground, or it could be the meeting place of the two clients.





Top: Delicate
Bottom: Construct

Comment: The top is a symmetrical shaped building on the exterior, and resembles a domed building. Many levels contain many rooms, and they are interconnected to each other by small staircases, and /or shifting small platforms. The bottom part shows a large spacious room, but it is divided into parts that indicate many more rooms located within that large area. Other than that, I don’t know what other features this could contain...





Top: Artist
Bottom: Engine

Comment: the top seems to be a large dome like shape, and has stairs and platforms for the client to use and to traverse on. There could be a lift that takes the client up and down the structure, and it could even be found on the inside of the building, or on the outside. The black parts that are jutting out from the structure at the top could be sections for more rooms that are protruding from the back of the building….
The bottom are rooms and are connected to each other via small tunnels underground. This could also be seen as above ground as well.




Top: Delicate
Bottom: Engine

Comments: the top looks like a cloud, but ends in a very pointed shape to the left. The pointed areas could be an area where some sort of lift can be located that emerges from the arms. On the inside, there are many likes, which I see as thin poles that protrude from the thicker pillars. Within the thick pillars, there could be small rooms also located inside it, as well as a stairwell or lift. Under the ground contains many rectangular platforms and they could be platforms that are in actual fact, floors for rooms, but the walls could be composed of a transparent material and the rooms encased with glass.





Top: Compose
Bottom: Durable
 Comments: This has some sort of “Z” formation, as pointed out by my brother when he saw this… The top parts are smooth and I imagine it to be composed of a smooth alloy/metal, or anything “durable”. The top has steps as a means of travel for the client to reach the meeting point. Rooms I imagine can also be found behind the building as we move further back on the 3D plane, that are box- like and hang down from the ceiling….



 

 
Top: Compose
Bottom: Engine

Comments: The top part of the image has some sail- like qualities about it, albeit they are sharpened. There are more spiky parts located in the back behind this drawn cross section, meaning many more rooms. There are shapes that strongly indicate stairs, and a platform that the stairs end at. Thus, from that point onwards, the client has to rely on some sort of lift that will take him down to the underground part where there is another set of stairs that continue downwards. Vice versa, if the client needs to get above ground. There are blackened pole like shapes to the side, and they indicate rooms, which are held up by large columns/many poles.
 



Top: Delicate
Bottom: Durable

Comments: This is a very odd structure, I admit... It has a large triangle shape that extends above ground and covers both planes/ to the side, there are a large set of steps and more triangular rooms protruding from the main triangle. I view them as jutting out from the structure, and once can see into the rooms as they are covered in glass. There are some dangling rooms in the top corners which I see as maybe the lifts or another set of rooms, which can move via some sort of crane-like mechanism.