Glowing Fireworks

Assignment 1 Animations

Biomimicry

Colour

Constraint

Curiosity

Evolution

Growth

Symbiosis

Setting the Scenes

 

 

  

Night Wander

Mirroring Nature

Inspirational Set

Alamo

Pendergraft, Mike. 2003. The Alamo. Webshots http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1099814020010231818J1CftC (accessed 26/7/2010)








Apple Stairs

Apple Store Sydney Grand Opening. 2008. AntBlog701 http://ant.sillydog.org/blog/pic/apple_store_staircase.jpg (accessed 27/7/2010)



















Chess

Olive Wood Chess Set - Large. 2010. Games From Everywhere http://www.gamesfromeverywhere.com.au/21-tunisian-chess-set-large.html (accessed 26/7/2010)











Concrete Sink

Terrazo Concrete Vanity Top and Bowls. 2006. Trendir http://www.trendir.com/archives/000702.html (accessed 29/7/2010)












Design Tiles

Designer Art Tiles - set of 9. 2008. eLLeMeNOPea http://www.ellemenopea.com/blog/uploaded_images/Design_tiles_set_9_783401.jpg (accessed 27/7/2010)









Fractal

Mandelbrot Set. 2004. Harvard Mathematics http://www.math.harvard.edu/~jjchen/fracts/index.html









Holiday Table

Photoshop's Five Essential Blend Modes For Photo Editing. Photoshop Essentials http://www.photoshopessentials.com/images/photo-editing/layer-blend-modes/holiday-table.jpg (accessed 27/7/2010)







Hobbiton

Bramer Asian Experience. 2009. Bramerspace
http://www.bramerspace.com/china/uploaded-images/Day-2---Tauranga-(66)-721268.jpg (accessed 26/7/2010)











Irish Setter

Dog Breed Info Center http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images22/IrishSetterAlaBpuppy7WeeksOld1Tree.jpg (accessed 26/7/2010)











Moonset

Wimmer, Leith. 2008 Moon Setting in the Air and on the Water. PhotoMT.com http://photomt.com/ (accessed 26/7/2010)












Rainbow Jelly

Rainbow Jello. 2008. Do Better. Wordpress http://dobetter.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/rainbow-jellos-sm.jpg (accessed 26/7/2010)







Sheets

Freckles Spot the Dog Full Sheet Set. 2006. The Baby Bedding http://thebabybedding.com/admin/images/spot%20the%20dog%20sheets.jpg (accessed 27/7/2010)











Sunset

Owens, Chris. Lake Hefner Sunset. About.com: Oklahoma City http://okc.about.com/od/imageandphotogalleries/ig/OKC-Storms-and-sunsets/Lake-Hefner-Sunset-Photo.htm (accessed 26/7/2010)







Typeset

Mesker-Garcia, Elaine. 2009. Paperhouse. Wordpress http://houseofpaper.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/typeset-by-cybertoad1.jpg (accessed 27/7/2010)







Yosemite

Aulin, Glan. 2005. Stone Setting. Wikimedia Commons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Yosemite-Ston-Setting.jpg (accessed 27/7/2010)

Concept Ideas

The built environment should be growing and merging more symbiotically with its natural surroundings. Both should be constantly changing and evolving, one to satisfy our curiosity for new things and the other to balance various ecosystem changes. Nature can provide further inspiration to encourage the sustainable design of new developments, through biomimicry and systemic thinking, and suggest improvements for existing buildings and practices that seem to be set in concrete.

Built form, colour choices, material selections and services design can impact on how effectively man-made structures harmonise with the environment around them. Contemporary processes emphasize the need for collaboration and knowledge sharing, such as consideration of embodied resources, supply chain management integrated design, and ecological footprinting. Collectively we are beginning to realise the impacts we make, and have made in the past, but we still have a long way to go before we can say we live in a truly balanced and picturesque world.