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November 18, 2020January 18, 2021

A 4 | Above, At & Below Ground | Jennifer Reid

In class activity

This sketch shows the location of the major downspouts on the house in which I live.

The Nest, UBC: On-site Sketches

This is an elevation of the Nest building standing opposite of the main plaza there. I made the mistake of bringing a small sketchbook to the site, which I immediately regretted upon experiencing how difficult it was to fit all the desired elements on the small pages.

This should have been part of the previous drawing. It was meant to illustrate the height of the old student union building (now called the Life building) compared to the new one, at least from where I was standing. The Nest building is actually much taller.

This is probably not an easy sketch to read. The top half is a plan view of where I was and what I could interpret from standing there. The sketch below attempts to show what I could see in front and beside me in perspective. The outdoor area where the garden is was closed so I couldn’t actually step outside to investigate any drainage points for rainwater runoff. That being said, a large white roof was visible, situated just behind the outdoor play area which belongs to the daycare.

This is the white roof mentioned in the previous drawing. It has what appears to be a drainage point near what I perceived to be the center of the roof, and holes on each of the parapet walls. These holes might be for overflow, in case of heavy rainfall or perhaps the occasional snow melt which always melts very quickly in our climate. This is something I decided to explore further using aerial photos.

This is a plan view of continuation of the previous plan view. I wanted to figure out which areas inside would receive the most sunlight, and which were the most shaded. The hallway opposite of the nest theater was nice and shady, whereas the study area opposite of the nest down on the third floor was super bright and sunny. The skylights above also casted some interesting shadows.

This is another sketch that is not easy to read. This is a drawing I meant to clean up on the computer. Something I noticed from where I was standing is that the trees outside area actually shorter than the building.

I went to the Gallery restaurant as it was the only above-ground outdoor space in the Nest which was open. Something I notice here was that the paving stones have small gaps between them which would allow rainfall to enter.

Here is a section of the paving stones showing where the rain would hit, and where the runoff would enter. I am not sure where this water would collect, but It is something I have been meaning to explore further.

Further exploration

This digital drawing is based on my site sketch, but building height in relation to surrounding objects should be more accurate. I plan to further develop this further.

This is a plan view of the roof, which I used a aerial photo to figure out where all the drainage holes are. The arrows indicate the direction of rainwater runoff towards the drain. This is another drawing which needs some further development. The garden is at the top left, and the skylights are situated to the right of it.

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November 16, 2020

The orange dash line shows the walking step in the bathroom. Most of the smell is from the hand soap and wet mopping cloths. The scents are located in the four corners. In the centre, there are not many smells.

I went to Remi. Patisserie, one of popular patisserie in Vancouver at the weekend. I tried to record the most significant smell when I passed the store and the smell in the store. The store is very busy, so the street parking is also busy. When I stand on the outside, the vehicle exhaust was polluted arrow the street. One of guy after me has perfume, very fresh and like on the beach. The patisserie had very complex smells, but the most significant smell is bakery, butter, lemon and orange. The flat dessert from oven has very strong egg smell.

November 12, 2020

A9 | Noora | Smell Notes

In-class exercise: mapping smells in my home associated with the risk of a gas leak from my oven.

November 12, 2020

A9: Smell Notes | Vicky Cen

In class exercise

I wanted to create a language system to describe smells. I did research on the primary odours that people can smell and differentiate easily. I disagreed to some of the descriptive words so I changed them. Just like a clock, the hour hand points the dominant odour and the minute hand points to the minor odour. This is a rough version of the smell clock. There could be more obvious smells and a second hand on the clock. The reason for creating this clock-like system is that odours are often complicated because there are a mix of different smells. This system tells the strong and weak smells. Also, the smell description is clear and accurate. For example, the smell could be ‘really fruity’, ‘minty-fruity’ or ‘fruity-floral’.

Assignment 9

Back alleys are always associated with bad smells. I wanted to visualize what brings that bad smell and how strong the smells are. I highlighted the sources of smell. The dispersed wave shows the intensity of the smell from each source. Some strong smells are garbage bins, carbon dioxide from the vehicle, and the general moist/moldy smell at the alley. It is interesting to find that the smell of vehicle is stronger than chemical smell from the new building in construction, and it diffuses to a long distance

November 12, 2020