Sketchup Drafts of axonometrics

Charles Darwin

"In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. "

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/charles_darwin.html(accessed 17/4/10)

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Stephen Hawking

"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

http://thinkexist.com/quotes/stephen_hawking/(accessed 17/4/10)

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Mine

We are just an advanced breed of monkey, part of the animal kind. Our planet is unspectacular, as is our star. Yet when we cooperate we can even understand marvels as complex as the universe, and that makes us something very special.

Slide from Black Box

I chose this slide due to its potent use of shadows. They create a sinister effect in the first image, and an almost comical one in the second. I tried to integrate the use of complex shadows in my own building with the placement of six lights ( three discrete and three non-discrete) as well as the rising sun. Hopefully achieving the intended feeling of enlightening, and that of a new dawn with new ideas for both the resident scientists.

Combined Axonometrics

Initial 18 Axonometrics

Quotes

Charles Darwin

"In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. "

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/charles_darwin.html (accessed 17/4/10)

Stephen Hawking

"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

http://thinkexist.com/quotes/stephen_hawking/ (accessed 17/4/10)

Nicole Kuepper

"I love working with passionate people who want to help address climate change and poverty by thinking and experimenting outside the square," she said.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/science/thinking-outside-the-square-finds-light-in-the-oven-20080819-3y75.html (accessed 17/04/10)

The Final Grandiose Model

This model took a ridiculous amount of time. To the point that I truly shudder thinking about it. Thankfully though it was good fun - minus lining up the stairs - and a felt like were I to do it again it would be a lot easier. Scale was the largest issue, I decided an artist space should be large, airy and light. To do this meant a large amount of glass and huge structures enabling the building of any kind of sculptor. This made fitting a staircase ridiculously tedious and meticulously long process.

Basically the space above is Patrcia Piccinini - and below is Ricky Swallow. The words respectively are: confronter and contemplative. For this I let the dome rest on three supports seemingly floating, confronting as it rests there in the air. As for contemplative the room has jarring angles that don't conform to any system, this is due to having the stair case crawling around. So that anyone who entered would most certainly have to look twice to get there bearing.

The 3 animations

My Favourite Video

Sorry about the lag. I don't know how that came about since the video is flawless on my computer.

The Textures used in my model

Assorted Staircases

My planned staircase above

Aldo Rossi, Milan a section. And a plan of the staircase to make the section a little easier to draw and understand