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PROJECT 1: THE SIDED OBJECT
Photograph: Mel Steppe
Location:
CBE, Gould Hall
Date:
Spring Quarter 2023
Duration:
10 Weeks
Level:
Entry-Level
News:
Video: UW Architecture’s bench project turns an idea into an experience | UW News (washington.edu)
Problem
Using cardboard and simple assembly technique, create a non-representational form which, when viewed from different vantage points appears as binary opposites.
Examples of binary opposites; mass/frame, solid/void, concave/convex, linear/planar, simple/complex, positive/negative, implosion/explosion, poised/grounded, absence/presence, exterior/interior, reveal/conceal, protect/refuge, static/dynamic, modern/ancient, deliberate/chance…
Process
Photography should consider composition, lighting, and background.
Process
Overall views
One detail
Final Documentation
Materials will be recycled, salvaged, reused or provided to provide an equitable course for all students.
Collect recycled corrugated cardboard.
Cut, rip, saw, soak, laminate, fold, glue, tape.
Investigate white glue, contact cement, paper backed tape, and double-sided tape.
Fabrication to be self-supporting, stable without base or support.
Consider expression of marks of making and material
Consider structure as form.
Consider joints as inherent articulation.
Precedents Of Connection Methods:
Stacked Cardboard Furniture
Folding Singular Plane
Intersecting Planes
Student Work & Images:
Mel Steppe
Student Work & Images:
Ximena Santos
Student Work & Images:
Van Le
Student Work & Images:
Kelly Zhou
Student Work & Images:
Luke Dutta
Student Work & Images:
Jasmine Madrigal
Student Work & Images:
Edilyn Grace Marquez
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