Mobile market by Architecture for Humanity

A great proposal for a fresh market in transit
by Architecture for Humanity

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Combo Learner

After doing my VARK learning styles test I found out I am a visual and kinaesthetic learner. It was interesting to read what they thought my prefered learning styles where and how knowing this I could improve my learning. Since then I have tried to pay more attention to when I understand things better and when I struggle to see if there is a correlation. Is it easier for me to learn when someone demonstrates a skill? Do I find it harder to grasp things when they are simply just said to me? It turns out that my VARK test was pretty much correct. In lectures I found it much easier anc quicker to pick up new skills when something was being demonstrated or I was given a diagram to help me create something. I found that when I was just being spoken to, for one I would find it harder to concentrate on what was being said and two I had to ask lots of questions before it made sense to me. I found it slightly frustrating however becoming aware of this since I feel as though I should try and be good in all areas of learning and so maybe I should work harder at boosting my aural and reading/writing learning styles. Maybe this should be something I should look to improve over the year as I am sure it will become beneficial to me in the future.

Making the right choice

Looking at my feedback and seeing my first mark of my university life I saw I had got a first. I remember thinking, what did I do to get this? How can I make sure that I always have this feeling of pride and accomplishment? Only now on reflection do I look at what I put into the project and see which contributions made the difference between a good and bad grade. Doing my SWAT analysis I see my strengths and weaknesses and see what contributed to my good grade and what I can do to improve in the future even more. I spoke to my mum about my view on why I did well and how I could do better. She made the observation that time management would have helped a lot of my problems and made them easier to deal with. Looking back I realise her observation makes sense, with better time management I would have had more time to develop my ideas and explain certain aspects of my work that may not have been obvious to those who I am unable to get my ideas across too verbally. I realise above all though that the choice to follow my passion into design now gives me a sense of accomplishment in knowing that my choice has paid off.

Where's the time gone?

 

 

 

Where's the time gone?

While writing my SWOT analysis I've realized that my strengths and weakness have something to do with the time management. Very organized in managing everyday life, but also tendency to leave things for the last minute. How can I be good and not so good at the same thing? Situations like this one give us a great opportunity to think about how we going through tasks in our lives. In my case there is a necessity to be organized on the everyday bases so I can manage when things go tough and I have to complete a great amount of work just before the deadline. Or is it the other way round? Maybe I tend to leave my tasks for later just because I am aware that I can organize myself well enough to be able to deliver. Recalling my first six weeks at the university I remember to telling myself how important it is to progress with my work steadily. It helped and I felt more committed to it this time than in my previous courses. Although there is still a long way to go for me, the SWOT diagram is a very important step in this journey.

 

Brixton Market visit

                                                             

Brixton Market visit

As a part of our inspiration week we visited Brixton Market.  Seeing the market reminded me of subject we’ve been learning about in the Studio 1A lessons.   The subject was about how buildings can talk.  To me Brixton Market is a very good example of this.  What is this building trying to say to us?  First of all the sculpture of the cherries on the top of the building give us the clue what is going on inside.  What about the other part of the sculpture, the foxes? They have been familiar inhabitants of cities for long time now, but perhaps in the streets around the market they can be spotted in greater density, thanks to the dustbins full of tempting leftovers.  Inside of the market we were also able to experience many different languages of architecture. Various cafes and restaurants are offering the cuisine of different countries. They are designed the way we could easily identify the type of food they specialize in. This experience made me realize that thanks to my studies I look now at buildings in a different way.

 

Feedback sheets ahhh

The time came when the class got the feed back sheets in ohh lord was an eye opener it was. I keep reading it again and again and god i know everything what is said is correct and helping me its just the fact of trying to put all what has been said into this project in on now. It is so hard changing how i do things to improve on my weekpoints but i guess harder i try now will benifit me. I didnt do to bad for my first project but i didnt do to well either so the next project im hoping to step up my game and hopefully it will pay off but how long will this take i wonder.

My Vark learning style

Ah ok well, I did my vark questionaire the other week and all i have been doing in the imbetween time is thinking over and over again, am i actually an aural learner? So i asked my mother as you do in silly moments like this do you think im an aural learner? She was like "I have no idea" what help that was ay. So i sat down and thought who could i ask or how could i actually prove to myself that i am an aural learner, Then it hit me i have the whole entire world on my finger tips. Next thing i did was jump on the computer and google and wikipedia it was. Now it was question time i guess so i asked myself does this sound like me? Am i an aural learner? And also i asked myself do i think improving on other learning styles help how i learn in the future?... I guess i am an aural learner and it was obviouse everything said about aural learners describes my learning style to a T. So yes the vark results where correct i am an aural learner.

Barbican




The Barbican Centre visit

We visited the Barbican Centre as part of our "39 Steps..." assignment. It was an interesting experience to make our way through many different levels of  floors and mezzanines. How many were there?   We possibly wouldn't have enough time to find out. I grew up surrounded by similar to Brutalist style  buildings in my native country Slovakia, but it was the first time I've stopped and appreciated this controversial architecture. Why I have not payed enough attention to this before? I guess it is because I've always felt very comfortable with simple shaped buildings without ornamental distraction.   We all found the tour and the talk very inspiring and we hope this experience will be reflected in our projects.

         

 

 

 

Office design for Yandex, St Petersborough

Inspiring design for the new offices of internet company Yandex designed by  Russian studio  Za Bor Architects

Bicycle Library

http://215w11.com/bicyclelibrary/

A library concept using bikes as books! The converted double-decker bus accommodates a bike-reference library upstairs as well as in-house advice on your bike needs as well as the chance to borrow a bicycle for  the day ...Worth a visit if you are nearby..

Vitra visit

We really enjoyed looking, touching and experiencing some of the iconic Vitra furniture during our visit to their showroom in London on Tuesday afternoon. Thanks to Huren for organising and to Jane for giving us a very interesting insight into the company's journey so far.

Visit to Brixton market

Brixton market is a small haven of flavours, smells, dreams and cultures from around the world. Using our senses we walked through the different arcades and traced memories of the past and visions of the near future..Students currently designing their new concepts for Chelsmford market drew inspiration and aspirations from the site..

The world's thinnest home has been built in a Polish alleyway

High Line for London

New exciting ideas for a London disused underground line under Oxford Street.:
Fletcher Priest Architects propose a  ‘Pop Down’ concept for a mushroom farm under Oxford Street. 

See website for more details 

Chelmsford Festival of Ideas 2012

Well done to second year Interior Design and Interior Architecture students for participating in the Memory & Local Identity workshop last Tuesday 16th October. The collaboration with the Anglia Ruskin Final Year Architecture students was a valuable experience and we hope to see more events between the two schools soon.

Students from the two institutions alongside local residents worked together in mixed groups mapping Chelmsford's City Centre with their senses. A series of walks brought out new perceptions of public space. The groups produced posters indicating their "flavour" of the part of the city they explored; these will be presented to the public during the Ideas Festival.

Thanks to all students from Writtle Interiors that participated in the PartiCity workshop at the Chelsmford Ideas Hub on Monday 15th October 2012.

PartiCity is a digital platform for bringing communities together, enabling people to design their neighborhoods. 

 

Tim McGinley from the University of Reading and Aggeliki Aggeli from WSD -together they make MonsterAttack- presented the platform to the group as a first chance to get feedback on their project.  They also introduced participants to Design Band, a digital tool for collaborative work that borrows a structure from Rock Bands and allows users to post their skills and form new groups that can solve design challenges. 

Unfortunately we ran out of time and we didn;t have the chance to explore Design Band in full extent..We hope to develop Design Band further and set up a cross-course project with WSD students very soon!

Stirling Prize 2012

Winner of this year;s Stirling Prize Award..

 

Cambridge Sainsbury Laboratory by Stanton Williams

Graduate show at Chelmsford's Shire Hall

 The exhibition was organised by Chelmsford Ideas Festival as part of an afternoon discussion about the future of Chelmsford's Heritage Triangle. 2012 Graduates showed their  projects to the public,who engaged in very interesting observations about their ideas. 

Thanks to all that participated! We are looking forward  for further opportunities to show student work in public and exchange ideas with local residents.

                               

The Design of Homes

 
Very interesting Blog to follow regarding  residential design

A House for Essex by FAT & Grayson Perry

As part of Alain De Botton Living Architecture Project, architecture practice FAT (Fashion Architecture Trends) in collaboration with artist Grayson Perry are commissioned to design a house in the Essex Landscape.

According to Perry, the building will make references to eccentric home-built structures that can be found in the county as well as shrines, lighthouses and fairytales. Have a look and see what you think..

  http://www.dezeen.com/2012/10/02/a-house-for-essex-by-fat-and-grayson-perry/

Capsule lamp

Design Systems Ltd have designed a capsule lamp shade using small canasters which will be able to hold the owners personal items, highly personalising the object and making it fun to use!

http://www.frameweb.com/news/capsule-lamp-by-design-systems-ltd-

Makeshift online magazine

Online and print magazine with great selection of resources, keep an eye on it!
http://mkshft.org/

OMA reveals new multi-performance space in New York

New  exciting OMA design for a space that could accommodate performances lasting from a few hours to several days. Check the details here
http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=19744

UPDATE

I have created a provisional colour chart, I'm sorry if it doesn't include any changes since we last talked about colours. Its just to get a grasp of what we all want. If you send me colour swatches I'll use a drippy thing to copy it and put it into the box (if that makes sense hehe) email me patz83@hotmail.co.uk OR send on facebook :-).
PS sorry i forgot you Shane and had to add a teeny tiny block at the bottom lol!

ALSO - we need to decide whether we are going to make or order letters ASAP because if we did want to order them (I know Chris wasn't in favour of that) then we need to order them YESTERDAY!! 

Lettering...

Hi All!

  In addition to what Heather posted about lettering, i went onto look at some maybe cheaper options of lettering also. I found a company which is Chelmsford based, just round the corner from Saoirse i believe! They are called fast signs, and they actually make the Vinyl lettering i was thinking of. As ready-to-apply lettering, i don't know how everyone feels about the use of a sticker like method, but they do make them look professional.

  They also do illuminations on signs and many other things which could come in handy for other parts of the exhibition maybe. I have quoted them asking what sort of prices we are looking at, and i'll let you know when they get back to me, alternatively failing that i'll just pop down there and ask. For now here is the website to check it out ; - Fastsigns550.tru-m.com/Custom-Labels

Thanks!

Sian

So......just to go over what we decided today:
○PLAIN WHITE BOARDS
○DIAGRAMATIC MAP
○EVERYONE ASSIGNED AN INDIVIDUAL COLOUR TO SHOW ON MAP AND NAME ON BOARD
○LIGHTBULB INSTALLATION
○BOX WITHIN A BOX LAYOUT (however we need to find out how many boards/how much wall space to agree on final configuration)
○HAYLEY AND JON TO DO MAP
○JANET TO DO CAD LAYOUT OF EXHIBITION
○HEATHER FINANCE
○CHLOE LOOKING UP LETTERS
○SAM TO INVESTIGATE LIGHTS (she has a contact...)
○MOST PEOPLE WOULD LIKE THE SILHOUETTES
○£300 BUDGET (£20 each) BUT AIM FOR LESS
○MOTTO - "CREATIVELY COLOURFUL" (or something to that effect)

I think that covers most of it, we all seem to be on pretty much the same page with this luckily!!!

BIG letters

These could look cool for the entrance of our exhibition stand>   This is the RCA show a few years ago.

I have sourced them from a place in Birmingham - they are formed Polystyrene so extremely light
( very un environmentally friendly - yet  they are BRITISH! )

They are expensive

I was given an approximate price for an S  or a D.
A 1200mm high letter 100mm thick will cost £60 plus vat   delivery is £25 plus vat
A 2m high letter will cost around £100  plus vat  but have to be collected any volunteers to drive to Birmingham.
A small 30cm high letter costs just 2.50.
Lead time just 2-3 days


I am thinking we could have just one and perhaps paint another
and create the other from tape as suggested by Hayley.

The other option is we make from blue styrofoam and cut ourselves. 75mm   600 x 1219mm  block cost 45.99 free delivery 

75mm - 600 x 1219mm

£45.99

W would cost double as it would come from 2 sheets.

These are the pages from my note book during today's (30/04/12) meeting regarding the presentation of our third year exhibition.

The ideas disscussed were based around representing the third year interiors as a group and the colabrative dynamic that has been so strong in the studio. We wanted to show us as a diverse, colourful group of creative people and also our location and then spread out away from this into our individual projects.

More ideas to be worked on Thursday.

Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life
since these days you might be wondering ..

by  http://imaginepeace.com/archives/16344

Shadow cities from found objects by artist Rashad Alakbarov

http://inhabitat.com/rashad-alakbarov-creates-amazing-shadow-cities-from-found-objects/azerbaijan-rashad-alakbarov-found-objects-shadow-painting-4/

Temporary structure with banana crates!

http://inhabitat.com/bana1n-is-a-temporary-shelter-made-from-200-chiquita-banana-crates/

Shipping containers in fabric at the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam..

 

 http://www.dezeen.com/2010/05/30/textile-shipping-containers-by-overtreders-w/#more-72369