Analyzing bike lanes and their infrastructure in my neighbourhood using four criteria:

Consolidating my findings into one design

Section

Class summary

In class exercise

Tasting notes from our buffet

Colourised the buffet by taste and intensity. The size of the blob relates to how intense the flavour was (while the kumquat and green olive were amongst the smallest foods, they had the most flavour).

Drinking object

In class exercise

Graphing the relationship between height and the intensity of a smell (ex. things on the ground smell more intense the closer you get to them)

Noticing the smells on my walk from the bus to my apartment building

Notes:

Smellwalk mapping afterwards:

Colour associated with smell, intensity marked by transparency, and size based on duration.

Tuning In

I sat on a bench near the seawall to listen to the sounds of False Creek. Even though there were no roads immediately adjacent, the hum of traffic was constant. The aquabus would near then float away, moving the water and creating waves. Cyclists would whiz by, the sound intensifying as they approached. Pedestrians and cyclists would pass, their feet pounding the pavement. A water feature rippled behind me.

After listening to the various sounds and noting where they were coming from, I attempted to draw what each sounded like if it were a line. I also noted the various topics of conversation I overheard — with covid being the most popular.

Recording 1: traffic, aquabus, water, pedestrians, runners, cyclist, crow

Recording 2: rattling bike, podcast playing on speaker, crow

Windplay

I created a windplay object out of paper from my recycling bin. I crumpled up each piece of paper and attached it to a string and hung them at different heights in a cluster. There was not enough wind on the day that I hung it outside to make a  substantial sound (see video) so I swung the object around and recorded the sound it made instead (see audio). The crumpled papers hitting each other create a rough and sharp sound, reminiscent of walking on fallen leaves in autumn.

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

In class exercise…

Examining a dead shrub and bench in the Buchanan Courtyard

How my WFH set up feels…

…and sounds

In class exercise

Drawing a leather punch

Blindfolded

With sight: privileging accuracy

In class exercise: 

1. mapping noise intensity

2. section of my apartment building

3. drainage axo

UBC Nest

Plan marking moments of pause

Practicing axo sketches to better understand inside/outside relationship and drainage

Drainage section 

Overall drainage axo

Roof plan of overall site 

Entrance perspective

Using axo cube method to explore solid/void and movement across the site

Tracing my movement during my visit to the museum

In class exercise: drawing axo cubes and my living room

Attempt #2 at living room perspective (after class) *left incorrect as person is floating

Basic cubes with shading

3D objects with shading (cubes, cylinders, olive oil bottle)

SESC Pompeia Factory in Sao Paolo by Lina Bo Bardi (not near my home but came across it during GP research and was intrigued by the geometry)