Semester 3, Project 3 - " Stage Set " accomplished

The task :

Phase 1
Students are to choose their favourite play/theater that can fit into the theme of " OPULENCE" for its stage set. Understand and analyse the playwright's script, aspiration, requirement and the feel of the play before embarking on your idea formulation. Analyse and evaluate critically courses such as images, objects, artifacts and texts, showing understanding purposes, meanings and contexts. Research on artist and arts related to "opulence" in broad manner : artists, arts craft, visual arts, performing acts, etc. Students are to create individual brief/design intention.

The size of the stage is 15m by 10m by 10m. (length, width, height)

Phase 2:
Ideas formulation :present 3 alternatives concepts for crti 1. Show accumulation of work in journal and model form. Students to show personal interpretation on the theme opulence. Experimenting/exploring ideas using analyzing methods and outcomes. Students are to create and develop individual brief/design intention.

Phase 3:
Design Development. Develop ideas through sustained investigations and exploration, selecting and using materials, processes and resources, identifying and interpreting relationships and analyzing methods and outcomes. Present ideas using mock-up/conceptual model.

Phase 4: Final Draft
Crit and assessment. Present draft model and draft presentation drawings (including concept diagrams) on one A1 board.

Phase 5 : Final crit
Present a personal, coherent and informed response, realizing intentions, articulating and explaning connections with the work of others. Show models, drawings and journal.

So i just copied what is written in my hand out, so that people could understand what is the criteria and element needed in this project.

I choose the movie Lord Of The Rings and the musical, as my stage set, it is at Rivendell where the council of Elrond decide what to do with the one ring, it is also where Frodo Baggins volunteered to bring the ring to mount doom to be destroyed.

first draft (concept)


"mini stages" added


based on zaha hadid's design


Final product : Rivendell


Rivendell, without lighting.



With lights


Right doors



Left doors








Can't believe its final exam again @@, which means no more project till next sem, lol, finally can get some rest. Art review is on the 18th of may, hopefully i'll not be too lazy to upload the pictures later XD.

Semester 2, Project 2 - " An Ode To Ib" (accomplished)

The 2nd project this semester, as the title says, a tribute to Ib, where Ib refers to the famous Dato Ibrahim Hussein. Dato Ibrahim was a malaysian painter who contributed a lot to this country through his paintings. He passed away not long ago, on 19th February 2009. So this project is a dedication to him, may god bless his soul.

Reference painting (Fighting Cockerels - by Dato Ibrahim Hussein)

we are required to create a mood box for ibrahim hussein, based on his past paintings. I choose "fighting cockerels" cause of the way Ib made the rooster abstract, with all the lines and colours. So this is my final product :
front view of my mood box







2 cockerels fighting







Light's on >.<


So there goes another project, startin a new one soon, its about designing a stage, like a musical /play stage. Till then:)

Semester 2, Project 1 - "From Here To There" (accomplished)

After a long break, its time to post again, haha. My 1st art project this semester just ended yesterday, and here is how the project goes :

ART AND DESIGN COURSEWORK
SEMESTER 2: PROJECT 1 (4 weeks)

TOPIC : FROM HERE TO THERE

Project outcome:

1) To create a journey "from here to there" through creative spatial movement that is confined within a volume of 6m cube. However, this volume of space can be stretched to a narrow vertical space or a long horizontal space.

2) Demonstrate an understanding of design principles through the design & planning and arrangement of a spatial journey.

3) Demonsrate ability to show design process in 2D and 3D means through sketches, 3D drawings and execution of 3D models.

4) Reflect and evaluate your commitment to this project and the final result.
You are advised to use the steps below to guide your work.

STEP 1 - Starting point: In your journal, sketch possible permutations of a 2D vertical and horizontal lines, If you prefer to do curved or diagonal lines, work on a black and white composition as well. Create many black and white composition with different compositions. These compositions could evolve from various concepts that you may have. You can also look into urban planning figure ground drawings for inspiration. Show to tutors at least 4 figure ground sketches before the end of studio (23/1/09)

STEP 2 - Drawing ideas from your ground sketches and deciding on a design direction you like, construct several models of your design/scheme. Proceed with developing and refining the models. Present 3 alternatives of your scheme on thursday (5/2/09) for furthur comments.

STEP 3 - Discuss your design process using sketches and working models during tutorial on 12/2/09

STEP 4 - Present final draft of scheme on Thursday 19/2/09 for final crit (models and schematic drawings). Based on the suggestion made by the tutors, improve your design for the final submission on 26/2/09

STEP 5 - Submit final scheme using drawings (plan, elevation, axonometric drawings on one A1 board) and a final all while model at 1:20 scale on 26/2/09 for assesment.

So here's some of the pictures taken on my project,
these are all the drafts models (none got accepted -.-, all kena rejected T_T)


My lecturer told me to look for other new ideas, so here's wat pop out from my head after that......


sideview


plan


the beginning(pathway to stage 1)

Here's my journey "from here to there". my concept is dreams, which everyone has. In order to achieve my dreams, i have to take a path,which is divided into 3 stages. In the very beginning, i have to walk up a simple staircase, which is the 1st stage of my dream. arriving at stage 1

After arriving at the 1st stage, I now have to walk a more difficult path, by climbing up and down a series of surfaces, in order to achieve the 2nd stage of my dream.


pathway to stage 2(series of surfaces)


arriving at stage 2


pathway to stage 3

the cubes at stage 3 are arranged that way(suspended high in air) so that it means that the final stage of my dream is the most difficult to achieve, and you can see the base of the cubes are made of perspect, so that when i walk this path, i can see everything beneath it, which is the 1st and 2nd stage of my dream. This indicates that i'll remember all that i've gone thru, including all those who've helped me. reaching the 3rd stage= dream achieved !!!!


orthographic drawings


orthographic ( plan)


orthographic (elevation)



orthographic (sideview)


Axonometric drawing


So, after a month of cutting styrofoam and cardboard, i'm glad its finally over. Special thanks to all thosen who've helped me,my parents, my lecturers Dr. Sab and Cik Linda, my classmates, my roommates who i spent my sleepless nights with, and of course Amy, thanks for your encouragements and supports. :) Till my next project.

Project 4 (final Project) - Mission accomplish!!

This is the first time in 18 years that i've experienced this feeling. Its hard to describe, but to me its something like approaching heaven, where i felt weightless and some extra ordinary force is waiting for me in another dimension. Well, i'm not the only one to experience this, most of my fellow classmates too i think. Project 4, is one of the most time consuming project in my 18 years of life, i myself couldn't believe that i've spent nearly 110 hours to complete this task. After some calculations, this is what i get.

1st draft, i drew 6 pictures of buildings and roads in melaka after the trip. Spent about 1.5 hours for each sketch of picture. So, spent around 9hours.

2nd draft, after the lecturer approved my drawings, i drew it again onto an A1 size watercolor paper ( 59.4 * 84.0)cm. Had some problems with the sequence of my pictures, but solved when one of my friend, Henry went back to melaka again to take pictures we missed during our trip. Arigatou Henry !!! lol. Took me 5 days to complete my drawing, spent about 9~10 hours per day. Total = around 50 hours.

Final draft, after the lecturer was satisfied with my drawings, its time to color it. The study room became my home when it took me 5 days, saturday - thursday (except tuesday cos i'm sitting for my physics exam on wednesday) to complete the coloring and lettering process. Slept for like 3~4 hours for the last 2 days. (wednesday and thursday). Spent about 10~11 hours per day on it. Total = around 50 hours too.

Submission day - 7th nov 2008. After spending for about 110 hours for my final project, finally i'm able to submit it. Final exam starts on 10th nov, so i've like 2 days to study only @@ (given 2 weeks study leave, but used 70+ % of time on my project), God bless me T_T

So here are some pictures of my final project.

full view


pic no.1


pic no.2

pic no.3

pic no.4

pic no.5

pic no.6 (outstanding building)

map of Melaka Townsquare

The good thing is, its the final project, meaning that there'll be no more project till next semester, which will start in 5th Jan 2009. Better go prepare for my final exam, lol.

Arc101 - Project NO.4 - Melaka Heritage Trail

Sienzzz, now comes this sem's final project, the most detailed and time consuming.

PROJECT BRIEF

1.) In groups of three, students are required to meander around the Melaka Heritage Site before selecting the urban spatial sequences that they like. Since this is an individual submission, make
sure your views differ from those in your group. Draw out the sequence on a map.

2.)Record all visual and non-visual experience throughout the urban spatial sequence/trail.
Notice the different influence of various architectural styles of architecture seen throughout
the sequence. Notice how the Dutch, Straits Chinese and Peranakan culture and architecture is
reflected here. Make sure the sequence ends with an OUTSTANDING BUILDING.

3.) Student are to analyze the selected perspective and compose into one A1 size paper. Annotations and descriptions can be added to enchance your presentation.

4.) Students are advised to achieve VISUAL BALANCE in the composed drawings.

5.) The composition should also reflect the spirit of place and urban context the heritage area of Melaka.

6.) Students are instructed to use PEN for the text and WATERCOLOUR rendering with pencil outline as the media for final presentation.

7.) All process drawings of the studies are to be documented in the form of a journal/sketchbook containing analytical sketches, diagrams, freehand perspective drawings, notes, and to some extent color studies.

Wish me luck ya... XD

Project 3 : Mission Accomplish !!!!

yea, after another torturing month, finally, i'm done with my 3rd project of this semester - architectural composition.

I felt lucky cause out of 28 students in my class, only 4 passed. Like i mentioned in my previous blog, if the lecturer is not satisfy with your artwork, you have to RE-DO it. My "happiness" did not last long when one by one my friends were request to RE-DO their work. I spent nearly 2 weeks to color my work, and most of my friends did that as well, some of them never even slept the day before we hand in our artworks, and yet they have to re-do it just like tat. Its like you've been building a house for a few months, and suddenly a strong wind just blow it apart....imagine the feeling....

In overall, i've spent approximately 1 week on drafting 3 different compositions, and then another week transfering the chosen draft onto an A2 watercolor paper, and then 2 weeks coloring it. Like any other A-level students, i have to attend classes, do maths, physics, stats, mechanics, presentations, disccusions, tutorials, quizes, exam and CTES (damn) T_T.....tatsukete kudasai....

Well, what to do, i should just be optimistic and think of the bright site :/

So here are some pictures i took after mission accomplished.

Thursday Night !!! 8pm-12am + Friday morning !!!! 12am - 4/5/6am

T_T yea its thursday night again, and friday morning, where ALUKians from class 6D sleep for like 2 hours maximum. (cos we have to pass up our project later :P)

So some of us started gathering at the study room ( just below my room :P) at about 8pm, to finish up our remaining art works.

For some reasons i changed my subject (building) to the Pantheon, and i've been drawing it for like 20+ hours. (of course not straight 20 hours la @@).

But the worst thing has yet to come, the moment when we show our artworks to the lecturer. Imagine you have been doing ur artwork for the whole week, sacrificing ur homework and playtime just to finish it. AND IF THE LECTURER IS NOT SATISFY WITH IT, hohoho, it feels like the end of the world. G.G, you have to REDO it.

Miraclely, i managed to finish my work be4 12am this particular thursday XD. So i can enjoy a good night sleep liao, wakakaka. sry my friends, cant accompany u all liao, sleep sin, ja ne, mata ashita (bye, see u guys tomoro) >.<
















8pm, 18sept, all still so energetic lo...











4am, 19sept, @@








obviously we need to release tension :) by playing cs!!! LOL