Weekly Reflections

Weeks 01-03

Week 01:

I believe that often architecture is able to communicate a story through its detailed design. When an architectural structure is designed based around a story, there is more of a connection between architect and design which ultimately have the greatest and personal details. With new technological advancements in society, AI software is becoming more and more popular. Architects can work together with AI to create structures in a more time effective manner by inserting prompts related to their design, coding and more. A worry that I have with the introduction of AI in the architecture world is that human architects may go obsolete within the next 5-10 years with the improvement of the software over time. Something that architects have over AI is a personal experience and connection/passion to design, which will never leave humans. The becoming of AI in society will be quite common in no time, we might as well use it to our advantage. AI could help speed up the architectural design process by cutting time for making design decisions, coding troubleshooting, and more. With less time spent to create a design with the assistance of AI, it could lessen the wage of architects in the future if it becomes a regular part of the architectural design process.

Week 02:

In architecture there are many types of drawings we have to learn to properly communicate perspective. 2D line drawings are able to suggest a 3D object through the use of vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines used in a X, Y, Z axis way. By adding different line weights to a 2D drawing, depth is able to be translated through that 2D drawing into a 3D object. A collection of images of a 3D object is able to convey movement over time through the use of capturing motion in single frames. When the images are combined, accurate stills of that 3D object are then able to be analysed correctly. Motion captured from single images of 3D objects suggest movement from stressed blurs and the direction of the blur can decipher where the movement is shown.

Video recordings or photography are able to capture a moment of an object whilst drawing insight to that specific object. From video recordings or photography we are able to learn and understand what is being captured, which sometimes cannot be seen unless it is slowed down or enhanced. The different angles in which you can capture an object has a large impact of the quality of that video recording or photograph.

Week 03:

Due to the flat design of my model, documenting my design process through images only was a challenge. On a page the photographs of the flat prototype did not look aesthetically pleasing and ruined the folio’s style. In other instances of more in depth prototypes, a challenge I would face would be how to capture the desired shadows on a clean background. The documentation of my investigation with words only was a challenge, due to the fact that we as designers are visual communicators. Words can only describe so much and be interpreted much more broadly. By documenting an investigation in words only, means to rely on ones imagination to properly translate the work.

Documenting my investigation into the bone system using line drawings only was not a very big challenge as my design was rather flat. A challenge however that I did end up facing was the use of correct line weights for each drawing. Line drawings are perfect for describing a concept to somebody who may not understand a design and therefore needs to be educated.