Thursday, June 12, 2008
Project 3 - Model
Sketchup Model
Download Link:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=df54c50de273270fa9521060507b7d2c
Download Link:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=df54c50de273270fa9521060507b7d2c
Project 2 - Edward Hopper
Hopper, Edward
A Woman in the Sun
1961
Oil on canvas
40 x 60 inches
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Narrative:
A naked woman, without sacrificing her physicality, bathed in sunlight, represents the life of mind, soul and imagination.
By the first impression, the painting seemed to be simple because of its composition. When the viewer take a closer observation and do more thinking about the subject, one will suspect the reasons why the woman is naked yet still standing in front of an opened window staring at the view. By then, the viewer will join the woman in the journey of her mind, interested in understanding her feeling, where it is possible to be positive feelings or negative feelings or the both tangled together.
As of positive feelings, we can observed that she has an unmade bed bedside and high heels below that, on the addition to the fact that she is smoking, we can imagine that she has just had sex. From the guest lecturer on Wednesday, I was told that the naked woman is Edward Hopper’s wife, so she is actually not alone in the room; Hopper was in the room with her. Secondly, if the painting is expressed positively, we can suggest that the light from the window is a sunrise and she is just simply enjoying the view in relaxation.
As of negative feelings, the light from the window can be read as a sunset. Then the naked woman is unlikely to be admiring the view but she was carried away by her thoughts over something unpleasant. The high heels indicated that she is an urbanite that went to countryside. We can imagine that she is hiding away from something unpleasant, seeking for some peacefulness in her mind.
A Woman in the Sun
1961
Oil on canvas
40 x 60 inches
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Narrative:
A naked woman, without sacrificing her physicality, bathed in sunlight, represents the life of mind, soul and imagination.
By the first impression, the painting seemed to be simple because of its composition. When the viewer take a closer observation and do more thinking about the subject, one will suspect the reasons why the woman is naked yet still standing in front of an opened window staring at the view. By then, the viewer will join the woman in the journey of her mind, interested in understanding her feeling, where it is possible to be positive feelings or negative feelings or the both tangled together.
As of positive feelings, we can observed that she has an unmade bed bedside and high heels below that, on the addition to the fact that she is smoking, we can imagine that she has just had sex. From the guest lecturer on Wednesday, I was told that the naked woman is Edward Hopper’s wife, so she is actually not alone in the room; Hopper was in the room with her. Secondly, if the painting is expressed positively, we can suggest that the light from the window is a sunrise and she is just simply enjoying the view in relaxation.
As of negative feelings, the light from the window can be read as a sunset. Then the naked woman is unlikely to be admiring the view but she was carried away by her thoughts over something unpleasant. The high heels indicated that she is an urbanite that went to countryside. We can imagine that she is hiding away from something unpleasant, seeking for some peacefulness in her mind.
Project 2 - Model
The shape of my model is very simple (just like a box) and it seems like one single building. When you observe it closer, the structure is in fact a lot more complicated and it consist of two interlocking structure which are two individual bodies.
The white structure represents the positive feelings and the balsa wood one represents the negative feelings. The curtain wall of the white structure faces the east where the sunrise can be seen, oppositely, the other faces the west where the sunset can be seen. The site will be a very empty area, with no other buildings nearby as if this building is the only one that existed but this building is really formed by two buildings interlocking together, that in a way represents that she is not alone, that Hopper was in the room.
Sketchup model
Download Link:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=344fe88660ba4414a9521060507b7d2c
Sketchup model
Download Link:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=344fe88660ba4414a9521060507b7d2c
Project 1 - Villa Muller
"My architecture is not conceived in plans, but in spaces (cubes). I do not design floor plans, facades, sections. I design spaces. For me, there is no ground floor, first floor, etc...For me, there are only contiguous, continual spaces, rooms, anterooms, terraces, etc. Storeys merge and spaces relate to each other." - Adolf Loos
Adolf Loos discussed his theory in his essay, "Ornament and Crime". In the essay, Loos criticized decorated surfaces. His theory is displayed on the exterior of Villa Muller. Loos designed a white, cubic facade. He also wanted to distinguish between the outside, where the view could be seen by the public eye, and the inside, the private spaces of those who lived there. Consequently, the interior is lavishly decorated with comfortable furniture and marble, wood, and silk surfaces.
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