PART C: COMMUNICATION REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS

WEEK 6

1. Design varieties may help customise the design to specific site-specific needs. However, what are the impacts of design variations on fabrication processes?

Design Varieties have a large impact on the fabrication process as making changes to a design often requires changing the design’s specifications such as the materials. For example, changing the materials of the design will require changes to what type of machinery can be used to make these certain changes.

2. By now, you should have attempted to use Gansterer’s Key Lines on analysing and interpreting your design (refer to last and this week’s activity). What else can line drawings do, apart from representing a design?

Line drawings can be used for many purposes not just for representing a design. Line drawings can create sketches for design variations/options. drawings can be used to document and communicate things like fabrication processes, motions of an object and visualisations.

Week 7

1. An architectural experience is more than just the design itself. It is also the atmosphere of the space. Aside from the design, what other elements in an architectural representation can architects use to communicate experience?

Aside from the design itself there are varieties of different aspects which create an Architectural experience, for example the context, the location where the building is located will affect how visitors experience the building, whether it be an urban, city location or a rural location, the location creates an experince on it’s own.

Week 9

1. What is the ‘art’ that your design is performing, and how did you explicitly represent this in your posters?

The Art my Design is performing is the art of flight and motion, by creating sketches of my Pendant light design i was able to demonstrate the elegant form of the wings of an owl moving up and down.

2. What challenges did you face in representing this ‘art’ on your posters?

The challenges i faced in representing the ‘Art’ of my design was using the right linework to demonstrate the motion of the wings, with the prototype model, chosing the right mechanical system required research and thought to obtain the correct solution.

3.What is the ‘technology’ that your design is using to perform, and how did you explicitly represent this in your posters?

With my chosen mechanical system the Stepper motor, Creating a diagram sketch with annotations was the best solution in representing the function of the system.

4.What challenges did you face in representing this ‘technology’ on your posters?

I had to research which motor system was best for creating the motion i desired, watching youtube videos and looking at diagrams helped significantly.