Wednesday Meeting

We met at for our weekly Wednesday meeting at the Journalism Building next to Architecture at OU. We were treated to a multimedia presentaiton by Dr. Bozorgi showcasing the internal design architecture of Kerman. Following Dr. Bozorgi's presentation, William gave us a short updated computer representation of our site and what groups we would be in when we start constructing the model

The Base

Due to vigilant hard work of a few at the model shop the base was completed today. They pieces arrived mid day through class and we went to work making space and sliding in the wood modules. The model was intended to be over 28ft long but after looking at the size in the class room we decided to take off the last row of panels from the site. The team at the model shop did a great job, and our next step is to secure the matte-board and masonite materials and start modeling.

Legs of the model

Placing the second module

Slowly coming together...

The completed site model base

Professor Bozorgi helps pick out colors

Site Materials Decided

Today we finally narrowed down the final materials for the site. We brought in example material models to see how they would visually react with each other and to see the feasibility of there construction. We narrowed down are choices between chipboard, matte-board, Plexiglas, and wood. After seeing them next to each other and having an active discussion, it was decided that matte-board would be our best option in terms of construction and price. The base should be coming in later today so that will be our next step.

Comparing different materials

Tony Wu's Plexiglas model

Painting

Dr. Bozorgi wishes to have a nice blue background when we take pictures of the finished site model. Therefore it was necessary to repaint some of the walls in our studio so we have that nice sky background when we take pics. Brad and Peyton are painting the walls this weekend a nice sky blue so we'll get some nice pictures over the course of this project.

New painted wall

Model Shop

Larry got some pics of the guys working on the base of the site model at the model shop. So far we figure we'll need 21 pieces for the base and they already have 15 built so this is going pretty fast

The OU model shop

Working on the bases

Larry with finished bases

The site model

Today in studo we discussed the materials we might use for the site model of Kerman. The main area of discussion was the the materials and the aesthetics of the site model and what could be professionally accomplished in a short period of time. Couple of students have already went to the model shop to start building the base. The rest of us are still deciding how to proceed with the rest of the model. We're aiming for monday to have a firm pick on the materials and hopefuly we'll have a finialized plan by next week.

Other news of the day was that William discovered that our inital scale of the autocad of the site model was incorrect and now we can fit even more of the surrounding area into the site.


Figuring out site materials:

The Past

Today we met with Dr. Bozorgi to see some of the work of his students in his past studios. The work was excellent and one the most important tasks we have to complete is the class site model. The site model will be very important in terms of presenting and also allowing us to see in more intimate detail the layout and configuration of the site.

We don't have a time table on the completetion of the site model but we already have cad plans of our intended area and we have the dimensions of the final model. We're looking at a model approximately 28' x 11'. It's pretty big but with proper organization we should bebale to complete pretty quickly.

Autocad printout of the site:

First day of Class

This blog will cover the trials and tribulations of Professor Bozorgi's 5th year students architecture students at the University of Oklahoma.

The goal of this studio is for each student to create an building over two semesters on a site of their chosing in Kerman, Iran. While the site may be foreign to most in this studio, the lack of intimate knowledge allows a certain amount of imagination and creativity which pushes us to design something truly unique in our final year of school.