March 2022

A7

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I started by walking without sight, down a set of stairs in the orchard. The lines represent the experience of my hand, the experience of my foot, with annotations and connected to a axonometric mapping of the actual staircase.

Next I set out to diagram the vibrations of the various handrails, where some feel really unstable and some felt really secure. Ultimately in connection to how well they are supported by walls.

 

Lastly for homework I wanted to explore the relationship between the door and stairwell in the landscape annex – the most awkward door I have ever encountered. I wanted to try a new style of sketching directly on top of digital photography. In this case it was only somewhat successful.

Laureen Stokes – Assignment 7

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Tapping pattern to test adhesion at the vinyl, wood patterned flooring.

Tapping pattern on the tile adjacent to the window.

Sketches of material defects observed through touch.

Shadows and surface at the corner of the window with plan detail.

Study of the helical stairs leading to my laundry space, including stepping and hand grasping pattern during the ascent and descent.

Experimenting with different ways of drawing the handgrasping pattern and body position while ascending the staircase. The lower sketch shows the material changes underfoot.

 

Assignment 06

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In-class exercise: Tactile studies of ergonomics and comfort of concrete bench in Buchanan courtyard.

At home: Tactile body experience of foot on floor materials

Touch map of feet on floor materials. Areas where floor materials were wet, had low friction materials, and grade changes required more cautious footsteps. Areas that were flat, dry with higher friction materials allowed for more carefree, comfortable footsteps.

Week 6 – Chloe Naese

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In-Class Assignment – Buchanan

Assignment 6- Texture Walk outside of Iona House


Observations during walk


Tactile chart of materials and things along the walk

 


Texture rubbings from these materials

Texture map along my walking route: colors are mixed based off of where they lie on the chart

Drawing Revisit

Assignment 06-Charlotte Chen

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I spent a couple of hours in Starbucks close to my home. One of the strongest senses I got as soon as I walked into the café is the smell of the coffee, which remained noticeable when I was talking to the cashier and barista. (showed in red on drawings, may not clear after scanning. ) Audio filled in the small space-people chatting(more on the front desk side, and outside seating), machine functioning, alarms. Yellow lines show the main routes I noticed during my stay in the café.

I sat on a black smooth wooden chair, with a round table that had brown wood pattern on its surface. The window next to me was framed with silver metals.

In-class exercise

A6

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I started the exploration with an analysis of edge conditions and trip hazards, explored the transition of heat drawn away from my body by sitting on the cold cement, and tried to represent texture along the edge of a planting area.

Next I sat in the plaza and tried to imagine the world only from what I could hear. Annotating direction, rhythm, and amplitude of sound surrounding me.

 

I walked across the plaza looking for something to draw, and I noticed that through my thin shoes I could feel the difference in textures as I walked around. This map attempts to denote the rythm and feeling of my foot as I traveled across the plaza using only line. each segment of dotted line represents an individual step (although it is not to scale), with the expression of the line meant to indicate how the step felt: soft, sharp, etc.

Im calling the top drawing a texture map – the line attempts to communicate the soft and rough textures along the hands path of this moss covered tree limb.|

The bottom Drawing is about the sensorial experience of each step in the process of making a vegan take on a deep south bbq sandwich and bananna pudding desert.

*update*
(ive tried re-uploading these images but it is still cropping them weirdly)

Laureen Stokes – Assignment 6

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Gusts of wind from the door.

Framing the view: intense contrast between the roof overhang, wood counter-top and the south.

Five different materials: Concrete pavers, wood countertop with aluminum window frame, hydrangeas in the wind, metal stool, and plastic chair & table.

Acoustic map. The source and quality of sound.

I sat in a high-end coffee shop, at a bar with the cash register behind me.  The contrast of light and dark between the inside and outside was intense. Most of the surfaces inside were polished and hard, creating a lot of reverberations of conversation and the banging and whining from the coffee machinery.

The bar I was sitting at was wood, but wood that has been cut to crisp corners, polished and varnished.  Despite being a natural material, the wood became a human artifact; it lost many of its organic qualities in the manufacturing process.  It was perfectly smooth without the natural curves and divots from raw wood.  No knots or normal defects were found.  Running fingers over its surface was like touching any other human-made material – neutral in temperature and without variation in texture. It was rigidly and aggressively rectangular. It added an organic element to the visual landscape but not the multi-sensorial space.