Perspective

Perspective drawing in class

Presentation feedback

Almost forgot to post my feedback from my classmates when I did my presentation!

Final project- piece 5!

Heres my last piece ill be making for this project. I decided to go crazy with this one so I bought nails, a hammer and a wooden board.

To create contrast, I covered it with black sticker, then i hammered the nails into my design.

It was quite hard to hammer the nails perfectly straight as it was the first I ever hammer anything in my life. 

Then I added the string which was very confusing at a point, but I managed to get the desired look!

Final Project- piece 4

I designed a front view of a building and played around with the position of lines, here's what I came up with. 

Initial drawing

Back view

Final piece

Final Project- Piece #3

For this piece I decided to go for a circular theme.

Back view

Sewing problems..

Progress

Final Piece!

56 Leonard, New York

A staggering building caught my attention while I was surfing the internet, only to find out its actually incomplete and will only be ready to live in in 2015. Its located in the heart of Tribeca, New York.

I was curious to know the availability of the penthouses and their price, only to find out there are only 2 penthouses out of 145 available at the price of 22 million pounds. 

Even selling my kidney won't help me afford such penthouse.

Final Project- Stringing it (P2)

Here is my second rooftop design:

Back of my design.

Getting started

Final piece!

Final project- Stringing it

The next step was the most difficult and confusing one, but I managed to get the design I wanted without messing up my work.

Back of my paper

First layer

Second Layer

Finished piece!

Final project- progress

Here are the two designs I came up with:

I punched holes using my compass for the strings to pass through, then I joined the dots together to create the design which represents where light will be focused. 

Final Project- getting started

Architecture is based on how buildings react to light. I decided to design rooftops of narrow and long skyscrapers, focusing on the use of light. In order to show this really well I chose to use string art. I went for a monochrome style of a white string and black background to show a heavy contrast. 

The materials I needed were:

String, needle and black paper

Graph Paper, a ruler and a pencil.

String Art

String Art is a very underrated form of Art. After doing some research, I decided that I want my final piece to be related to it. Below are a few examples of string art.

String art itself is architecture, let alone incorporating it with buildings and structure! I will create a sort of structure made of strings for my final project. 

The Big Apple

New York has been a major inspiration for me and my artwork. Its architecture is breath taking and is an example of a high class living standards where people who run the world would live in, which is something I want to create in the future in Kuwait.

This is an incomplete drawing I made in my free time of New York's skyline. Might inspire me for my final project.

Louis Kahn the Legend

"To express is to drive. When you want to give something presence you have to consult nature and there is where design comes in"

Louis Kahn is an American Architect who changed the worlds perspective about Architecture. Born in 1901, he managed to design monumental buildings which really gave the feel of ancient ruins while still looking modern. That was his signature in all his buildings.

At 3 years of age, he burnt his face by holding hot coals after he was captivated by how they lit up. His father thought he should die but his mother thought it was only going to make him a stronger person, hence why he loved revealing scars and holes in his building, and never tried covering them.

Below are a couple of buildings he designed.

National Assembly Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh- 1982

Exeter Library- 1965

The Salk Institute- 1960

It took Louis Kahn a long time and a lot of ups and downs to figure out what style he wanted with his buildings, but no one can deny how fascinating his structures are,

Not only did he design interesting buildings, but he also had an interesting life. He had 3 women in his life, and one child from each wife, who only found out about each other in his funeral. He died at the age of  73 when he was bankrupt and alone after a stroke inside a toilet in a train station, having a debt of over half a million US dollars. 

SRS Architecture and Interior Design

A couple of lessons ago, our class was asked to pair up or form a group with students that have similar intended major fields (Architecture in my case) and to create an advertisement. I worked with Samson, who intends to study Architecture, and Rong, who intends to study Interior Design to complete this task.  

We had a walk around campus and captured a couple of photos which we hoped would help inspire us with our final piece.

Exterior of the Student Union building

Interior of the Student Union building

Then, we decided to make a logo of "our" Architecture and Interior Design Firm as our final piece. Luckily I have brief knowledge about designing logos which helped us as a group design this piece. 

We researched Architecture and Interior Design logos, and found a logo that inspired us to create the final piece. 

I was in love with the pixelated/Lego effect. It created a subliminal message that this firm is able to put everything together whether it was similar or not, to create anything you want. I also loved the choice of colours. They are very vibrant which may indicate the creating and design of new modern buildings.

We went ahead and sketched out a couple of ideas for our logo and this is what we came up with. 

We then modified it on photoshop, using different tools and came up with this final logo! 

SRS stands for Shouq, Rong and Samson. The distorted effect on the left side of the building shows that we are able to create something from nothing, and the pixelated building tells people that we are able to put things together to create any sort of building. The choice of colours were calm harmonious colours. They represent our style of buildings and interior, which are classic designs. 

Welcome to my blog!

My name is Shouq and I am an Art and Design student. This blog will mainly contain Architecture related posts as it is the major I'd like to get into after I complete my foundation course. 

The beauty of buildings has always fascinated me. There’s so much more than just a pretty building, and that triggered my curiosity making me want to know all about the process behind it. It grew from not only being just an interest, but to a passion and something I want to pursue in my life. Hopefully I will be able to share my passion and reflective thoughts with my viewers and have everyone enjoy it.