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project 1:

famous people, familiar faces

This is an ice breaking project dedicated for the students to investigate and to explore their given master architect and their works. In a group of 6, we were assigned to do findings on Robert Venturi and his work, Vanna Venturi House. We were then required to investigate and formulate our findings into a set of 10 analysis diagrams and 10 diagrammatic models. We also need to produce a complete set of architectural drawings with the scale of 1:100. 

10 DIAGRAMMATIC MODELS

CONTEXT

TRANSFORMATION

SYMBOLIC

EMPHASIS

PROPORTION

BALANCE

SCALE

CONTRADICTION

GEOMETRY

CIRCULATION

PRESENTATION BOARD:

REFLECTION:

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Throughout the project, I gain the ability to identify master architects and their works. I also understand the basic architectural compositions of solids, planes, lines and frames. I also able to ‘diagram’ and analyse architectural work of selected architect. I also learn to cooperate with group members well in term of communicating ideas. The hard works didn't pay off as what I expected, but we learnt that Robert Venturi is an architect who is very distinct  than other architects and well-known of his manifesto- Complexity and Contradiction. This project provides an opportunity for us to express our feelings and thoughts through creating a colourful set of drawings whch doesn't seem to be appreciated by our dearest assessor. But overal, this project brings us a brand new experience and prepares us well for upcoming project.

© by Chung How Cyong.

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