Exercise 3 - Design using NURBS curves

 

A odd looking building called Kunsthaus Graz by Peter Cook and Colin Fournier.

 3Dmax building design inspired by the Kunsthaus Graz.

Had problem making the perfect curvature for the body of the building. The lines weren't connecting at the right position resulting the body of the building to twist like a twisted vase at the pottery stage.

At this stage, my PC crashed 4 times and I had to redo 5 times before Mr.Angus reminded me to save the file after every step. However, redoing 5 times definitely helped me memorize all the steps in creating this building in 3Dmax and understanding how to design using NURBS curves.

Then, Mr.Angus asked us to add in the 'horns' at the top of the building. Had a great laugh when Mr.Angus made all sorts of funny i-am-so-frustrated sounds. He went around the class helping every single student with the curves and the horns. Great lecturer!

Rendering the building. It looks like a human heart with tubes of veins protruding out.

Since everyone was putting in sculptures and human scales beside their building, I've decided to be a little bit more 'kiasu' and put in a battleship!! MUAHAHA!

I'm starting to love ComApp class all thanks to my neighbour, ShikWei coming up with all sorts of funny shapes and designs, and opposite me, Victor who is very brave in exploring 3Dmax and helping me out with my 3Dmax problems, and not to forget, a great lecturer that's learning with the students instead of just teaching the students! Special thanks to Della and ChaiYuen too. Having all these wonderful people together, I always look forward to ComApp class and have no problem waking up 6am in the morning for it :)

Assignment 1 - 3D Model

House in Beach Palabritas.

1. Tracing of plans in Google Sketchup.

Its my first time using this software.

2. Tracing of elevations 

3. Extrude the walls.

4. Add in fenestrations.

It almost killed me.

5. Imported to 3D Max and turned out like this.

 6. Light rendering in 3D Max.

16 hours after previous food intake, 26 hours after last bonding with my bed.

Exercise 2 - F**king House

One hut with two windows and ten thousand buttons in 3Dmax, total time usage 4 hours.
I hate 3Dmax.

File was named fuckinghouse.jpeg

If you were in Friday's 8am class, you should know why.
PS/ a big thank you to Mr.Angus for being very patience with us that day because it took us some time to get use to the software.

Exercise 1 - Vase

First product from 3D Max -

 

 a vase.

 Felt super sleepy in class because it was a 8am class on a Friday.

Big thanks to ShikWei's weird vase for making me laugh through the whole 4 hour class.

 My product :)

Looks weird though :/

Special thanks to Victor for helping me out.

SJ18 - Application of Strokes & Line Width in Perspectives

I sketched a total of 10 prespectives, 6 interiors, 4 exteriors.

Interior 1.

Interior 2.

Interior 3.

Exterior 1.

Exterior 2.

Interior 4.

Interior 5.

Exterior 3.

Exterior 4.

Exterior 5.

SJ14 - Bubble Diagram of My Dream House

I have drawn a bubble diagram of my dream house.

My dream house is located beside a clift near a sea. It has a total of 2 floors, ground floor and lower ground floor.

SJ12 - Research & Compile 3 Buildings

I did some research and decided to do research on 3 different buildings.

First building I researched on is the Beijing National Stadium where the 2008 Olympics were held. It is located in Beijing, China. The stadium was inspired by Chinese-style pottery as the Chinese fancy irregular patterns but undernearth of the patterns are very clear rules. The stadium was designed in a circular shape as it represents heaven but was described as a bird nest.

The second building I researched on was Taipei 101. Taipei 101 is located at Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. This building has repeated segments which was portrayed in Asian Pagodas which was believed as a tower to link earth and heaven. The building was also inspired by a stalk of bamboos which is an icon of learning and growth. The architect also took inspiration from a stalk of Chinese ingots/money which represents abundance. Taipei 101 has a total of eight floors which represents prosperity and good fortune.
The third tower I researched on is the Petronas Twin Tower. It is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This building is designed based on geometric patterns in architecture or Islamic heritage. It is composed of 2 rotated and superimposed squareswoth small circular infills. This symbol symbolizes unity, harmony, stability and rationality.

SJ11 - My Favourite Item

I sketched out a presentation board for my favourite item - my camera.

I named my camera, Pink because it is pink in colour. Its model is Nikon Coolpix S4000. It has touch screen function, 12.0 megapixel, 4 times optical zoom, and has a 3.0 inch LCD. It has a black camera cover to fit my camera in it so that Pink does not get scratched when I put it in my bag and bring it where ever I go.

SJ10 - Initial Concept of Toy Character Tower

As I have sketched out 3 tower proposals for my tower, I have chosen 'BOUNCE' as the concept of my tower.

'Bounce' can be portrayed by a something round or oval in shape and may represent playful. Playful can be portrayed by a playground. Therefore, I combined all bounce and playful concepts into my tower and thus, came out with my final tower as shown above on the right of my sketch.

SJ09 - Penang Postcards

After a study trip to Penang, we were required to sketch out 3 postcards with best resembles Penang.

On the upper left of the sketch above is a sketch of an entrance at the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion. Next to it, is the Penang clock tower which best represents Penang as it is. Below it is the Penang food street as Penang is best known for its wide variety of delicacies.