Wk 9 (07/05/10) - E3 Charrette
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Shaowen
May 6, 2010, 5:57:39 AM5/6/10
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Dear all,
Please take note that even your collective site model in 4 segments
and with building masses representing the urban fabric is expected to
be finished tomorrow morning, Ramin and I want to urge you to have a
restful night for tomorrow's whole day charrette. We will start once
the scheduled lecture is over, at 1045 AM. Please come in early to
secure a working area. Since tomorrow's lecture is going to be about
the principles and strategies of urban design with ample practical
solutions, please do attend it on time. Here is the information:
Lecture by Helen Lochhead, Assistant NSW Government Architect in G001
between 9: 30 and 10: 30 am, 07/05/10.
Please post your team list right away after reading this announcement.
So far, we've got 2 teams: Ali+Richard+Benz and Lawrence+Kenneth
+Chris. See Station/Site List at the end of this post.
For tomorrow’s charrette, please bring in the followings with you and
prepare to work for a design solution for your site/station based on
your choice of one of the four questions that are to be given on that
day. After tomorrow's charrette you must stay on your selected station
for E4.
You will need to bring in 2 to 4 A1 pages describing your findings.
They are images, drawings, analytical diagrams, plans, and sections.
Although they are not necessarily works of presentation quality, you
must have a proper site analysis: looking at its planning, sections,
topography, levels, existing uses and future impact, possible
landscape zones etc. How does your selected station impact the
surrounding context needs to be addressed at the same time. These
pages will help you finish your design question. We would assume that
at this stage, one week into E3, your research and site survey have
led you to a preliminary position toward the problmatics and the
potentialities of your station.
All drawings for your site/station must be in scale and include plans,
sections and everything that are important to your analysis. They will
be your base materials to work with. All printed to a scale that is
big enough to do a design study, probably 1:200 or 1:250 for section
and 1:250 (Artarmon, and Milsons point) or 1:500 plans for the bigger
stations. 1:250 is a typical train station scale we usually work with.
You will need them to draw out your design solution. It is reasonable
to include site plans in 1 to 1/1000 scale for some of the stations/
sites that will express your understanding and analysis of the urban
context and the particular concept of intervention centered around
your site.
After the distribution of the List of Questions, you and your
teammate(s) can start to brainstorm your strategy at the same time
gather all base drawings for the studio charrette.
Bring pens, scale ruler, colouring pencils, lots and lots butter
paper, yellow trace and whatever medium that you would use for
presenting your design. If you want to do this by computer, say
SketchUp, you need to be able to print your design solutions at the
end. We recommend free hand work only so you can have a chance to
stimulate your mind through handwork. Bring model-making materials
should you plan to demonstrate your solution in 3D or conceptual
model.
This is not about mark and assignment. Charrette helps you focus after
the site investigation and reserch. Ramin and I will conduct table
crit and discussion while you working toward your solutions. Do bring
your course outline with you.
The Station List:
Redfern
Michael Cai
Chris Liu
Simon Chan
Kenneth Lau
Vivien Tan
Lawrence Ma
Wynyard
Weixu Ji
Max Melser
Tony Lam
Liam Filson
Milsons Point
Richard Friedrich
Ali Mehdizadeh
Benz Somphop Tangkunboriboon
Vahid Tehrani
Raymond Yau
Ip Ka Wai Kevin
Hugh Colless
Lucy
Artarmon
Sanghee Kim
John Yang
Jessica Robson
Tristan McGuire
Shaowen + Ramin
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Please take note that even your collective site model in 4 segments
and with building masses representing the urban fabric is expected to
be finished tomorrow morning, Ramin and I want to urge you to have a
restful night for tomorrow's whole day charrette. We will start once
the scheduled lecture is over, at 1045 AM. Please come in early to
secure a working area. Since tomorrow's lecture is going to be about
the principles and strategies of urban design with ample practical
solutions, please do attend it on time. Here is the information:
Lecture by Helen Lochhead, Assistant NSW Government Architect in G001
between 9: 30 and 10: 30 am, 07/05/10.
Please post your team list right away after reading this announcement.
So far, we've got 2 teams: Ali+Richard+Benz and Lawrence+Kenneth
+Chris. See Station/Site List at the end of this post.
For tomorrow’s charrette, please bring in the followings with you and
prepare to work for a design solution for your site/station based on
your choice of one of the four questions that are to be given on that
day. After tomorrow's charrette you must stay on your selected station
for E4.
You will need to bring in 2 to 4 A1 pages describing your findings.
They are images, drawings, analytical diagrams, plans, and sections.
Although they are not necessarily works of presentation quality, you
must have a proper site analysis: looking at its planning, sections,
topography, levels, existing uses and future impact, possible
landscape zones etc. How does your selected station impact the
surrounding context needs to be addressed at the same time. These
pages will help you finish your design question. We would assume that
at this stage, one week into E3, your research and site survey have
led you to a preliminary position toward the problmatics and the
potentialities of your station.
All drawings for your site/station must be in scale and include plans,
sections and everything that are important to your analysis. They will
be your base materials to work with. All printed to a scale that is
big enough to do a design study, probably 1:200 or 1:250 for section
and 1:250 (Artarmon, and Milsons point) or 1:500 plans for the bigger
stations. 1:250 is a typical train station scale we usually work with.
You will need them to draw out your design solution. It is reasonable
to include site plans in 1 to 1/1000 scale for some of the stations/
sites that will express your understanding and analysis of the urban
context and the particular concept of intervention centered around
your site.
After the distribution of the List of Questions, you and your
teammate(s) can start to brainstorm your strategy at the same time
gather all base drawings for the studio charrette.
Bring pens, scale ruler, colouring pencils, lots and lots butter
paper, yellow trace and whatever medium that you would use for
presenting your design. If you want to do this by computer, say
SketchUp, you need to be able to print your design solutions at the
end. We recommend free hand work only so you can have a chance to
stimulate your mind through handwork. Bring model-making materials
should you plan to demonstrate your solution in 3D or conceptual
model.
This is not about mark and assignment. Charrette helps you focus after
the site investigation and reserch. Ramin and I will conduct table
crit and discussion while you working toward your solutions. Do bring
your course outline with you.
The Station List:
Redfern
Michael Cai
Chris Liu
Simon Chan
Kenneth Lau
Vivien Tan
Lawrence Ma
Wynyard
Weixu Ji
Max Melser
Tony Lam
Liam Filson
Milsons Point
Richard Friedrich
Ali Mehdizadeh
Benz Somphop Tangkunboriboon
Vahid Tehrani
Raymond Yau
Ip Ka Wai Kevin
Hugh Colless
Lucy
Artarmon
Sanghee Kim
John Yang
Jessica Robson
Tristan McGuire
Shaowen + Ramin
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Tristan McGuire
May 6, 2010, 8:51:42 AM5/6/10
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I'm sorry Shaowen, but there was no mention last week of having 2-4 A1 sheets full of site analysis ready for tomorrow. This week was dedicated to creating site models. I, and I know numerous other people, have had several nights with minimal sleep to get these done within one week, since there was not only the work of building the model, but of co-ordinating the work with people I'd never spoken to before.
I know this is the final year of design, and I place great importance on this course. However, to graduate, I must also fulfill the requirements of other courses. I have two other courses this semester, both of which are final year subjects and demand a lot of time as well. As such, I must be very careful with my time management.
It is impossible, however, to have careful time management, if requirements for Design class are not publicised until 8pm on the night before class, when we have a compulsory lecture on Thursday night as well. I think it is completely unrealistic to expect the work you've described to be done tonight, as no mention was made of these requirements until tonight.
If I spend all night tonight trying to fulfill these requirements, I don't believe the analysis will be worth the paper it's printed on. It will also be in contravention to your suggestion that we have a restful night tonight.
As for the group site model, our group has elected to use the laser cutter, with the result that to date it is only partially cut. I expect that the job will be finished tomorrow sometime, at which point we can begin assembly. I'm aware that other groups have proceeded to build the site models by hand, but continual urgings to use the laser cutter have made us try to do so. I'm also aware that the majority of the members of the other groups will be spending much of tonight finishing their models, and certainly won't have time for either a restful night, or for this level of site analysis at this stage.
Realistically, the requirements of work for each studio should be set and communicated no later than the previous studio, as any other situation completely precludes useful time management on our part.
Regards
Tristan McGuire
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I know this is the final year of design, and I place great importance on this course. However, to graduate, I must also fulfill the requirements of other courses. I have two other courses this semester, both of which are final year subjects and demand a lot of time as well. As such, I must be very careful with my time management.
It is impossible, however, to have careful time management, if requirements for Design class are not publicised until 8pm on the night before class, when we have a compulsory lecture on Thursday night as well. I think it is completely unrealistic to expect the work you've described to be done tonight, as no mention was made of these requirements until tonight.
If I spend all night tonight trying to fulfill these requirements, I don't believe the analysis will be worth the paper it's printed on. It will also be in contravention to your suggestion that we have a restful night tonight.
As for the group site model, our group has elected to use the laser cutter, with the result that to date it is only partially cut. I expect that the job will be finished tomorrow sometime, at which point we can begin assembly. I'm aware that other groups have proceeded to build the site models by hand, but continual urgings to use the laser cutter have made us try to do so. I'm also aware that the majority of the members of the other groups will be spending much of tonight finishing their models, and certainly won't have time for either a restful night, or for this level of site analysis at this stage.
Realistically, the requirements of work for each studio should be set and communicated no later than the previous studio, as any other situation completely precludes useful time management on our part.
Regards
Tristan McGuire
Shaowen
May 6, 2010, 9:49:04 AM5/6/10
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Dear Tristan and all,
Let me clarify this since the previous posting didn't make it clear.
The 2 to 4 A1 sheets to bring in are for your reference when you are
working on the questions. Consider that instead of bringing in all the
maps, pictures and copies of information, you just organize them into
several A1 sheets.
I was under the impression that the site model will be almost finished
by now. However if most of you are going to work late into the night
tonight, it is not going to be productive for a whole day charrette
tomorrow. It will be too stressful physically.
Since charrette is an improvisational idea, it is more about "bringing
in all you've got so far and working on a set of site analysis
questions in the studio". The previous posting didn't make this clear.
The time management is an issue. Vahid has raised the similar question
a couple weeks ago.
Let's do it this way for tomorrow and we'll discuss a few things at
the same time. Please bring in all necessary base dwgs you've got,
images, infos, tools, paper and pencils, model making materials,
laptops and so on as I've announced in my earlier email (02/05).We
will give out the list of questions related to site analysis for each
station. You then need to work with your teammate(s) in the studio
while Ramin and I conduct table discussion & crit.
Hope this is a slight improvement for now. Don't stay up all night!
Shaowen
On May 6, 10:51 pm, Tristan McGuire <z3100...@zmail.unsw.edu.au>
wrote:
> > arch7201-201...@googlegroups.com<arch7201-2010%2Bunsubscribe@goog legroups.com>
> > .
Let me clarify this since the previous posting didn't make it clear.
The 2 to 4 A1 sheets to bring in are for your reference when you are
working on the questions. Consider that instead of bringing in all the
maps, pictures and copies of information, you just organize them into
several A1 sheets.
I was under the impression that the site model will be almost finished
by now. However if most of you are going to work late into the night
tonight, it is not going to be productive for a whole day charrette
tomorrow. It will be too stressful physically.
Since charrette is an improvisational idea, it is more about "bringing
in all you've got so far and working on a set of site analysis
questions in the studio". The previous posting didn't make this clear.
The time management is an issue. Vahid has raised the similar question
a couple weeks ago.
Let's do it this way for tomorrow and we'll discuss a few things at
the same time. Please bring in all necessary base dwgs you've got,
images, infos, tools, paper and pencils, model making materials,
laptops and so on as I've announced in my earlier email (02/05).We
will give out the list of questions related to site analysis for each
station. You then need to work with your teammate(s) in the studio
while Ramin and I conduct table discussion & crit.
Hope this is a slight improvement for now. Don't stay up all night!
Shaowen
On May 6, 10:51 pm, Tristan McGuire <z3100...@zmail.unsw.edu.au>
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Ali Mehdizadeh
May 10, 2010, 12:15:08 AM5/10/10
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Dear Shaowen,
I am supposed to submit our group E2 panels on a CD today. I am very busy, dealing with my other assignment at home. I scheduled to come and put the CD in you pigeon hole but my place ts too far from uni and I relly can't make it. Is it possible to hand in the CD later on?
It would be great to stay here and continue my work.
Sincerely,
Ali Mehdizadeh
Find it at CarPoint.com.au New, Used, Demo, Dealer or Private?
-- I am supposed to submit our group E2 panels on a CD today. I am very busy, dealing with my other assignment at home. I scheduled to come and put the CD in you pigeon hole but my place ts too far from uni and I relly can't make it. Is it possible to hand in the CD later on?
It would be great to stay here and continue my work.
Sincerely,
Ali Mehdizadeh
Find it at CarPoint.com.au New, Used, Demo, Dealer or Private?
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Shaowen Wang
May 10, 2010, 1:35:58 AM5/10/10
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Dear Ali,
Please do it asap. Some time before Wednesday please. We have to finalize the E2 mark sheets.
Let me know if this suits.
Shaowen
Shaowen Wang
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FBE, UNSW
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