Category: Andrew Hood

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Above, At & Below Ground – Andrew Hood

In Class

These drawings of the suspended study zone at the Nest document the movements of people as they come and go. The top of the staircase was a particular point of interest, as since nobody could see how full the area was, they had to reach the top of the stair in order to determine if they’d be staying or not.

At Home

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Course Summary

Overall this course taught me that I must prioritize using my other senses, especially at the beginning of the design process. Working through the challenges of articulating different senses such as smell, taste, and sound in drawing was an extremely useful practice to cultivating my own method of site analysis as part of an architecture practice. I think by closing my eyes at the beginning of the process, I give space for my other senses to take over. In some way, I think this visual vacancy should be conveyed in whatever is drawn, to give viewers a chance to imagine or enter a drawing through their own senses beyond sight.

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Tuning In & Windplay – Andrew Hood

In Class

At Home

I took a walk down the street I live on: Scotia, and focused my attention on what different sounds were happening and where from. One thing that became very apparent was the “elevation” at which sound travels. The jet plane and the birds were two very different sounds, but both came from overhead. On the other hand, the sound of vehicle’s starting and stop I was hearing more in my chest/torso. Walking with my dog also gave me consideration for how she my hear the environment.

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Smell Notes – Andrew Hood

In class

During the walk into the woods at Stanley Park, I got up close with one of the old growth nurse logs. It had salal springing from its top, while parts of the wood were rotting closer to the ground. Overall the scent of the ground, and the decay taking place in and on it, was much more pungent than the smell of new life growing from the top.

At home

A series of photos documenting the tidal movements in coastal BC. The smell experience during a 12 hours stint at this lagoon had such a spectrum of smell. Albeit I noticed most that the rising water seemed to mute smells of low tide, and that as the temperature dropped the smells of the landscape grew faint while my own smells were much more apparent.

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