In the Eye of the Beholder...

I enjoyed our in-class project because it helped us to see what the essences of the various buildings were to different people.  The different interpretations were interesting because it reminded me that all buildings are going to be viewed from different perspectives and attitudes - in a away, architecture is relative to the viewer.  Even choices of color can effect a person's attitude about a structure.  I've heard that the color pink can make people go insane over time!

decribing building with picture

By the project we did on oct 13, i did learn a lot. it was some how harder to describe a building with picture than the one we did before to describe a person. I didn't get the point until he explain how the wedding gown and the Italian church could related. I learned that Wedding gown which is old fashion, unquie and elegant, and old Italian church which is also old but elegant crafted architectural building are same art pieces.

Last weeks project enabled us to recreate a building in our own perspective. It helped familiarize us with shape, color, and design. It brought out the creative side in all of us because we were able to model the building we were given using only sicssors, tape, and magazine articles. Because wer weren't provided with casual designing equipment we were able to look closer at how each building was structured. One thing I remember most about the project was how my group used pictures of traufs to create a certain angle in the building we were to replecate. This was a fun insightful project that not only helped familiarize us with elements of architecture, but help work in groups critiqueing, conversating and encorporating ideas; just as we would have to do at an architecture firm.

Last week's class project

I liked how, through the projects and presentations, we were able to see how buildings can be interpreted without even needing to see the inside or understanding its purpose. We were able to use pictures found in magazines to recreate the building so that it looked pretty similar to the picture we saw. It also helped me understand the different kinds of ways buildings can be organized around a central thing or in other ways.

Last weeks project

I think last weeks project allowed all of us to see how we interpret buildings. We look at the overall design of the building and then re-create it in different ways. It could be from designing it from the plan view or creating it in the 3-D view. With different colors and pictures it lets us create the purpose of the building in our own view.

Class Project

I think that the main idea of last weeks project was to enable us to describe the details of a building without actually making the layout of the building. By using different pictures and colors one would be able to understand the meaning of the building and what its purpose may be. For example we had a church for one of the buildings and we used someone in a wedding dress and diamonds and jewels which help to describe the elegance that a church may have.

In-Class Project

I think the most interesting part of last week's project was seeing how different people could capture the overall shape of a building in non-traditional ways. Candles as columns or headlights as rooms. We were trying to convey the sense of the building through more colorful and emotive means. I think this could be something to keep in mind whenever designing something mundane so to possibly go about the everyday in a new way and create something original. I think this is why children like houses made of candy and cookies and forts made of pillows and boxes... their imagination is unchained with the creative take on something they see everyday. Adults could do the same if they just tried to see things in a new way time to time.

Color/Shape Effects On Different Individuals

The projects we completed in class last week really opened my eyes as to how color and shape can affect different people's every day lives. While I can see how both now affect people differently, I believe that color has a greater affect overall. I've seen this affect personally when painting different rooms in my home. When we first moved in, all the walls in our home were taupe (obviously b/c this is a neutral color, and is used in most cases when individuals are selling homes b/c it evokes a neutral emotion - neither good nor bad). After several weeks of looking at numerous color schemes for our home, we came to a mutual agreement and began painting. It really was amazing what the colors did for us and our home. A light blue can evoke an emotion of peacefulness/happiness in an individual. Bolder colors (ie brick red) can give individuals a sense of empowerment or confidence. I believe lighter colors affect individuals in a positive manner, as some darker colors may affect individuals negatively (all depending on the individual of course).