Here is an elaboration of the points I was making in class.
The emphasis we have placed this year has been on design as form making. The sculptural aspects of the 3D object.
After last week's preliminary presentations, many of the submissions have now reached a point where the form of the building has moved from nebulous arrangement of spaces to nearly realised object.
Design now needs to take a more nuanced approach.
MATERIALS:
Consider carefully now, the materials palette which the group is proposing for the building.
If it is brick consider whether the building dimensions are to brick module. What colour, and manufacturing process has been used, is it wire cut, pressed? How are they to be laid, traditional or robotic.
As I said the analogy is like a painter intuitively understanding the media. How the oils can be mixed, on the palette, with what variety and combination of tools they can be applied to the canvas, (if indeed it is that media), and how they can be blended once applied. Then there is the composition of the image etc.
ELEMENTS:
Do not ignore structure. Students informing me, that all the walls are loadbearing, have forgotten about flexibility of internal spaces, (open narratives) or appropriate material selections, or typical construction types. Load bearing pre-cast concrete is not suitable for the scale or budget of this project.
the way in which particular architectural elements are used is one of the chief means by which a building can be made to convey meaning. Consequently, the articulation of these elements, such as in the rendering of a wall, the spacing and particular style of windows or choice of roof cladding material, can vary dramatically. Reading Architecture - a visual lexicon
Please revisit the work of Sam Mockbee and Rural Studio. Watch again the documentary 'Citizen Architect' (available via RMIT Library). I am not trying to create clones of that aesthetic, but the pragmatic approach to form and use of material is exemplified in the design process.
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