Quick Update

Okay guys, I know I haven't updated in over two weeks but there are pretty good reasons

1. Easter weekend, seeing the family and such

2. Our group had another analysis board thing based on the neighborhoods. The group member who put together the board lost her flash drive which contained the only copy of the jpg of the final board so I cannot show it to you guys. Plus, I did demographic stuff on it so there would be no graphics to show from me anyway.

3. I've been working on other homework. I'm trying to finish everything but studio so I can have my full concentration on that. At the moment, I have 2 tests, 1 quiz, and one article to finish. On top of that, I'm in the mid-process of writing 4 papers, all of which I've started writing within the past 10 days or so. I'm getting burnt out with the massive amount of work and it's frustrating when I work on something for hours and have nothing to show for it (no final, finished product).

Blah

But I'm close enough to be able to finish all four papers this weekend, hopefully Saturday. I've just been lazy to actually edit them. Then I just have the quiz and tests which will only consume my life for a day or two.

We're starting our final board and drawings for the studio assignment. I have pictures for my three alternatives (different options for the layout of my final) so I should hopefully be posting those this weekend.

I don't know if I'll be able to update every week until the project is finished. I mean, there's only 2 weeks left on the project...oh God...

If all else fails, I'll post after I turn it in and school is out.

I can't believe I'm done in less than a month =D

Studio Blog Update

Hey!

So, there really hasn't been anything to post in this past week. We had another group project but drawings weren't really involved. It was more of an analysis and the pictures are there for a guide and there wasn't any process in making them. Here's the final version (I took out of our last names):

It analyzed the various circulation routes around our site and in Indy and we showed ways that we could improve them (IE continuing the sidewalk). I worked on the bottom 2 and another person in the group and I worked on the board layout.

I think our next board is a group project as well so there probably won't be another process update. Once I actually look through my pictures, I'll post some photos from the site (it is a real place after all).

:D

Week 1

Okay, here's the first post in this series. I kept on forgetting my camera so some of the pictures are small and not that great of quality.

The first part of the project is the site analysis. We were separated into groups of four so I don't have the full board or all of the diagrams, but here are the ones I did.

Once I start the final portion of the project I should have more pictures since they take longer and there are more details.

Enjoy!















My first diagram is a land use map. It's pretty self explanatory, each color represents a land use (for example, blue is special use (schools, libraries, etc), red is mixed use, yellow is residential). First, I traced all of the streets from the site map.
















Using the streets as a guide, I started coloring.
















This is what the final product looks like. I then scanned the two images (roads and color) onto my computer. It's messy, I know--that's where Photoshop comes into play.

























This is the real final after Photoshop editing. I inverted the roads and cleaned up the color.





















I realized I don't have a process of my circulation diagrams =p It's not as noticeable as the land use anyway. I basically outlined the roads--the thicker the line, the busier the road.



















This is a circulation diagram too--but shows the sidewalks (red) and the Indianapolis Cultural Trail (green).










































Here's the final Photoshop products.



















This is my final diagram and I actually did a pretty good job showing the process :D
This one combines adjacent influences, landmarks, and nodes. Adjacent influences are things that would directly impact the site. Some things I pointed out was downtown, Mass Ave, the highway, and the surrounding residental. Landmarks are self explanatory. I included the Murat, the Monet Trail, and a few others. Nodes are points of interest, or where a lot of activity takes place...it's hard to explain. The ones I showed was the I-70 and I-65 exchange and the 6-way intersection close to the site.





















Here's the diagram with color. Every color represents something, similar to the land use map.




















Now to add some architect/planner flair to it. Basically, I outlined the outline. I have no clue how it works, but it always seems to look a hundred times better...




















Then I added some shading with color pencil. Truthfully, this isn't my favorite diagram, I've drawn better ones =p

















Here's the final Photoshop version.


And that was week 1. I think in total that took me around 15 hours....and that was a small project. Jeez, it seems like a long time if I put it that way...but really that was throughout the week so it wasn't that bad.

Any comments on how I presented it? That's what I had in mind, but I don't know what you guys thought. And feel free to ask any questions about the project--what I wrote here and the last post only skims the surface. I'm not sure what the next part of the project is...I haven't really studied the schedule yet...

Thanks for reading!