ARCHITECTURAL VISUALISATION BENV7143

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Assignment 3 is a continuation of the previous 2 assignments, exploring the main concepts of entanglement, decay and rebirth. What does the future have installed for us? Will we conquer the ultimate force that is nature? Or will nature force its wrath upon us for revenge? - Have we exhausted the lifecycle of our planet beyond repair? Or will we adapt and find new ways of living? Either way, we know that the future will not be the same as today. Evolution is natural and all living things adapt to their surroundings, however the world is changing and at a rapid rate, faster than it can handle. We are at a crossroad where change is imminent. Should we change our lifestyles to preserve this world? Or it is too late to stop our rapidly decaying planet. We do not know what the future will be like. We do not know how the landscape will evolve; we do not know if our futures are protected against nature. But, what we do not know is that we live in a world that is well worth looking after.

Can architecture withstand the test of time? Can we achieve immortality or do we decay and fade away into nothingness? We strive to create grand structures to face this challenge however we can never defeat the ultimate force of nature. We become entangled within the landscape as it is the ultimate boundary which we cannot overcome. Nature can bring with it death and decay however once it passes, it also brings about a rebirth of life and so we are reborn into a new organism; one that responds to natures influences.; and so the cycle continues...

The fence is an organism which we can become entangled within. It forms a boundary no different to that of rivers and mountains as it twists and turns on the landscape - and if one tries to cross. It can be just as deadly. It is like a growing vine that entangles upon itself as well as those in its way. It bounds our lives, challenging us to find ways through.

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ruins

gothic cathedral

church ruins

graffiti on wall

abandoned building

withering rose

decay

storm horizon

tower nazgul

impale

taking over

blue core

sauron's eye

butterfly cocoon

life after fire

p r e v i o u s i m a g e s

trapped at the boundary

string from barbed wire

graffiti on wall

entangled in wire

nature takes over

extending the fence

crossing the himalayas

changing the landscape

natures wall

great wall of china

hedge maze

abstract spiral

entangled dna

tangled mesh

electric barrier

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Reflection

All things will have an impact on another. Architecture impacts the landscape
and vice versa the landscape can have an impact on the architecture. In assignment 1
I explored the theme of organic growth where 'the fence' was seen as an organism which
creates boundaries through growth and entanglement. In assignment 2 'the organic fence'
represents nature and how the power of nature can shape architecture. Although in
assignment 2 the architectural form becomes the victim, there can also be a harmonious
relationship between the two (built form and nature) to create organic architecture that
responds to the landscape. In assignment 3 I will explore this relationship further.

In the previous assignments I used simple modeling elements, such as the use of splines,
basic shapes, material maps, cameras and various lighting effects. I used various modifiers
such as mesh edit, bend, twist, pathdeform, xform, noise, ffdbox, uvwmap and so on.
These modeling techniques are not too complex however they do the job. In assignment 3
I plan to use a few extra techniques in order to create slightly more detailed and complex
models, such as reactor, video maps, HRDI maps, more advanced lighting techniques
and so on.

10 Key Words + more words

1. Landscape, Harsh, Cruel, Barren
2. Natural, Wild, Untamed, Organic
3. Decay, Ruins, Entangled
4. Entangle, Trap, Surround, Roots, Host
5. Rebirth, Growth, Organic
6. Evolution, Transform, Revolution
7. Protection, Shielded, Isolated
8. Resistance, Boundary, Undergound
9. Mysterious, Unknown, Dark, Exploration
10. Serenity, Calmness, Clear, Isolation

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