Obama Mover

Environment thus far

Comment on Students Blog

Peter Kim
Tutor:Christian Grennan

Mashup displays a very interesting intepretation of power, and how each person uses it, but is also influenced by it. the changing text size made it somewhat difficult to read coherently, but did highlight the different clients particularly well.

Perspective use interaction well, with success across both two point and one point perspectives. My favourites are those that meld together the simple letter shapes to creat something new. The perspectives with low horizon lines are most powerful and engaging.

The custom textures are cleanly and effectively displayed. they have a very raw, free flowing, organic feel to them, which creates interesting personal intepretations of the 3 words, and 3 selected words. Whats most interesting is the common threads throughout each texture set of 6, which really suggest a personal style emrging.

The elevators contain personal touches for each client, but it would be interesting to see where the idea for Obama's elevator came from. It has the feel of an ornamentation of an ancient culture, whereas madonna's is very superficial/material.

The diding table is an interesting concept, with repeated/common forms throughout the structure of the space and the table. it really isolates both clients perhaps for a more serious discussion than for just a meal.

Overall, a very interesting design that has great potential. To maximise success, try to continue the strong, bold themes that are present in your work up to this point.

Textures

Interaction/Reaction

cool sneaker video i found thought it was like a few of the videos russell showed us about interaction/reaction and elements working together/relying on eachother.

Soul 2 Sole from David Park on Vimeo.

Point Two - Perspectives

This isn't all 18, apologies
shall put the rest up asap

Environment thus far

Obama's space



Inspired by this picture of the Rome Railway terminus by Calini et al, in particular the way light come through the vast window.

Preliminary Mover - An experimentation

mover i have been working on for obama' space.
being the president of the united states, i could only imagine the entourage he has travelling with him, which got me on to the idea of a mving sort of sky railways, perhaps a skyway, or sky rail? it could easily fit all of his staff, and provide a safe, scenic journey through the environment
its a bit dodgy at the moment, but hopefully it can come good.

Perspective in UT

Point one - Perspectives

1.Overwhelming, 2.Bold, 3.understated, 4.abuse 5.transparent, 6.chaotic, 7.charismatic, 8.deceptive
9.disjointed, 10.structured, 11.controlled, 12.freedom
13.democratic, 14.equality, 15.rights, 16.protection
17.fierce, 18.tenacity
(left to right per set)

Buildings of Power

Australian Parliament House - Romaldo Giurgola

































Australian High Court - Christopher Kringas, Hans Morelli






























Palácio da Alvorada - Oscar Niemeyer























Brasilia Cathedral - Oscar Niemeyer


















National Congress of Brasil - Oscar Niemeyer

When you make the Money, You get the power. Article Mashup!

Barack Obama is revelling in presidential power and influence unseen in Washington for decades. Madonna called criticism of her adoption "shocking" she entered the family business 1978 and soon revolutionized the appearence of its products. Her interest in unusual fabrics led to the the U.S. president and his Democratic Party having firm control over the White House and Congress and the ability to push through ambitious plans.

Obama already is assured a legacy at the top of all three branches of government -- executive, legislative and judicial. Prada is said to be the most prominent example of a new form of inward-directed luxury, she shouldn't be surprised by the furor.

the federal government's pumping of billions of dollars in bailout money into banks and auto companies has given Obama the power to force an overhaul in those industries, There is no definition for international adoption, a remarkable intervention in capitalist industries by the state. "Anything she can do to get out the word that these kids need help is appreciated."

Americans are giving him leeway as well. His job approval ratings are well over 60 percent, giving him political capital to undertake big challenges. She is reported to be overly fussy about each detail of her design. It can happen that each product has to be changed over and over in order to come closest to Miucci Prada's initial idea. "I am afraid Madonna may get angry and frustrated and decide to dump my son because of these people,"

Experts speak of Obama "open sewage, 8-year-olds running households and dying mothers — and the emotional tug to bring home a child to a better life."

Miuccia Prada, who is entirely in charge of the companies creative decisions, says she bases her decisions mostly on intuition. "I cannot in my memory remember a time when a president of the United States has had more influence," said Democratic strategist Doug Schoen, (He told Time this week that he would not contest)

Karen Thomas, Madonna Speaks out over Furore, USA Today, 21/10/2006

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-10-23-madonna-oprah_x.htm accessed 8 May 2009, 4:04pm

Steve Holland, Obama revelling in US power unseen in decades, Reuters, 1/5/2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/motoringAutoNews/idUKTRE5406CF20090501?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 accessed 8 May 2009, 3:56pm

Fashion Infomat, Miuccia Prada biography, Fashion Infomat, 18/1/2007
http://www.infomat.com/whoswho/miucciaprada.html accessed 8 May 2009, 4:20pm

Map Link - Unreal Environment (Filefront)

Rapid share expires, so here is the link to the map on filefron also.
DM-ARCH1101_Eugene_Kirkwod.ut2

Extra Images

Textures and Electroliquid Aggregation share an interesting relationship. the textures are mapped on surface that i feel are distinct both in form, and interaction with light. Nobel speaks of hiding truths nakedness, and i attempt to expose this constantly throughout my design. I believe it is quite 'naked', the nature of the software encourage building in geometric, often rectangular forms, which encouyrages raw, structural, somewhat modernist forms. Jacques, and his belief in human equality, that we are sharing the same problems, is represnted in his open sapce, the transparency of his work, and in the meeting space, which encourages equality. his upper level is textured in his lab, giving a human quality to a dark, cold room. The inconsistencies of texture breath life into a clinical lab space.

The Meeting Place

A combination of the indoor and outdoor, of industrial, practical, and sculptural and intellectual. this distinct space has seating in the garden, both underneath the L-shaped forms, and atop the stair. these outdoor sculptural forms are a source of inspiration, like ancient relics of the inventors of the past. A semicircle, to represent the wheel, and the L-shaped forms, to represent stonehenge, and great feats of civilisations past. The interior space, laying on heavy duty beams, provides a platfrom, a forum for discusiion, for presentation and delibeartion, ultimately fostering the ideas of tomorrow. The aggregation of Nobel, and his hope, and Costeau, his humanist attitudes a reflection of a meeting space with no borders, no room for exclusion, where all are equal, "in the same boat".

The Ramps

On the left appears the ramp from Jacques space to the meeting place. A ramp that appears almost invisble when viewed on a horizontal plane, it shileds your views of the meeting place until the last moment, where the amber light and sunlight combine to make a ntaural space seem warm, comforting and hospitable.

On the right, the ramp for Nobel. This ramp hugs the striking structure that supports his lab, following the strong lines of the beams, and curves around to the meeting space. at each turn, a small landing to appreciate the subtlely lit beams, and their awe, and consistent lines. Entering the meeting space in a noble fashion, as one would expect.

Jacques-Yves Costeau

Jacques, a man of the ocean, represented in a calm, if not dark and intimate space. The use of a glass panel infill opens his work up to all who enter, whilst an upstairs viewing platform allows for triumphant, often earth changing speeches to be made. His upstairs space, more private and practical, with an L-shaped hall for experiments, and a thinking space at the top of his lab, to look out, to the horizon, or over the outdoor space, and contemplate his place in the world. As this space juts out into the sky, Jacques is isolated in his favourite place, nature.

Final Environment - Alfred Nobel

The Lab for Alfred Nobel reflects a character of great interest. His interior space, a stripped back cube on shock absorbant stilts, for his experients with dynamite, and a large chimney like structure out the top to cycle air. His exterior space, a calm park like environment, to sit, contemplate, innovate and explore. This man, of peace, and violence in some respect, reflected through two unique spaces in one. Drawing influence from Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation, this interior structure attempts to float on the clouds, and encourage public space under the awnings it has created.

Map Link - Unreal Environment

http://rapidshare.com/files/228996836/Arch1101_EugeneKirkwood_TheEdge_Exp2.ut2.html

Textures - Light and Dark