ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO

AIR

2013 SEMESTER 1XIAOXU LUO

WEEK 1

INTRODUCTION

WHO IS SYLVIA LUO?

Born-2005 Lives in Xi’an, China. An Ancient City; Famous For Historical Sites Terra-Cotta Warriors

2005-2010 Lives in Beijing, China. Capital City The Great Wall; The Summer Palace; The Forbidden City

2010-Now Lives in Melbourne I like travelling and have already been to many cities in China, Japan and some places in Australia as well. I am planning to go Europe at the end of this year as an after-graduation trip.

EXPERIENCES

The same as what most architecture students have done, I finished Virtual Environments at 2011. It was my first time learning such an advanced design software, Rhino. It brought me to a digital world and showed me that architecture is not only about doing sketches, making physical models etc.

From Virtual Environments, I have develped my digital skills --- using Rhino to create interesting and unusual shapes and Indesign to make my presentation more formal and professional

I have done Visual Communication last year as well. Although that subject was not mainly focus on one particular software, it did help me to learn more about digital software.

I am not a master in using Photoshop, InDesign and autocad, but i know the right way for basic command and i have already made outcomes by using them.

During this summer, I have learnt google Sketch up by myself.

A DISCOURSE OF ARCHITECTURE

Architecture is always more than building, but is a folding together of

buildings and culture, so that the buildings come

to have meaning as they are caught up in a way of life, and architecture is best

appreciated as part of an art of living.

Ballantyne, Andrew [2002], ‘What Is Architecture’, Oxon, pp52

Architecture is not only building something belong to the site, but appreciating the potential of the territory.

Architecture is not only discovering the issue of the site, but claiming the territory which is just the

beginning.Architecture is not only building something belong to the site, but appreciating the potential of the territory.

Architecture is not only discovering the issue of the site, but claiming the territory which is just the

beginning.There are two relationships about the structure. The

one is between the people and structure, and the other is between the context and the structure.

Architecture has its power by the elements of architecture, which is just like a cooker back to you

claim her occupation by the ritual

PRECEDENTS

The Water Pavilion, Lars Spuybroek, Netherlands, 1993-1997.

The Water Pavilion epitomizes one of the salient features of Blob Architecture, having been designed entirely on computers using specialized computer-aided tools and software such as CATIA (Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application).

The Water Pavilion is as organic and “blobby” on the inside as on its outside.

Floors transform into walls and ceiling exist only according to one’s point of view.