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A10_Taste Rave_Duncan

Dark chocolate with orange
Lemon juice
Vanilla Fritatta
the culprit
In which eggs is in the bass, cheese is the guitar chords, and the voice (which only comes in halfway through the song [the above is an abridged version] and includes the line “blue, blue electric blue”) is the vanilla — a surprise flavour that sort of sneaks up on you. Sound and Vision is a song off David Bowie’s 1977 album, Low.
Regular frittata
Vanilla frittata
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A10_Wenwen Zhuang

The taste of the chocolate can vary in its different shape and temperature. Here is a bar of dark chocolate with a flavour of almond and coconut. I ate the whole piece of chocolate. In the beginning, I can feel the flavour of cocoa, a little bit bitter but with aroma; then when I started to chew it, the almond flavour came; finally, I can taste more shredded coconut flakes. By tasting, I experienced not only the flouver of the cholocate but also the texture. The texture of the chocolate is an entirely different attribute, from smooth to coarse. Overall, accompanied with increasing temperature, the flavour of cocoa was becoming stronger and stronger.

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A9 – Remi Landry Yuan

A walk through a trail along the river led to two strong scents – algae and silt with an undertone of sewage and all kinds of funk – crisp leaves and fresh air along the river’s edge – a startling contrast

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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.

Section arriving soon……

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A8 – Remi

I looked at a variety of sounds in my space, and examined the intensity in relation to its proximity, frequency and pattern.

Distant busy road creates a monotone low hum
Small road nearby, I’m able to decipher individual cars passing by.
The crows were awake and active!
The canal nearby created a small high pitch crashing of waves
On site mapping sketch
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A9- Smell Notes

Katie Hunks

In Class Assignment

Depicting the smell and associated experience of hot chocolate.

Scent Mapping

Mapping different scents observed along my walking route. The radius of each yellow circle represents how strongly I was able to perceive the scent.
Depicting what I felt to be the ideal path based on the scents observed.
Comparing the ideal path with the initial path.

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