EXP 2 - THE SPACE BETWEEN

TIMETABLE: 3 Weeks. 30% of final grade. ARCHITECTURAL ISSUE: The Monument. ARCHITECTURAL CONVENTION: Monumental Architecture and Landform. ARCHITECTURAL CHALLENGE: Articulating figure and ground in 3 dimensions. Two monuments. CLIENTS: Architects. One living (Weiss/Manfredi), one dead (Yakov Chernikhov, 1889-1951). Chosen by your tutor. SOFTWARE: Crysis3 FreeSDK, Playup for Google Sketchup, Fraps, Blogger. TECHNIQUES: The axonometric, Boolean operations, real time image capture, blogging. ASSESSABLE OUTPUTS: 18 sketch axonometric drawings, 36 custom textures, 1 CryENGINE3 environment, 5 real time image captures on a Blogger weblog. PREMISE: Architecture may be designed by the amalgamation of discrete forms. Such Boolean operations promote an abstract understanding of the relationships required to make whole systems.