DKD SECOND YEAR ASSIGNMENT

HALLELUJAH.....that the entire assignment is done and dusted. I cant believe what our lectures have to endure day in and day out from these students. The excuses I've heard and how slow things take to get started, dam....but to be honest, in the end i did enjoy the entire project. It broadened our vision of what life was like for us back then, and what we tried and tested. At least we weren't as bad though. I mean Mr J. Pansegrouw says that some of his students try to get away with sitting in a test and passing off that they write the actually test by handing in there friends test, while mean while they didn't even write one word. then have the nerve to try and fool the lecturer that they had lost his paper....i mean what the hell has become of this establishment that the lectures have to play police!
As they say "TIMES CHANGE"....but ja.
At least my group was good to work with, given that they were slow to start off with, but awesome group of guys, hope they go far!!

Latest Computer Hand-In

HEY HEY........our second hand-in for computers come and gone already. We havnt recieved our third assignmentg yet, but i have the weird suspision that it is goin to be a 'DINGER'. At least enjoying computers and loving the 3D work so far. This assignment was a introduction to 3D MAX, which went quite well if i may say so. We were instructed to construct 4 boxes of all the same size and mass, then out fit all the boxes with a special sequence of differant lighting.

For Instance, the first box we had to have a singular hanging like so.....

all went rather well.......= )

THinking to much, gotta get to work

Design, I suppose has us all stumpt to a degree to total frustration......thats it is beginning to fuse our nerves into a tight ball of explosives!!!!

This statue represents what we do over a blank page for hours thinking of what to do, or where to start!!!!

All that can be said is that

"HIS A THINKER"



My final rendering result for our first computer hand in went OK, just wish that the actual rending didn't take

five hours to render, dam. You can see from my previous blog, of the images I chose from, which one i chose from. Just glad that everyone didn't have any issues and all went well. Now I'm excited to be

starting 3D max, which is going to be awesome. Its going to help us with our future presentations for

design. Good luck to every one for the next projects, and late nights.



REALITY BEGINNING TO SETTLE IN NOW!!!

It's weird how from one moment things are going smooth and simple and the next you're scrambling to just keep up, because you struggeling to find the vision or ideas you need to round of the assignment deadlines that are assigned to you. Since work and holidays it feels like my creative side is still on a holiday without me.....!!

but as always we pull through, because it's a sink or swim course and environment that we have chosen, just wish my mind would wake up. I mean the best things i came up with for the scooter stand were the images below, which is sad, because this is a fun and defferant assignment. Oh well, back to the drawing board!!!! stay tuned for my next updated advertisement stand

New Computer Project

AND IT STARTS.......the sleepless nights that is!
Any one who is involved in this course will know, that if you fall behind slightly with 3D work and everything else, that it equals extreme late nights, almost no sleep and a really unhealthy diet of what ever 24hour food places are open. The craziness that is Architecture!!! We will press on, because that is what we do best, and no one would have made it this far if it wasn't thought that each and every student could not make it to the end!!!
Enough about that, because i just wanted to show my three idea's that I would like to use for my computer project. The project being to do a 3D replica of the image in hand. We are getting slightly pressed for time now, seeing as this new assignment is to be ready in two weeks, HOOOORAAAA!!!!

These two images being my first choice images, seeing as nice subtle lighting and textures and an awesome variations of colours.  

Scooter Advertising

Our first assignment for DKD, is to design and do the working drawings for a mobile, advertisement stand to promote a scooter of our choice at events. So far, i have gone for my usual choice as everyone knows me to choose.....GLASS!!! A decision that i picked on the main point, that people can constantly see the selected scooter. Parked at a shopping centre, on the free way, or when the entire stand is opened out for public to touch and experience the scooter!!! Ill first go for a crit before i post my sketches so that i know they good enough to put up or throw away, hahaha. Although, this is the scooter i have chosen to use, or well actually there are three to choose from, maybe you guys can help me decide.

Who can forget History hey, Vespa....!!

Fold up scooter which can be towed into you're office with you

Front wheel comes out to form a scooter

Our First Big Project

Our first big design and studio assignment is to design and do working drawings for a new Bio-Kinetics centre for Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, at a size of over 2000sq/m. Which is an amazing but daunting project. There are so many idea's and thoughts to use to this assignment, but we all just want one thing, ORIGINALLITY!! and to pass that is, haha. We have such a short time line within to do the assignment, but as always, we will pull through.....i hope!

Heres and example of a high preformance sports centre in Pretoria, Gauteng.

Good Luck to us, hey!!!!

Finally a BLOGGER!!!

First assignment for computers is the blogger page, AWESOME!!!
something new and different to syllabus. Lets get started pimping it up!!