Thursday, April 17, 2008

aLife Cycle

Panel 3

Panel 2
Panel 1

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Help...decisions, decisions




HELP GUYS!!!
do you think i should include text (as shown in the second image) or go without (as shown in the first)....
You will need to zoom in....on a big screen it will be legible!

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Site analysis....

http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_01_2.cfm?itemid=2421514

Friday, April 4, 2008

What are the "should haves" of a hospital?

No matter what the function, the first principles of any health care facility servicing people include the following programmatic needs...

Public
Entry and Reception
Restrooms
Passage to move to private realm
Trash Removal

Private
Food Storage/prep
Staff Offices
Consultation rooms/spaces
Area of patient retreat

WATCH THIS SPACE as the list evovles

OK FORGET THE "SHOULD HAVES"....


It's 6:31pm, class finished at about 2:31pm and this is how i feel...

Despite the endless amount of crits i have sat through as an architecture student, today's was the most insightful and interesting by far.

A breath of fresh air if you ask me.

A new, creative way to share ideas via a different medium with bunch of highly insightful sociologically and philosophically minded young people....this is what fifth year should be, a burst of inspiration.
The feeling is somewhat foreign, as I have never been able to see the (up till now) mundane tasks or site analysis as exciting, challenging and inspiring.
This project is real, yet the angle taken via our methodology used for research in anticipation of our hospital design is unique. It finally looks at designing in the way i want to as an architect. Its fun in that it asks us to move out of the square of shadow diagrams and drawing boards....

BRING IT ON!!!!