Jed Long

Final Submission: Drawings

2008-11-04T15:44:00.000-08:00

Final Submission: Models

2008-11-04T15:40:00.000-08:00

Final Model of Design

Construction Model of Section of Building

Draft Submission Wk 11

2008-10-19T20:03:00.000-07:00

Around Coogee

2008-09-20T21:32:00.000-07:00

Some of my drawings to date

2008-09-20T21:09:00.000-07:00

Site Images

2008-08-31T19:20:00.000-07:00

Submission 1

2008-08-31T18:25:00.000-07:00

Walkthrough of Art Gallery

2008-06-16T21:56:00.000-07:00

I've created a quick guided tour of my gallery to give you a better idea of the spaces fit together. It takes you through the two lower gallery spaces then up into the workshop. It then moves back to the entry before going up into the third gallery space, before moving onto the owners bedroom, and finsihing on the upper terrace.

Walk Through - House For A Love Lost Couple

2008-06-16T19:45:00.001-07:00

King St - Art Gallery

2008-06-16T02:47:00.001-07:00

The art gallery houses a collection of contemporary Aboriginal art. It is owned by a yound couple who have a passion for art and want to provide the oportunity for young aboriginal artists and groups to display their works within a stylish setting. The buildings facade is the only reference that the gallery provides to the artworks housed within. The large glass windows are colored in a series of ocre earth tones, in reference to the traditional colors of Indigenous art. The buildings design takes on an angular style that is derived from the buildings relation to the surrounding street scape. The angle at which the buildings sits to the street is repeated in the anlge of walls, which whilst unusual, provide a neutral setting in which art can be viewed.

The top of the art gallery is inline with the existing street scape, but the sloped facade means that the entry is set back from the footpath. This acts to draw the occupants into the building. By hiding itself the building gives itself a stronger presence in relation to the street.

The back of the building steps down towards the rear parking space. The series of terraces allow for maximum light to be let into the building. The sloped walls are not only for show, they also act as a shading device. The angle of the walls allows in sunlight when the sun is lower in the sky (i.e. morning, night and in winter) whilst protecting windows from the hotter midday sun, stopping it from entering the gallery and damaging art works.

The interior of the gallery is a series of rooms that open onto each other. The main spaces are dedicated to the display of art with three introspective spaces. At the rear of the building is the workshop area, situated above the storage room, allowing for easy storage of work when complete. The office area is split between two spaces. A simple desk is present in the last gallery space, allowing for meetings with clients within the gallery context. Whilst a secondary office space is combined within the storage space, where files can be stored and actual work take place.

The series of thick colored glass windows, act to filter the light as it enters the gallery. The light creates an artwork of its own on the immediate walls around the glass. This quickly blends back into the white of the walls so as to not disturb the art inside.

Like most of the buildings on King St, their is a small apartment on the top level. The owners room is filled with a rich light from the thick windows. Whilst the room is quite small, this is balanced by the large balcony it opens up onto.

House For A Love Lost Couple

2008-06-16T02:15:00.000-07:00

Edward Hopper's artwork 'Room in New York' depicts a couple who suffer from the boredom of domestic married life. The man neglects his wife as he reads his paper, to tired to interact after a day of work. The wife idly plays on the piano, suffocated by the world she is in. My house is designed to rectify this. Its design is based around what I perceive as the three key romantic elements- food, rest and bathing.

Inspiration for the design came from a number of sources. Whist on the exterior, the building appears simple and cubic, the interior is an exploration of the interelation of space. The design has a strong affinity with water as it is the source of life and has the ability to cleanse. The artwork has the couple situated in the urban jungle, but for true romance to occur these two lovers most be brought back to nature. As such my design is somewhat similar to a cave, where the entry of light is highly regulated and incredibly striking.

Le Corbusiers Ronchamp was a source of inspiration for my windows, which use an irregular pattern of size and order to create a unique approach to the way light is introduced to a room.

My original model was to be cast from concrete. Unfortunately this did not turn out to well, with the building crumbling as I removed the mold. This allowed me though to create another sectional model that better portrayed how the spaces fitted together. Whilst also leaving me with a monolithic ruin that portrayed the sense of weight of my building and its thickness.

Each of the rooms is dedicated to a specific function. The entry contains an inbuilt seat and table where our lovers can share an intimate meal looking out over their internalised world. Across a small bridge there is a bedroom, whose roof slopes down towards the sunken bed. Here the act of reading can be intimate, an activity shared. Who knows where else this may lead. Then from each of these rooms there is a staircase. One for the man and one for the woman. Descended these stairs they each arrive at narrow corridor that leads into the baths, which occupy the entire bottom floor. As they move along this corridor which seperates them from the rest of the room by a wooden screen, they undress. Emerging naked from each of their corridors, they are now ready to bathe and to be clensed. Entering the water the two lovers can come together and share in this moment.It is here that they are offered their only relation with the exterior world. The pool they are in extends itself outside the building where the two lovers can sit together on a small ledge and look out towards nature.

Much like the cave, the center of the pool s bathed in light. Looking up the buildings form the walls of the cavern with a large opening looking out onto the heavens. When it rains, the building is like a series of caves sheltered by the cliff as water runs off the roof and down into the pool. It is times like this when water runs over the spout forming a waterfall into the water below that our lovers can snuggle up together and look out onto their world.

Geoffrey Bawa - Architects Office

2008-06-16T01:48:00.000-07:00

2008-05-28T23:23:00.000-07:00

Final Submission: File Front

2007-10-22T21:24:00.000-07:00

Final Design:

Draft 1:

Draft 2:

Final Submission: Conceptual Images

2007-10-22T04:32:00.001-07:00

The architecture of the Slim's and Yin's offices is very permanent. This is contrasted by the meeting place which is a space of the moment. It is created only when required and then disappears when no longer used.

The design of this space mirrors its temporary nature. It is a simple construction that is formed from parts of the surrounding architecture. The long wooden sticks enclose the floor as the two powerful figures can dine in the sky, looking down upon what they own.

Zhang Yin's office is a space that floats above. You enter the room on equal level with the platform yet you are forced to descend into a pit of light that radiates upwards upon Zhang Yin.

The article on Zhang Yin spoke of her relative obscurity that is due to the low profile she keeps. This is reflected in the room leading into her office. It is a maze of shapes and obstructions behind which Yin can operate without fear of distraction.

Final Submission: Zhang Yin

2007-10-22T04:31:00.003-07:00

The tunnel leading into the room narrows both horizontally and vertically. It draws you in yet the room into which you enter obscures all view of your destination.

Emerging from the clutter of the entry hall the bright light of Yin's office spills into the end of the room beckoning you into her office.

Entering Yin's office her humble origins are demonstrated as you are placed on the same level as her. Yet the power and wealth she has accumulated over life is reinforced as you must first descend far below her platform before you can reach her.

Final Submission: Meeting Place

2007-10-22T04:31:00.001-07:00

The meeting space brings together the worlds richest man and woman. It is based around an idea of synergy which can be seen in the table (see table posts) and its impermanence. The platform allows these two philanthropists to come together and work together to achieve more than what they could if they worked alone.

Final Submisssion: Carlos Slim

2007-10-22T04:30:00.000-07:00

The description of Slim in the article portrays him as a man that reportedly shuns corporate jets and flashy offices This is mirrored in his office space which is a brutal monument of power. The building is like an iceberg- when viewed from above all that can be seen is a flat grey surface, much like Slim who gives off no impression of his personal power.

The article also gave the impression that Slim despite being the world's wealthiest man, is someone who avoids the spotlight. As such and as a testament to his power his office is situated at the very bottom of the tall structure.

Slim's power is established through the series of ramps that wind down around a central elevator shaft. Anyone wishing to visit Slim must descend a never ending series of levels to reach his office. Whereas only Slim has access to the elevator that runs up the center of the building.

His actual office is a simple open space that allows him to work away from the spotlight. To maximize efficiency his desk is also his elevator allowing him to work as he travels.

Final Submission: Animations

2007-10-22T04:29:00.001-07:00

Video of table
See post on table (http://jedlong.blogspot.com/2007/10/table-synergy.html)

Walk through of path of Zhang Yin's Elevator
Yin's elevator moves directly from her office to the meeting space. It is on her summons that the meeting space creates itself, ready by the time her elevator arrives.

Walk Through of path of Carlos Slims Elevator
Slim's elevator also doubles as his desk. It is composed of two parts which seperate mid flight. His desk stops at the meeting space whilst chairs continue up to Zin's space so that he may send someone to fetch her.

Final Submission: Custom Textures

2007-10-22T04:26:00.001-07:00

The above are the selection of textures that have been used in my design.

These are a few extra textures that where drawn along the way

Assesment

2007-10-22T03:57:00.000-07:00

This is an assesment of another students work by myself

This is an assesment of my work by another student

Final Submission: 18 Sketch Perspectives

2007-10-22T03:37:00.001-07:00

Final Submission: The Articles

2007-10-22T03:26:00.000-07:00

Zhang Yin
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-10/13/content_707587.htm

"Zhang, the 49-year-old founder and chairwoman of the paper company, was reported to be the mainland's richest person with a fortune of 27 billion yuan (3.4 billion U.S. dollars)."

"Zhang is believed to be the wealthiest self-made woman in the world. According to Rupert Hoogewerf, who set up the Huran Report in 1999 which lists wealthy people in China. She is richer than the U.S. television host Oprah Winfrey and author of the Harry Potter series JK Rowling."

"However, her low profile has helped her remain largely unknown over the past years."

Carlos Slim Helu
http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2007/07/worlds_richest.php

"Sentido Comun said the Mexican billionaire's wealth had rocketed past Gates following the red-hot performance of his telecommunications firm, America Movil."

"reason for Slim's meteoric rise might be because he is also still working."

"Despite his vast riches, Slim reportedly shuns corporate jets and flashy offices and sported a plastic watch during the 1990s."

"Like Gates, he has developed a strong profile on the philanthropic front."

Ratan Tata
http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/jul/26tata.htm

"And next year, it will be 15 years since Tata, who is low profile almost to the point of reclusiveness, was made chairman, when his legendary predecessor J R D stepped aside in 1991."

"The Tata group is going global with a vengeance and acquiring businesses as if there's no tomorrow -- half its 14 acquisitions were in the past year."

Table End Product

2007-10-22T01:00:00.000-07:00

This is the end result of combining a round table with an object of two parts that from one. Neither person is in a position of more importance at this table where they can discuss working together.

Table- Synergy

2007-10-22T00:50:00.000-07:00

The table is based upon the idea of synergy
which can be defined as:
The simultaneous joint action of separate parties which, together, have greater total effect than the sum of their individual effects.

From Greek “to work together”. The attainment

This idea is derived from the belief that if we can work together we can acheive far more than what we could if we work alone. The structure houses the world's richest man and woman, each of whom is a philanthropist and can acheive countless things alone. But if they work together the possibilities are limitless...

Inspiration for the tables appearance has come from a number of sources:

from the lowely cafeteria table which works to bring people together and stimulate conversation through its round design, where no person is in a position of more importance than the other (idea shown in King Arthurs round table) This is a necesary importance in the design of a table for two very powerful individuals, neither of whom would like to be seen to be in a lesser position than the other.

The word synergy suggests that two objects are joined like this table, as two forms become one.

Zhang Yin

2007-10-22T00:38:00.000-07:00

Zhang Yin has kept a low profile over the years despite now being the worlds richest woman. The architecture protects her by creating a complex path into her office. Her office reinforces her power by placing her on a high platform that can only be reached by first decending into the pit beneath

The Meeting Space

2007-10-22T00:32:00.000-07:00

The third space where the two CEO's meet is a place of fleeting momentality amongst the heavy brutalist architecture of the rest of the space. The platform is created on request by Zhang Yin, taking its form from the existing architecture to create a new and different architecture.

Movement

2007-10-21T23:57:00.000-07:00

As my model developes i have created a coherent path of movement throughout the structure. With movement centred around the central meeting place and travelling from Slim's office to Yu's

New Table

2007-10-21T22:04:00.001-07:00

Table

2007-10-09T20:32:00.000-07:00

Elevator Video

2007-10-02T20:57:00.000-07:00

Model V2

2007-10-02T20:39:00.000-07:00

Elevator Inspiration

2007-09-28T22:45:00.000-07:00

2 Point Perspectives

2007-09-28T22:20:00.000-07:00

Model 1: Bottom

2007-09-18T18:36:00.000-07:00

Model 1: Middle

2007-09-18T18:32:00.000-07:00

Experiment 3: The Articles

2007-09-11T16:18:00.000-07:00

Zhang Yin
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-10/13/content_707587.htm

"Zhang, the 49-year-old founder and chairwoman of the paper company, was reported to be the mainland's richest person with a fortune of 27 billion yuan (3.4 billion U.S. dollars)."

"Zhang is believed to be the wealthiest self-made woman in the world. According to Rupert Hoogewerf, who set up the Huran Report in 1999 which lists wealthy people in China. She is richer than the U.S. television host Oprah Winfrey and author of the Harry Potter series JK Rowling."

"However, her low profile has helped her remain largely unknown over the past years."

Ratan Tata
http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/jul/26tata.htm

"And next year, it will be 15 years since Tata, who is low profile almost to the point of reclusiveness, was made chairman, when his legendary predecessor J R D stepped aside in 1991."

"The Tata group is going global with a vengeance and acquiring businesses as if there's no tomorrow -- half its 14 acquisitions were in the past year."

Carlos Slim Helu
http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2007/07/worlds_richest.php

"Sentido Comun said the Mexican billionaire's wealth had rocketed past Gates following the red-hot performance of his telecommunications firm, America Movil."

"reason for Slim's meteoric rise might be because he is also still working."

"Despite his vast riches, Slim reportedly shuns corporate jets and flashy offices and sported a plastic watch during the 1990s."

"Like Gates, he has developed a strong profile on the philanthropic front."

Final Submission: FileFront

2007-09-09T09:30:00.001-07:00

Here is the link to my UT model...
http://hosted.filefront.com/JedLong/
Enjoy

Final Submission: Original Quotes

2007-09-09T09:14:00.000-07:00

Stephen Hawkings:“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.”

Charles Darwin: "An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men."

Electroliquid Aggregation

2007-09-09T09:13:00.000-07:00

"It says something about mankind that we don't learn from our mistakes. We think we are god, each man better than the next. Yet the only organism we have suceeded in creating (if you may call a virus an organism) is destructive, just like ourselves."

Final Submission: Hawkings

2007-09-09T09:04:00.000-07:00

The room channels its occupants into the far corner, through a sloping roof, narrowing space and a pool of light. We enter the space moving from the large into the small, emerging again into the large. Just like Hawkings examination of space where he examines the small nuances in order to understand the larger picture.

In his quote Hawkings talked of man as a creator and as a destroyer. The green shafts of light onto the wall invoke a primative vicious image of man furtherd through the use of red light. We see a merging of colour as man attempts to dominate nature.

Final Submission: Meeting Place

2007-09-09T08:59:00.000-07:00

The space draws in the occupant from the outside bringing them up an into Hawkings space. The red of the exterior spills in mixing with the green of the interior, whilst an upward sloping and narrowing ramp creates movement towards Hawkings space, of which a small portion is framed through the doorway.

Final Submission: Darwin

2007-09-09T08:47:00.000-07:00

Charles Darwin is renowned for his brutalist view on evolution. This structure demonstrates this through the mergence of red and green. His quote speaks negatively of mans inability to learn from its mistakes and this building represents how man has placed itself above nature.

Final Submission: Custom Textures

2007-09-09T06:24:00.000-07:00

Final Submission: 18 Sketch Axo's

2007-09-09T06:02:00.000-07:00

Final Submission: Initial Axo's: Hawkings

2007-09-09T05:57:00.000-07:00

Final Submissions: Initial Axo's: Darwin

2007-09-09T05:47:00.000-07:00

Model Version 2

2007-09-04T20:44:00.000-07:00

Hawkings: We enter space from moving from the large into the small thus emerging into the large- similar to hawkings examination of the universe: by examining a great space in smaller detail we can come to an understanding on how we view the greater picture.

Model Version 2

2007-09-04T20:37:00.000-07:00

Meeting Area: Space between two areas... ramp goes up and narrows into uppers internal space, whilst through door external space is framed

Model Version 2

2007-09-04T20:28:00.002-07:00

Darwin- Brutal idea of survival of the fittest, negative space: derive from negative view on humanity that we never learn from our mistakes

Electroliquid Aggregation

2007-09-04T20:04:00.000-07:00

Model Version 2

2007-09-02T20:48:00.000-07:00

Space 1

2007-08-28T20:58:00.000-07:00

Experiment 2- Quotes

2007-08-21T19:11:00.000-07:00

Stephen Hawkings:“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.”

Florence Nightingale: "You ask me why I do not write something.... I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions and into actions which bring results."

Charles Darwin: "An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men."

Final Model: Duchamp/Piccinini

2007-08-19T08:40:00.000-07:00

Duchamp: Motion, Blurs, Structured
Piccinini: Nurse, Melding, Inverted

Final Model- 3D Warehouse

2007-08-19T08:21:00.000-07:00

Video- Bottom

2007-08-19T05:18:00.001-07:00

Video- Middle

2007-08-19T05:16:00.000-07:00

Video- Top

2007-08-19T05:13:00.000-07:00

Final Submission- Storyboard

2007-08-19T05:11:00.000-07:00

Final Submission- Patterns

2007-08-19T05:03:00.000-07:00

Final Submission- Stairs

2007-08-19T05:01:00.001-07:00

Final Submission- Sketch's

2007-08-19T04:13:00.000-07:00

Patterns

2007-08-14T19:44:00.001-07:00

Synthetic

Static

Smooth

Elastic

Quiet

Precious

Magnetic

Light

Conductive

Exothermic

Buoyant

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Brittle

Video- Model

2007-08-14T19:42:00.000-07:00

Week 4- Patterns

2007-08-14T19:34:00.000-07:00

Sketch 2

2007-08-05T15:51:00.001-07:00

Sketch 2

2007-08-04T23:54:00.001-07:00

Sketch 2: Duchamp/Piccinini
A: Structured/V: Melding

Sketch 1

2007-08-04T23:50:00.001-07:00

Sketch 1: Duchamp/Piccinini
V:Blurs/N:Nursing

Sketch Up

2007-07-29T23:41:00.001-07:00

Week 1 Continued

2007-07-29T23:29:00.000-07:00

Model for Resort
Open, Relaxing, Tropical

Week 1

2007-07-24T18:58:00.000-07:00

Study for an armored tank, 1487, Codex Arundel- Leonardo Da Vinvi

Heaviness, Invent, Eccentric

Vespa vs Bambi- Patricia Piccinini

Nursing, Melding, Cute

Nude Descending A Stair Case- Marcel Duchamp

Motion, Blurs, Confused