Week 5: Develop a presentation blog with images and an embedded 3D model.
Improve Craftsmanship - Refine the model:
As you can see in the pictures below, I stayed with the same base idea over the entire course and refined my model over the weeks:
- I used the same starting materials to keep a consistency but I switched from a tent to a wall structure and added more abstract details in form of jewelry boxes that take on meaning from the way they are used as different levels in the model
- While working with Autodesk Remake and SketchFab, I made three different rounds of taking photos, uploading them and generating a 3D model. After eliminating some "bugs", I was able to publish two versions on my page for week 2
- Later on in week 4, I even detailed the walls more and presented three different ways they could be built.
- I used mostly natural material - only for the main element, the translucent walls, I used packing material for highlighting both its purpose and material
- I used a styrofoam base to stick columns into and to quickly adapt my plan.
- Eventually I left a few things for the imagination to decide model because I did not want the model to become too defined.
Improve the Creativity - 'Read the models' and apply a playful analysis:
I experimented with different contexts and backgrounds:
1. the abstract 'California grapes' packing box as a place holder for the Californian landscape
2. the urban view outside my San Francisco apartment window - still too general
3. succulents from my apartment patio as a symbol for the drought-tolerant California vegetation - wrong scale
4. sedum planting that is very typical in California and also provides the right scaled contextual setting for "inviting the outside in"
1. the abstract 'California grapes' packing box as a place holder for the Californian landscape
2. the urban view outside my San Francisco apartment window - still too general
3. succulents from my apartment patio as a symbol for the drought-tolerant California vegetation - wrong scale
4. sedum planting that is very typical in California and also provides the right scaled contextual setting for "inviting the outside in"
Improve the Levels of Scale - Improve the Scale Figures:
First, I made very simple scale figures. This week I improved one of them by an android avatar of myself since it is my dream house and I should be in it after all... ;)
... and use 360 degree photos as a contextual reference:
Experimenting a bit with angles and zooms, I took several VR pictures for my Google cardboard. Unfortunately, I could not embed them into this page, so I am sharing the links to the photos here: The pictures themselves look very flat and unspectacular on a normal screen, but if you look at them through Google cardboard you get the right impression of how a building with translucent wall panels is able to invite the outside in... :)
...and make the 3 models more in balance:
by giving them complementary roles to represent the different aspects of your design
Improve the Design - use my insights gained:
After making the contextual and detailed models, I understood that I need to improve my design a bit more. By introducing materials that belong to the region and climate of California such as pebbles and sea urchins from the local beaches, dried moss and flowers from SF Botanical Garden where I volunteer (I had permission to use them, of course!), and by placing it into a typical California garden, I tried to give my model a more realistic context.
I also researched architectural projects from the Bay Area that use polycarbonate panels for their outer shell structure.
I also researched architectural projects from the Bay Area that use polycarbonate panels for their outer shell structure.
Improve the Presentation - Use the FYUSE app:
I made a small presentation of my minimized sketch model with Fyuse. Enjoy! :)
...and keep the Weebly portfolio clean and organized:
Right from the start, I have been trying to keep my online portfolio clean and organized by choosing an individual layout with customized fonts, adding an inviting 'home' page, a personalized 'about' page and a description about the course, installing additional apps, such as the 'comments' box and the 'back to top' button, editing each weekly section, creating a matching logo, and bringing it to completion now.