Fabric/Lighting Assignment

1. Computer Lab

Digital Work
Ambient Lighting - Fluorescent tubes

Effect: Cool whitish light
-Visually cold but helps maintain colour accuracy from looking at lab monitors which are also cool

Velvet:
Lighting distorts colour
Doesn't help the red accents
Fabric Looks Brown

Rib Knit (yellow)
Bright
Appears more orange than yellow

Terry Cloth:
Blue/purple

Denim:
Very blue hue but vibrant
looks darker than naturally lit space; like studio

Recommendations
Warmer colour temp would be more inviting but might conflict with colour temp of computer monitors
variety in directional lighting, less overhead light

2. Tate Street Coffee
Task Lighting pendants
Also Flood lights

Effect:
Warm/inviting more so than fluorescent
Bright
Feels more intimate/cozy

Velvet:
Red hue has more vibrance
none of the accents are lost

Rib Knit (yellow):
More yellow/golden
Much warmer than lab

Terry Cloth:
Appears bluer
colour softer

Denim:
Not as rich blue
colour muted
natural looking

Recommendations:
Need more lighting over tables in middle
People preferred tables with better lighting

3. Parking Deck
High pressure sodium-Ambient Light

Effect:
Terrible colour rendering
washes out all colours

Velvet:
Appears borwn instead of red
Dark with all details washed out

Rib Knit (yellow):
Still yellow, lacks golden hue
still more consistent than others

Terry Cloth:
Washed out
Has a purplish tint

Denim: Also washed out

Recommendations:
Ceramic Metal Halide may preform better and render colour better.

Lighting Model

My groups light model opted to create a large space electrically lit with a series of can lamps which mimics the appearance of a night sky. The idea being that constellations could be formed by the lights to divide the space. The light cast by the the 'stars' produces a striking effect not just on the ceiling plane but when put under more intense light intricate shadows can be seen on the wall before ultimately diffusing further down, thereby drawing the eye.

Group Marketing Packages

More graphic work this time around the work from a mock firm competition the third year students are entering. The students of Professional Practice had to produce a series of graphics for the students. I personally contributed with creating a graphic standard and most of the graphics that were produced for the actual project.

I stipulated, fonts, colours and layouts of the brand for the mock firms. The third year students will use these materials in May in Chicago for the actual competition.

The Actual branding document,

Flux 35 Branding Business


Bios of the mock firm's staff,

flux_35_bios

Pro Practice Essay

Below is a copy of the essay I wrote for my pro practice lecture. It examines starchitecture and famous buildings and whether they truly fulfil the purpose of architecture or reflect poorly on the profession.

lahti_propracticeessay_310311

Assignment 2.0 Personal Marketing Package

Having now handed in my personal marketing package to Travis for Professional practice, I suppose that I should post it here.

lahtiportfolio2011-2

We also had to produce a few other, documents like CV and a leave behind for actual interviews, however, these things have a lot of personal details on them and this being the internet, I think I may withhold them from my personal blog, maybe when I get an actual website up and running.

Vance Chavis Library

So its been awhile, below you will find some details on my Autumn term project. The projects premise was a class wide project to come up with an idea for the tentative renovation of the Vance Chavis Branch of the Greensboro Public Library.

Ultimately the design culminated in a complete building redesign. Our class was divided into groups which, each designed a space within. My group was the atrium group and below are some of the things we came up with.

 Perspective looking South

 Perspective Looking East

Perspective Looking South West

umm... England?

Right so George Quan is demanding I update this blog.. so here you go... Basically my summer was spent largely on the phone, in court rooms and in other countries so I dont have much to speak of when it comes to drawing... I do however have a ton of photos from various excursions in the UK presently... But first drawing I apologize for the poor quality I do not have a scanner and couldn't make it to the uni to scan in the lab today.. but I'll try to get in there some time this week..

I had a 6 hour layover in Boston on my way to Manchester and the terminal I was in had a gorgeous view of the Harbor so I tried sketching it...



This was just a quick perspective thing I was showing the year one students at a pub during a trip to the Cheshire Plain



Last week we went out to Rivington Pike and these are just some quick sketches as we were climbing the hill and I was falling behind so their quality is... not really very good but it was really just to get an idea.



Now since I've been here we've explored the Cheshire plain and Rivington Pike, the Pike being the actual site of our current project



This image comes from the Cheshire plain, its abit foggy, as expected but way off in the distance is Manchester more specifically you can just barely make out Beetham Tower Manchester's tallest building.

The view on our Asecent up Rivington Pike. Still rainy and misty as you can see...

This is a tower at the top of the Pike, the pike is on the end of the Pennine Moors which divides the Eastern and Western parts of England. At one point the very hill was used as a stage of a beacon warning system to alert the English to an invasion by the Scots.. Just as a quick note, the view is allegedly second to none in England and on a clear day you can see Blackpool Tower and Liverpool Easily.. However the weather conspired against us and we could see only mist and more mist.. in fact at the top it was almost like being in the midst of a smoke screen as you could see absolutely nothing beyond the top of the hill.. Not really relevant but pretty funny... I've got a book to make for tuesday so I suppose I'll update again once thats finished..