Wednesday, September 30, 2009

EXP2 - Week 04 Excercise & Independent Study

Couldnt play multiplayer, error message: "kicked off server" so i just took some screenshots,


EDIT
After trying week after week to get multiplayer working, we finally got it working during our last week's tute!

Monday, September 21, 2009

EXP2 - Week 02 Independent Study

Solidworks Parametric Model

Realism
"Realism is a visual art style that depicts the actuality of what the eyes can see." - Wikipedia

Within our course, "realism" is a very important factor as it depicts how "good" our work is and how clear our ideas can be portrayed to the viewers.

In the gaming world, "realism" is very important as it directly influence if a game is successful or not. In the lecture, an idea presented is that, as technology makes progress, the expectations of realistic games and programs also becomes higher. The more realistic the game is, higher the chances are that the consumer will be inclined to play more, thus making the game more successful.

In the same situation, "realism" in architectural modelling is also very important, as the more "real" models are, the better we understand design, which leads an increase in opportunities. Realistic models also opens up new ways of understanding interactions and perceptions of the real world. Therefore "realism" has begun to play an increasingly large role in the architectural world.

EXP2 - Week 02 Excercise

Stairs Model

Sunday, September 6, 2009

EXP2 - Week 01 Independent Study

1. Write a 250 word (maximum) statement on which options from the list above you intend to use and what advantages you think you'll get by combining them to create a realistic environment. Upload to your blog.

The options i've decided to use to obtain the information required to build the town hall stations are to take images and videos, and to sketch/label futher aspects which requires more details. The advantages of doing so is that i can look back on the photos/videos whenever i need to, and the sketchs would also help me identify places which i might have not been able to capture in the videos/photos. Also i have intentions of taking photos with people or objects that are pre-measured in them so that i would be able to gain precise measurements without causing too much disturbance to the station itself.

2. Visit and document the Town Hall subway station following the methodology outlined above.

3. Using SolidWorks create a parametric model of the Town Hall subway station. Include further models of important features.

4. Upload an image of your model to your blog.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

EXP2 - Week 01 Excercise

Measuring Aspects
Geometry
- Taking photos with a scaled/pre-measured object
- Measuring with rules and tape measures

Materiality
- Photos
- Using plans/sections and recording material (notating materials)

Light
- Photos/ Video

Sound
- Sound Recorder/ Video

Interacton
- Drawing/sketchng flow diagrams
- Video Recording