IAR 211-02 Week 3

Dining Table: Pen

Honestly, I do not really like this drawing, but in keeping with "post everything," I have it up anyways. I have never really felt comfortable with pen shading and I was not comfortable doing this. I guess there is only one thing for me to do now, and that is to keep practicing!

Studio Shading Exercise

After taking a picture inside of the Studio, we were told to blow up said picture via graphite shading. Days later and countless paper towels to wipe off the pencil smudges on my arms, I finally had the result. I think the piece turned out well, mainly due to the fact that I was relaxed doing it. I worked on adding contrast, day by day and section by section, so that it would not be a stressful process. Jake mentioned drawing as a great stress reliever, and I could not agree more! 

CODES: and all they entail

Symbol group 6's experience with the various requirements to support human activities and needs at first was confusion and frustration because of misunderstanding the intentions of the exercise at first. Even after clarification, there was still a level of frustration because of the limits which caused several aspects of our designs to change. We also found that making a diagram was no longer quite as simple as it used to be. Suddenly we had to look up dimensions and numbers to apply to our diagram. We would recommend to other designers that they attempt to consider the needs of their clients and coding early on in the design process so that later on the changes won't be so drastic when they try and accommodate their design to fit the standards. This will save them a lot of problems later on. Codes help design by creating generalization and making people familiar with the objects the codes are applied to even if they haven’t seen these objects in that particular context before. The client will recognize a door frame for example because that is the size of a door frame in every other building they have entered. We anticipate that codes will change our work by making the design process more structured. This will both add to the ease and difficulty. With codes in place, suddenly we know the dimensions for our design, but it also limits to some extent what we can do. Keeping actual standards in mind means that we can no longer pick arbitrary numbers for a hallway.

Group Members: Megan Shwarz, Chelsea Jackson, and Alexandra Camacho

Shelter Bus Charette

CounselingBus

A Hurricane, depending on the size, can cause the most devastating damage to the areas it passes through. Towns are physically left in shambles, as are the victims who survive the disaster. Symbol  group 6 decided it would be imperative to provide a counseling bus. This particular bus would offer support and aid for victims. One on one time with a counselor in a private space would allow the victims to cope with the tragedy around them. 

GroupSketches

BubbleDiagram

SketchModel

The space would essentially be grouped into spaces. There would be three counseling rooms where victims could be counseled in private. A waiting room with a small kitchenette would provide victims and counsilers an area to congregate in if there is a wait for the private rooms. In the back of the bus, a bathroom and extra storage space would be placed. 

The model is designed as a section view(hence the grey trimmed edges). 

Container # 2:Disaster Relief Truck

We decided that, instead of having two buses that dealt with the aftermath of a Hurricane, we would have one that aided in the prevention of certain destruction prior to a hurricane. The disaster relief container would have materials and supplies to protect from extreme damage to buildings, as well as provide ways of living through a hurricane. 

GroupSketches

Essentially, the truck would be a transporter from manufacturer to the victims in need. Stores such as Lowe's, Home Depot, and various Grocery Stores would supply the truck with the materials and supplies, and we would distribute it where needed. 

BubbleDiagram

SketchModel

Individual compartments would allow organization and productive distribution of supplies. We also decided that the truck would have windows or large doors, so that workers could go to the various compartments, and directly hand out the supplies to the victims in need. 

Group6Members: Chelsea Jackson, Megan Schwarz, and Alexandra Camacho

IAR 211-02: Week 1 and 2

Week 2 

Chaise Lounge- Watercolor

Week 1

Chair- Pencil

Bus Interviews

Other Group Members:

Megan Schwarz, Chelsea Jackson, and Alexandra Camacho

Tornadoes

Symbol group 6 decided that our natural disaster would be a Tornado. Our victim was a family, who survived a Tornado tearing their house apart. Both of the parents were thrown from the house itself, and they found their baby buried under feet of debris, kept safe because a mattress landed on his crib. Fortunately the whole family lived, but some people are not so lucky.

As we began to research structures suitable to withstand a tornado, we came to the conclusion that our mode l needed to be , either dome shaped, or underground. Our final design incorporated both .
The shelter would sit underground, and would only be sized to accommodate a family. Idealy, it would be placed in a backyard. Since Tornadoes don't last too long, the space is very simple; there is enough space to sit and wait out the weather.
Made of reinforced concrete, the structure would be built partially into the ground, as to prevent movement.


The top of the structure would be covered in landscape. If a tornado comes through, the landscape around the structure might be compromised, but the structure itself would not.