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Assignment 7 – Movement
Class exercises at Orchard Commons:
Analysis of my house stairs:
Weird steps at the bottom
And a railing that can not be hold
Last one for fun: the weird dance to go to the toilet room
Caleb van der Leek – Assignment 07
In-Class Exercise: 
Assignment 07:
I used this assignment to interrogate the spatial qualities of the bathroom space in my student apartment. I wanted to look at the space through the idea of compression and sensorial micro-moments. Due to my size and the scale of the bathroom there is an almost continuous gradient of compressed feeling in the bathroom. The number of steps I take in the space have very little rhythm or composition. To manoeuvre my frame around it require many small steps to position myself in space.
The micro moments progressions show both the act of moving to the shower space and how my body interacts with that on a physical level, and the other is the progression of washing my hands.
The most confusing interaction is with the inward swinging door which to access the cupboards under the sink, you need to move around the perimeter of the door as you swing it open in order to then close it.
Renata Kisin – Assignment 07
In class exercise
Examining the rail in Orchard Commons
Analyzing my movement from the bedroom to the kitchen…Tight turns make for awkward spaces
Motion of my foot as I walk and need to pivot my foot around the corner
My hand touches the wall as I pivot around the corner
Week 07 – Chloe Naese
In-class assignment – Orchard Commons
Assignment 7 – Examining assembly stairs at the Nest
Kristian Lebitania- Assignment 7
In-Class Exercise
Assignment 7
Assignment07-Charlotte Chen
An exploration of stairs in my house
Lauren Wolfe – Assignment 7
At Home – The Kitchen
trying to capture the movement and cramped feeling of the kitchen
In Class – The Orchard
trying to capture the motion of the traffic through this zone
table set – hardness of the wood, and softness of the sand with the movement of the rain
Assignment 07
Analysis of how the body moves when using an indoor staircase at home.
Imagining the staircase as an instrument and the body as the musician. Questions that came up: What sounds does it make? Does it change when you move fast or slow? What does a harmonious staircase feel or sound like? How would this change between staircases that are designed differently?
Regarding inclusive design: someone elderly or with an injury or disability might need to move more slowly. A left-handed person might want a railing on the left when going down for balance.
A7
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.
