EXTRA TUTORIAL SESSIONS!

HI ALL,

IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM YOUR STUDENT REPS ANN QUINLAN, OUR ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM HEAD, HAS AGREED TO SUPPORT TWO TUTORS FOR AN EXTRA TUTORIAL SESSION THIS FRIDAY.

THE EXTRAS SESSION WILL GO FROM 6-8PM ON FRIDAY 25TH OF MARCH AND ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH GOOGLE SKETCHUP ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND.

THE TUTORIAL WILL BE RUN IN COMPUTER LAB'S 1 AND 2, ON LEVEL 2, RED CENTRE WEST WING.

ANN HAS ALSO AGREED TO 3 MORE SESSIONS ON TUESDAY EVENINGS FROM 6-8PM.

IF THERE IS GOOD DEMAND OVER THE FIRST 4 WEEKS WE MAY BE ABLE TO EXTEND THE INITIATIVE OVER THE WHOLE SEMESTER...

JEREMY AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STUDENT REPS FOR MAKING THE PROPOSAL, ALONG WITH ANN QUINLAN AND THE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM FOR SUPPORTING IT.

CHEERS

NOTES FROM THE FIRST STUDENT REP MEETING

HI ALL,

FIRSTLY, THANKS TO ALL THE STUDENT REPS FOR VOLUNTEERING.

YESTERDAY WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING AND A FEW ISSUES WERE RAISED, I'LL LIST THEM BELOW FOR CLARITY.

1. SOME STUDENTS ARE FEELING LIMITED BY THEIR ABILITY TO USE GOOGLE SKETCHUP. WE SPOKE ABOUT TECHNIQUES FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A LIMITED TOOL PALLET AND JEREMY AND I CLARIFIED THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR A STUDENT TO GET A HIGH DISTINCTION FOR THE COURSE USING ONLY A FEW SIMPLE TOOLS. WE RESOLVED THAT I WOULD SHOW SOME EXAMPLES OF THIS IN NEXT WEEKS LECTURE AND TO SUPPLEMENT THIS WE WOULD ORGANISE SKILLS DROP-IN SESSIONS FOR AN HOUR EACH STUDIO CLASS. THESE WILL RUN FROM 4-5PM IN THE 5TH FLOOR FORUM SPACE. THEY ARE NOT COMPULSORY, BUT IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH SKETCHUP (OR OTHER SOFTWARE LATER IN THE SESSION) JEREMY OR I WILL BE THERE TO HELP.

2. THE NEXT ISSUE RELATED TO THE LENGTH AND INTENSITY OF THE STUDIO SESSION. 4 HOURS IS A LONG TIME. JEREMY AND I WILL REMIND THE TUTORS THAT THEY SHOULD ENSURE YOU HAVE AT LEAST ONE BREAK DURING THE FOUR HOUR SESSION. WE ALL THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO GET OUTSIDE AND GET SOME FRESH AIR ... BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU. ANOTHER GOOD OPTION WOULD BE TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND SOME OF THE OTHER STUDIO GROUPS.

3. NOT RELATED DIRECTLY TO THIS COURSE, BUT A FEW STUDENTS ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING FROM ONE LECTURE TO ANOTHER BECAUSE THE LECTURES ARE RUNNING OVER TIME. JEREMY AND I SAID WE WOULD BRING THIS ISSUE TO THE ATTENTION OF ANN QUINLAN, THE HEAD OF PROGRAM, WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO RAISE IT WITH THE STAFF ACROSS THE PROGRAM.

4. ONE REP RAISED THE ISSUE OF A NIGHT TIME TUTORIAL SESSION. WHILE THIS IS TO LATE TO IMPLEMENT THIS SESSION, JEREMY AND I SAID WE WOULD ALSO RAISE THAT WITH ANN QUINLAN. WE SAID WE WOULD ALSO ASK ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL TUTORIAL SESSION, TO RUN IN THE EVENING, THAT MIGHT HELP PEOPLE THAT WERE STRUGGLING. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IF THIS HAPPENED IT WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO YOUR SCHEDULED TUTORIAL SESSION AND NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE IT. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.

5. THE FINAL ISSUE RELATED TO AUDIO QUALITY IN THE LECTURE ... IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE VOLUME IN THE CENTER OF THE LECTURE THEATRE COMPARED TO THE EDGES. I'LL TEST OUT SOME CHANGES NEXT WEEK TO SEE IF IT HELPS.

THAT'S EVERYTHING I THINK.

THE STUDENT REPS SHOULD FEEL FREE TO ADD COMMENTS BELOW IF I'VE MISSED ANYTHING.

WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED REGARDING ANY OUTCOMES.

CHEERS

LECTURE 03 TEXTURE AND MATERIALITY LIVE

HI ALL,

YESTERDAYS LECTURE ON TEXTURE AND MATERIALITY IS LIVE AT:

http://www.russelllowe.com/arch1101_2011/experiment1/brief/brief_exp1.htm

CHEERS

DESIGNING UNCHARTED 2 WITH SKETCHUP

HI GUYS,

ONE OF YOUR TUTORS, JAMES PEDERSEN, SENT ME THIS VIDEO ... WHICH WAS IN A DIRECT LINK FROM THE SKETCHUP STARTUP BOX. GOOD TO KNOW ... AND A VERY INTERESTING VIDEO ON HOW SKETCHUP IS BEING USED IN THE INDUSTRY.

CHEERS

ARCH1101 LECTURE02 THE STAIR LECTURE

HI ALL,

THE SECOND LECTURE OF THE ARCH1101 SERIES IS NOW LIVE HERE: http://www.russelllowe.com/arch1101_2011/experiment1/brief/brief_exp1.htm

I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE STAIRS PRESENTED AND TO CONSIDER YOUR OWN WORK IN THIS CONTEXT.

CHEERS

SONA FIRST YEAR DESIGN COMPETITION

HI ALL,

AT NEXT WEEKS LECTURE A SONA REPRESENTATIVE WILL INVITE YOU ALL TO TAKE PART IN A FIRST YEAR DESIGN COMPETITION TO CREATE A 60 SECOND SHORT FILM ON ARCHITECTURE.

SONA IS THE STUDENT ORGANISED NETWORK OF ARCHITECTS, AND IS AFFILIATED WITH THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS.

IT'S A ONE DAY COMPITITION AND OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE AGAINST SYDNEY'S BEST STUDENTS AS WELL AS MEET STUDENTS FROM SYDNEY UNIVERSITY AND UTS.

IT'S ALSO GOOD PRACTICE FOR ARCH1101.

CHEERS, POSTER BELOW ...

LECTURE 01 EXPERIMENT 1 INTRO

HI ALL,

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD YESTERDAYS LECTURE IN PDF FORMAT FROM HERE: http://www.russelllowe.com/arch1101_2011/experiment1/brief/brief_exp1.htm

CHEERS