umesh + D+ R09

Going through the images of the reading 09, what I understood is listed below:

Page 1: It is instruction how to hang photo frame on the wall. The numbering in the red circles tells the step to follow what to do from step 1 marking the location to hang and finally step 5 aligning the frame in right position.

Page 2: cycling posture of cyclist in different road surfaces. What should be dimension gap needed in each case? One 1” between the handle and the seat top and other 2” gap between the top frame and lower part of the body.

Page 3: Folding procedure of Tobacco and paper

Page 4: I felt it as advertisement of commercial paper diaper, comparing the reactions of the baby in changing paper and clothes diaper. Both the changing start with crying baby but the result is different, one become silent where as the latter one with clothes still cries after the diapers are changed.

Page 5: Changing of flat tire. The mood of driver is annoyed when the tire is flat, after changing tire, the driver drives playing music.

Whole exercises, inform different instructions to achieve the correct way from hanging the photo frame, changing the diaper, folding tobacco to changing flat tire. They are all figurative and multiple steps to reach the goal. No word description to tell the story, its effective rather than using multiple languages.

umesh + D+ R08

Rendering & Reality

The importance of rendering is clearly stated in the first paragraph of the reading, how the rendering helped to win the design competition of New York City’s High line. In design competition, what’s important to stand out among the hundreds of design? And be noticed and selected. The presentation should have the wow moment, visually compelling to buy the idea and clearly sated the problem statement.

The purpose of rendering differs from its end users, for designer it is a design process seeking the best design solution, visualizing the project in a whole. It tells its larger audience, glimpse of project idea and what the project should be. This may be used for getting feedback comments, suggestion in participatory design approach from community and making them involve in design process. For developer, these architectural rendering may be used to convince the financial institution for approval of the fund. And for the client, these may be their integrated idea what they want. And more over, these rendering helps service engineers/ various consultants to give their inputs in the project and make fine tuning.

Architects have control over rendering and try to give best possible image of the project, as in the reading Libeskind original design for Ground Zero’s Freedom Tower, he has shown from across the New York Harbor emphasizing the relationship of its tower and liberty’s raised arm. Renderings are used to clarify the idea, but in reality, when the project goes for construction, Architect loses control over the project, there are multiple actors in construction, huge investment and big time frame to accomplish the project.

Rendering helps to sell project but all good renderings are not 100% sure to be good architecture. It is one of the effective tools of visualization for architects to make client understand the project easily and its one brick in a building which has its own important role making the building stronger and beautiful in design process.

EmilyW.R08

I wish there was a picture of this splendid rendering that seems to be a fairy tale to most of New York. It sounds beautiful but I can't really picture it from the description given in this article. I must say I'm glad I'm not an architect. I think finding a job in graphic design is hard enough and as the article put it..."unlike their lucky graphic designer cousins, architects can't show their clients a same size prototype with every detail in place". It must be incredibly hard to convince a city to let you build something.

Although I wouldn't want to be an architect I do love Daniel Burnham's quote, "make no small plans, for they have no magic to stir men's blood". This quote should probably be applied to everything in life. However, in my loyalty to my last post I must add, making plans shouldn't become your life. Achieving the plans you make should be your life. And that's what I intend to do. Get a Job! I can see it now.

EmilyW.R07

This article was very humorous to me. I found it to be very accurate in its assessment of our culture. We live in a society where people are ultra anxious, ultra paranoid, and ultra stressed. Especially a city like New York. It is always about the next thing. People have extreme problems in this country when it comes to taking a deep breath, relaxing, and looking around to the present moment and just enjoying it for what it is. They are always looking for the next piece of information, the next big "i" thing, the next instantaneous gratification, the next WALK sign so they can cross the road and get on to the next little thrill. People! Relax.

Discovery World

For your visit to Discovery World please try to answer these questions to the best of your ability!


Questions Pertain to Entrance
1) How did you know what was the Entrance?


2) Was the ticketing area well marked? How was it marked?


3) What was given to you as an indication of your ticket?


4) Take a map. Tell me about the differences between the directory map diagram you picked-up and the standing sign. How do they differ? Same?


Questions pertain to "WAVES"
5) Explain how this works. Is it easy to understand? Why? Why not?

Questions can be found in the "Great Lakes Future"
6) What is the TOXOCHELYS? Describe which skeleton belongs to it and how you know.


7) Who's eggs are these? How is it explained?

Questions can be found in the "Reiman Aquarium" 
8) What Fish are found in the North Atlantic Saltwater?


9) What Fish are found in the Florida Keys?


10) You have an under the sea experience as you pass through a tunnel. How do you look-up fish? Was this easy? Explain the interface.


11) What does the Black Durgon eat primarily?


12) According to Discovery World, is the Porcupine Pufferfish poisonous?


13) In the Reiman Underground lab simulation, "Dissection," what fish is being dissected? Name its fins. How is dissection simulated?


14) How many computers are off or not working in this area?


15) In the Reiman Underground lab simulation, "The ZOO in a glass of water" what are the steps to see the creatures? Is this easily understood? Is this real?


16) What fish are in the "petting zoo?"


17) What prompts you to touch a display screen?


Questions pertain to "Guardians of Fresh Water."
18) How did you enter?


19) How is our water purified in Milwaukee?


20) How many Gallons Per Minute (gpm) does an average shower head  spew?


21) What is Milorganite?


Questions pertain to the area across from the "Guardians…" past the boat deck.
22) What is this?

Questions pertain "Milwaukee Muscle."

23) Who is the sponsor? How do you know?

24) How do pistons work? Does the display illustrate this?

Questions pertain "Rockwell Automation, Dream Machine."

25) Who is the sponsor? How do you know?

26) Play Tic-Tac-Toe-George. Did you win? Why is George so good? What kind of machine is he?

Questions pertain to the area upstairs from the Dream Machine (upper floor).

27) How is the walking city described? Explain how you know. What are the square miles of Milwaukee?

EmilyW.R06

I wasn't quite sure but I think this article was criticizing the Cubism and Abstract Art chart. I can see why they do not think this is an adequate way to represent this information because there are many, many different factors that play into the history of art. It is not just straight forward, one dot connected with a line that's the only thing that happened to bring this art into the world. However, I do think this chart is effective. The point was not to illustrate every little detail that ever happened in the course of history in art but to show a progression through time in a general and simple broken down way. Just like in art there is some interpretation on the part of ones self that needs to go into reading this chart. I like how it's not all spelled out and it looks very elegant. It is hard to make a great jumble of arrows look elegant and I believe that this chart works.

The Reinhardt chart was also very effective. It was done in a very different style but it was directed towards a different audience and for a different purpose as well. Reinhardt's chart is playful, personal and speaks directly to people who are in his community. Someone who is not an artist would probably not fully understand this graphic which is interesting because it's done in a style that suggests that it's for the everyday person. The newspaper comic style is a style of the masses and you don't have to have studied art to understand this means of communication. This is ironic because the Barr chart is a high art chart and has the aesthetic of the high art design but it breaks down the history of art into a simple and easy to understand linear representation of art history, maybe something that anybody can understand even if they didn't study art. So the styles that the two artists use are kind of switching roles.

Paul-A-Final Project Proposal

I am planning to create a timeline of the energy used in my home for the past twenty years. The data will be based on the actual electric, gas and water bills from 1990 to 2010. In addition to data for the energy consumed there will also be lines on the graph showing costs for each of the utilities during this time period. Another line will show the heating degree day totals for each period in order to factor in the weather conditions that were prevalent at the time so that can be taken into consideration when looking at the ups and downs of energy usage. I will also be marking the columns of data showing time periods when I had renters in the house since that also will have a great effect on energy usage. Finally, I will be marking points of time when energy efficient products were installed: an energy efficient water heater, a new furnace and the installation of some energy efficient windows.
I am planning to add a graphic in the background that will show the configuration of the house and also a table with relevant data such as size, square footage, insulation etc. I am hoping that this project will give me a good idea of how my house has performed over the years, what I might expect for the future and where I could make improvements.