Reflection and Evaluation
During the study of this project, I learned more deeply about the various sections of architectural design. For example, in the previous research, I spent a lot of efforts and time investigating the standards of representative companies in sustainable buildings in each country. I learned many examples of sustainable buildings built by construction companies around the world, which deepened the impression of the characteristics of sustainable buildings in my mind and laid a good foundation for my later design development.
There is one place I can do better when doing sustainable building research. After completing the research on sustainable building standards in various countries, I should conduct an in-depth study of the company BREEAM in the United Kingdom, and then refine the existing projects of sustainable buildings in the city of Cambridge and the fit of the local cultural background to sustainable buildings. In future surveys, I will avoid such problems, and bring the survey content closer to the actual situation of the project, so that the logic and content will be more clear and concrete.
When I doing the location research, I always remind myself to pay attention to the humanities, and design is serving to people. So the result of my research this time is to do a project to give warmth to sanitation workers and homeless people. Of course, everyone can come to rest and play in this pavilion, but I hope this pavilion can not only serve the young citizens of Cambridge, but also more To help people in need at the grassroots level!
Elevation and section make me feel a little awkward, I spent more time in this part because of computer problems. However, I think I can now skillfully make the technical drawing of these two parts. In the future learning process, I think many problems will be readily solved, and the efficiency of drawing will be higher.
In this development, I made many attempts. For example, using the method of dots, lines, and surfaces, irregularly drawing geometric shapes of different shapes, and then drawing them from 2D to 3D with a sense of space, so as to better present the architectural form in my mind. After using sketch up to make modeling, I tried to make my renderings. After rendering, I used Photoshop to modify the scene. However, there are some small details that I didn’t grasp very well. For example, there is a picture that I did not make a shadow for the building products, and there is still some deviation in the perspective. But, when I was making the next picture, I avoided these problems and produced a rendering that I was satisfied with. In the concept research, I developed topology from geometry, which triggered my desire for topological architecture. I didn’t try to using topology in this design because I don’t think I am ready to meet this big challenge. In the next project, I will try my best to design more creative buildings.
During the model making process, some problems occurred. The school’s 3d printer did not help me print my model at the end. So I contacted several 3D printing companies in Cambridge and London, but the results were not ideal. Their price were too high, and one even cost £ 300. In anxiety, I chose to buy handmade materials, while doing it by myself, while looking for a manufacturer in China to help me print the model and take pictures for me. This experience gave me a lot of pressure before the deadline, but it also gave me experience an opportunity to deal with different manufacturers. During the communication process, I needed to control the time, distance, model size and price.
In my opinion, the storage of this knowledge is crucial to my future study career and work. This will be my personal understanding of architecture, and I believe it will be a good start. With the attention and investigation of architecture, I deeply appreciate to their subconscious understanding of construction changed, and for a variety of building types, with a more professional understanding. For example, I really like Zaha Hadid’s architectural design, so I did a lot of research on her architectural design, and I learned a lot of new professional terms, such as nonlinear design, topological architecture, parametric design, and so on. These knowledge reserves are in my mind and have expanded my knowledge of architecture. I think that with these deeper understandings of architecture, I may try to brainstorm from such a large concept next time I do a project, instead of being clueless when I do concept development this time. I think the biggest gain is not what kind of appearance I made this time, but that in the process of studying and investigating at each stage, my knowledge of architecture has reached a new starting point. If I started researching and learning about these things when I was in foundation, I believe that it is laying the seeds for future learning. just like I read a book about artificial intelligence a year ago, which broaden my horizon and made me more clear about the direction of future learning.
In conclusion，I spent a lot of effort on this project, and it was a breakthrough and a challenge for myself. However, I am ready to face the next challenge. I am looking forward to the start of the next project. I will continue to work hard anyway.
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