For assignment three, we were given a list of five clues that relate to design of some kind and had to document our findings thru photographs! My wonderful partners and myself worked together with the usage of our navigation skills, resources like our cameras and my iPhone to find what we needed. Here is some pictures and info about the what we found.
CLUE #1= Barcelona Chair by Mies van der Rohr
Something really cool about this chair is the way the design is a measure of the human body. Also, I found it interesting how the structure is almost like one of the tanning chairs one uses in the summer yet it is very comfortable.
This chair was part of Pesce's UP series so when it was packaged it was vaccume sealed so the consumer could be part of the art experience, since it inflated into the chair once taken out of the package. This was possible because it is made of polyurethane foam.
Since its opening in November 1989 the Wexner Center was already in the process of being transitioned from a "contemporary visual art center to a fully multidisciplinary facility" encompassing: (visual art (exhibitions), media arts (film and video), and performing arts..
CLUE #4= Mathematics Tower, designed by Peter Johnson
We found that the building has many cracks up and down where parts of the wall purtrude outward from the building, like in the first picture above. I think this shows either the age of the building or maybe a design flaw in the way the bricks were laid out to create the structure.
CLUE #5= The Thompson Library, designed by Acock & Associates
The Thompson Library at Ohio State renovation presented great challenges such as the removal and cleaning of about 1010 tons of limestone panels and the reinstallation of 770 tons of limestone panels on both: exterior and interior of the building. The panels that were not reinstall were stored and labeled as, “re-use” material.
Source: www.ascribehq.com
Links to teammates blogs:
Alicia Wyatt: http://alwyatt123.wordpress.com/
Catalina Hernandez: http://katdesign200.blogspot.com/
(They were great teammates! A lot of fun!)
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