FINAL EVALUATION

Atlas of Colour

I’m glad I chose the Colour workshop as it allowed me to flex my creative mite. I was surprised at some of the ideas I generated for the Atlas. I thought my skills were lacking for some of the activities namely painting and drawing. I enjoyed learning about colour theory and now I can appreciate Architecture from yet another perspective.

Architecture in Motion

I found this workshop most enjoyable and best delivered of the three. From it I feel I have discovered a new interest in photography and short film making. I’d picked up a workable idea from the outset, ran with it, and with significant refinement produced what I feel was a successful piece of work. Watching other students films I picked up other techniques which I could potentially explore in the future.

As for all the workshops I stayed awake till the early hours of the morning the day the final submission was due. However, in this instance it was least torturous as I really did enjoy what I was producing.

Architectural Drawing

I found this workshop most relevant to my current studies in Architecture i.e. the most applicable in this stage of my course. Drawing – one of the fundamental skills/tools for any Architect – can always be improved to better COMMUNICATE ideas, thoughts etc. One of the more memorable pieces of advice that Ken and Felicity shared with us, which has stuck with me, is that when presenting drawings, the drawings should be allowed to speak for themselves, and that a non-verbal delivery it should be assumed. This rotation reminded me of my love/hate relationship with drawing and it’s relevance to Architecture.

I was quite disappointed in my final 3D drawing of the Rose Seidler House which was a significant component of the workshop. I’d had some workable ideas however in the end I’d missed out on a week due to sickness and hadn’t properly managed my time resulting in only a very rudimentary drawing which still needed much work. Compared to the quality of other student’s work, it was very poor. However, something can always be taken out of these experiences, and in this situation it is the importance of time management.


Self Evaluation

I feel as though I have development and learnt quite a lot from this course, which I may apply in my future student and work life. Skills developed include: drawing, sketching, Movie Maker, time management and COMMUNICATION. I now have a greater appreciation for different facets of Architecture which I like, and dislike.

A lot of the skills and techniques learnt in the different workshops I feel will be applicable in my later Architectural career. I think the most likely use for my newly learnt skills will be in Design Studio where I am often told by my tutor to "show me, not tell me". This course has given me an arsenal of varying communication techniques e.g from the use of colour in presentations, to the potential for photography and film to create an architectural experience, and to the use of technical drawing and how to make drawings more presentable (3m rule, line weights, layout, composition etc).

Course Evaluation

Something I will be sure to take away from this course is a repeated reminder from all the workshop’s teachers, and that was “to create a project which you will ENJOY and which you won’t feel like you’re WORKING on but rather enjoying”. I will be sure to carry this principle on to later university work and, more importantly, future career decisions. I actually experienced this principle in action among the various workshops and in how much work I felt like I put in.

The lectures were well-delivered and informative. The “choose your laksa” strategy for the 3 different rotations was very much appreciated. I felt I could learn more about things I was interested in, not stuff I HAD to learn about.

Once again my preconceived notions of Architecture have been shot to the core. Coming into this degree I never would have thought I’d be making films or “atlases” and yet these are really fun tasks to undertake, and I truly enjoy them. I’m also more mindful of the seemingly randomness of Architecture and the INTENSE workload.

All in all, I enjoyed the ARCH1142 and think its very relevant to my future career in Architecture.