Entourage

Leaning on wall
Gollum Color

Gollum Silhouette
Over Shoulder
Almond Tree

Ok, now the fun part is over. Why Gollum? Because I can.

Assignment 3

assignment 2

For Assignment 2, I used several very different approaches. The "central" model I organized around a coalescing space at one end of the model. I tried to create the "centrality" by arranging parts so that the eye of an observer inside is drawn to this central space. Circulation would naturally be drawn to this point, which has its own elevated view.
I organized the distributed model in a gridlike pattern, both the objects and the voids, attempting to maintain visual and spatial balance.
The hybrid space uses two large cubes at either end of the model to compress the space between. Then smaller cubes are arranged around this in-between space on both sides in different ways. One side uses small cubes with sides parallel to the ground plane and vertical axis, wrapped around the space. The other side uses rotated cubes with a stairlike effect leading to the space and less wrapping.

assignment 2 hybrid

assignment 2 central

Subtractive Method

The subtractive method was more difficult for me to work with spatially but I was still relatively pleased with the results. This was my first time producing anything with Sketchup and it was a good learning experience for me.

Additive Approach

The additive method, for me, yielded a much more interesting structure than the subtractive method. I think that my mind is just more adapted to creating spaces by wrapping boundaries around a void rather than cutting a void from a solid. I also had a easier time using Sketchup to draw my ideas when using the additive method. I think this structure's planes, levels, and definition of space are stronger than the subtractive model and more closely mimic an real, occupiable space.