FINAL PRESENTATION

Let’s think of the final presentation the same way you think about portfolio (this way you don’t need to do it twice!). All sheets are to be consistent in size and composed. Start your layouts now so that we can review as part of the completion and editing process. Knowing what to draw (where to cut plans and sections) is as just important as how much to draw (more detail(s) or more diagrams)

Remember the CONCEPT! These projects are in no way “Buildings”. Architecture is a concept event – ideas must be present for the artistry to show itself. Without this artistry – no architecture – just building (and to use Yiyun’s term “boring”)!
Don’t think of a stair as a “stair”, but a connecting device - a controller of movement.
Don’t think of a facade as a “facade”, but a modulator of light and shadow - a controller of threshold both for movement and light.
Don’t think of a structure as a “structure”, but a conceptual presence that holds form and space - a controller of weight and air – a developer of shape.
Don’t think of a program as a “program”, but as an organizer of sizes in space – a regulator of scale and measure – the organs of a body.

A Producer develops a film by gathering a team – it’s a construction process. Now ask yourself what would that film be without its Director? That creative artist that shapes sequence and sets creative process. Be the Director of your work, not the Producers! Set the scene for your actors – for your forms in space!

If you are serious, creating architecture is difficult yet simple, frustrating yet rewarding, equally conceptual and pragmatic. No “right and wrong” exists in Architecture. No one form is grater than the other. The only real difference between “building” and “architecture” is that the former is just a set of plans, a construction process; the latter is developed to control events that move the sprit, a creative process. It is artful and intentional. The quote by Le Corbusier says it all:

You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces; that is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good. I am happy and I say: ‘This is beautiful.’ That is architecture. Art enters in.