Data Collections, November 20, 2008

A very interesting talk about colors vs shapes and why color is easier to remember than shapes. It also talks about shapes representing different colors and why we this happens.

http://www.colormatters.com/BBArchive/bubdarc15-form.html

-Marc Tessier

Class Reflections, October 2, 2008

The EQ3 presentation was well put together and I enjoyed the fact that many of the people presenting were university of Manitoba students as many people in this field say that it is rather difficult to find work after school. I enjoyed most of the designs they created, the canadian one being my favorite, but I also noticed that they did not currently practice many sustainabilty practices which worries me as a lot of what we are learning did not apply in the work field, which begs the question how much of what we learn will we be able to practice?

Chantel Kuharski

Class Reflections, November 20, 2008

“Architecture is frozen music”. I truly believe in this quote by some person who’s name I don’t recall at the moment. Syneasthesia, I believe, is something that most people have slightly but might not know about it. Why are we attracted to certain shapes, or colors, or sounds? When I read that quote, I think about certain building and the kind of sounds they evoke. For myself, spherical areas evoke deep sounds, as for pointy areas, they spread high pitch sounds. Large objects show long lasting sounds, as for smaller objects, they show rapid sounds. When I hear sounds, I see colors. So in a way, to me, architecture is also frozen color or colors. Finaly, to add one more step to that, when I think of colors, I feel different emotions. So in the end, architecture evokes sounds, colors and emotions, simply by the geometry of the structure. This may sounds farfetched but this is what I believe and will incorporate into my own designs. So basicly I am saying that structures can evoke color without even having any color on it, just feel the architectural music and see the colors in your mind. One structure can be interpreted as various color schemes by different people since everybody sees the world in a different way.

-Marc Tessier

Data Collections, November 13, 2008

This site shows simple contempary garden designs. The 3 different scaled steps leading up to the bed are amazingly simple yet are able to give the sensation that you are floating of the water, giving weightlessness, which leads to relaxation.

http://www.actuallandscapes.co.uk/contemporary_gardens.htm

This next site shows photos and landscape plans for various modern gardens. I love the idea of bringing the inside of the home to the outside garden, basicly integrating your ideal place with your living environment, combining reality with fantasy.

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.living-gardens.co.uk/img/slideshows/contemporary-outdoor-room-fp/1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.living-gardens.co.uk/&usg=__hQir_M8ccdISUMvWKeuUifuW65c=&h=360&w=480&sz=55&hl=en&start=5&um=1&tbnid=D6_oV6ojH55TRM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmodern%2Bgardens%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den

-Marc Tessier

Class Reflections, November 13, 2008

Today we learned about gardens. My thought of a garden is an area where I grow fruits and vegetables during the summer months. I learned that this is not the real definition of garden. A garden is an ideal place, opposite of natural environment. A garden must have some sort of fence, whether natural or human built to seperate the two worlds. Why is a garden an ideal place ? It is ideal because it is different, for the most part humans want what is different, to make themselves different to be able to stand out whithin a crowd. It is a cut in the landscape. It creates curiosity and mystery. In movies, whenever you hear of a garden, it is most likely refering to a fantasy land, something secretive. Everybody dreams of a non plausible getaway, and gardens are the closest thing to that getaway. A garden is an escape. If you’re stuck in the woods, a clearing would be your garden. If you’re constantly living your life in a concrete infested urban setting, a green roof could be your garden, a place to grow the difference in the environment. For me personally, the ideal place involves bamboo, a beautiful light colored smooth textured wood, creatively placed water designated areas, several varieties of vegetation as well as a few accents of colorful flowers to catch the viewer’s eye and guide them across the landscape. Simple and subtle touches to a garden will keep in a calm modern relaxation area.

-Marc Tessier

Data Collections, November 6, 2008

On this website I found the basic components for the site planning and design process as well as other planning information which applies to architects, landscape architects and engineers.

http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/McBride/section3.html

-Marc Tessier

Data Collections, November 27, 2008

http://www.nextnature.net/index.php?paged=2&tag=dynamic-architecture

This site contains pictures of an interesting bird dwelling design

http://blog.kimvallee.com/archive/2007/06/22/day-beds-and-furniture-for-cats-all-set-for-design.aspx

Designing cat bed and structures has become quite popular this site has modern designs.

Designing aesthetically pleasing structures for pets is an area that has been ignored intill quite resently. It is interesting to see the new designs that pet owners can put into their homes which are really quite eye catching

Chantel Kuharski

Class Reflections, November 27, 2008

If there is one thing I hope for in my career it is to have a client as entertaining as Jae-Sung Chon had. It puts new meaning to designing to suit a clients needs when they have many different ideas in their head of what a space should look like, but with all the new challenges presented the building is still quite stunning. designing for animals whether it be 14 cats or in any animal lovers home is always important to consider all the creatures living within a space. Creating interesting doors passages and areas for animals is always a diffucult task but I think that the cat door beside the human door is quite an interesting way of incorperating animals into the home in a simple and beautiful way.

Chantel Kuharski

Data Collections, November 13, 2008

http://www.mcaslan.co.uk/project.php?id=120&project=Fresh%20Kills

The project known as Fresh Kills is by John McAsian and partners and is located in New York. On this site they look at the methods of incorperating marsh land and green space with which human interaction can still be a part of. The ideas presented are interesting and worth checking out.

Chantel Kuharski

Data Collections, September 25, 2008

http://clearinghouse.missouriwestern.edu/manuscripts/184.asp

http://www.coe.uga.edu/sdpl/researchabstracts/visual.html

These websites contain useful information on the colours that students and children are most affected by, during their learning process or otherwise.  It is interesting to see what colours children are drawn to now compared to what the views of these colours were in the past. Such as reds, which most children are drawn to now, were was once the colour of death and the devil.

Chantel Kuharski