ClassmateCrits

Our class finally finished a part of this Jenga project. Here is what a few of them had up their sleeves:

Kacie Leisure began with a wonderful concept. 'Well-up' was the basis of her three rooms. She tackled the project in this way: the burst effect, elevate, and feeling. Beginning with the skinny room, she thought of the final burst whenever something wells up. The focal point and most interesting object (a column in this case) within this room showcased that process quite well. It began with shelves with space in between that gradually got smaller the higher you went. At the very top, it 'burst' into one long shelf. It was interesting the concept of bursting or exploding was flipped. Bursting is usually thought of as one thing becoming many. In this case though, she seemed to pull it off. In her next space, the square one, she focused on the elevation part of well-up. This manifested itself within the architecture (of course!) of the space. She incorporated all of the utilities of the space thoughtfully in these solids. Then the third space focuses on the actual feeling of welling up. She explores how it would look in a physical form and with many curves and luxurious fabrics/textures. For each one of these rooms, she made a model to coincide with it. These were made using the laser cutter. Kudos to her! The drawings that helped make out the space the best were the axonometric ones. You can see how it really made it easy to delve into the space.

Justin McNair showed an interesting perspective of his word as well. Spark was categorized into three other variations and then expounded upon. The three rooms were as follows: tension of striking something, the center or nucleus of that point, and the rawness of materiality. The tension room was quite interesting. He put the kit on edge, using much diagonal lines to showcase movement within the space. I think this was successful. The center, or nucleus of the spark exuded itself within the next space. Everything seemed to spread from a single point. Unfortunately with the last room, the connection with spark was not quite made. He did a great job of making it coincide with materiality, but no spark for me! All of his deliverables were informative, but the axonometric drawings really speak to the concept of his rooms and allow you to really be in the space.