Donald Appleyard ......

So had my Urban Design presentation today on Donald Appleyard and his theory on LIVABLE STREETS , interesting to research and so glad I'm done now , now on to the next project DESIGN, DESIGN,DESIGN ............

ARCHITECTURE crazyness !!!

So this pass week has been crazy from our first design hand in to our 2nd year office scenario hand in to DKD Green star building hand in and having a presentation on Donald Appleyard tomorrow , I've hardly had a chance to breath let alone think really overwhelmed time to get my head in the game !!!!

NO great thing is created SUDDENLY .........

So JUST handed in our first DESIGN project and already on to the next one , having a quick site visit and discussion , EXCITED !!!!

When NOTHING goes right just go left !!

Tomorrow will be the last design crit before our Event pavilion hand in on Monday ,
and to be honest this design is getting the better of me ...........


Lets hope for the best !!

Let there be light - 3D MAX :)

So just had my first class in 3D max , and I must say its pretty great so far , think as soon as I get the hang of this program there will be some pretty amazing RENDERINGS and ANIMATIONS created :)




Step 1 : LIGHTING

The BEST way to PREDICT the FUTURE is to DESIGN it.

Construction and Detailing research project :
6 Star rated GREEN building in Australia

Buildings im looking at :

- 1 Bligh Street Office tower
 
  Architects: Ingenhoven Architects
  Location: Sydney, Australia
  Project Year: 2011

 

- 171 Collins street
 
  Architects: Bates Smart Architects
  Location: Melbourne, Australia

 

 

- 39 Hunter street , Office building
 
  Architects: Jackson Teece Architects
  Location: Sydney, Australia
  Project Year: 2010

The first two buildings are both bigh tall office buildings were as the last one is a newly renovated GREEN historic building .

They really are doing some amazing things in Australia regarding GREEN building design :)
 

 

 

Sleep is for the weak :)

Finally got my blog to work :D
So its been a crazy start to the year with project overload , trying to stay postive and KEEP UP :)

TO DO LIST for the next 3 weeks :

1. WORK LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW
2. CTL , ALT , SAVE , SAVE , SAVE
3. DRINK MORE COFFEE THAN ONE PERSON WOULD EVER NEED
4. FREAKOUT ( just a little )
5. COMPLETE ALL ASSIGNMENTS ON TIME

BRING IT ON !!!!