JAPAN

Just got back from Japan 
Finally seeing traditional Japanese architecture, you can understand how so many architects are inspired by it.  The use of layers, boundaries and sense of perception and approach are outstanding.

Shisendo

Shiragamo Shrine

Ando - Times Building

Kiyomizu Temple

soo a change of plans..

after doing more research, I have decided to change my topic.  here are my new idea map and visual abstract.  New written abstract soon to come, still trying to create something more specific.  


using time based architecture and flexibility of form to create series of experiences for numerous users.

Color in architecture

Monthey Kindergarden / Bonnard Woeffray Architectes designed a kindergarden in Switzerland

"The facades consist of timber slats finished in an array of toy-like colours, including pink, orange, red and green. Creating contrasting ambiences that are both happy and playful, the interior is composed of a rhythmic succession of coloured floors and ceilings, with as many colours as there are units."
Arch Daily - http://www.archdaily.com/79449/monthey-kindergarden-bonnard-woeffray-architectes/#more-79449

Urban Tactics for Informal Cities

I was looking through some old work and lectures from my undergrad to help me figure out my potential thesis idea, this is pieces of a lecture by Professor Cowherd in my History of Architecture that really caught my interest then, and now.  

favela Soa Paolo - dynamic between the city and the informal city

small scale change

Medellin intervention - urban scale - 

Tactic: using the areas that remind people of the worst because of what happened there and putting public facilities (library, bridges etc) 

one of the architectural interventions - using design to create change

Visual Abstraction: process

In thesis prep II, our last assignment was to explore and represent an architectural term.  The current assignment is to create an idea map that helps explore options for thesis, techniques and work with composition. As a first basic run is my attempt at a simple display of color.  

For light and shadow, I used words and imaged to describe a path of potential ways to use light and shadow.  I derived the terms from my original image.

dezeen.com

Dezeen.com is one of my favorite design blogs.  It ranges in material.  This post caught my eye because currently my studio class is focused on Japanese Architecture and I will be traveling to Japan in two weeks.   It is really intriguing to see how architects design for a dense country and seeing the evolution of Japanese architecture. 

Dezeen Post