ARCH1101 Studio Session One

Best piece of creative work from high school:

This abstract piece of artwork could be seen as the beginning of my intrest in 3d modelling and animation. Made in Bryce 5, the piece consists of several tori, contained within a larger sphere. The material on each tori was set to be almost 100% reflective, and then the result was rendered. This created lots of cool shapes, formed by the random arrangement of the tori, combined with the reflections of each one with both each other, and with the inside of the sphere. As one can imagine, this piece took a very long time to render (15 hours on my old computer) as the ray tracing engine had to calculate many reflections at 100% reflection off the surface. This work was from several years ago and I have since explored many other 3d programs, as well as photoshop and other mediums.

The building that inspired me to become an Architect;

Something a bit closer to home, centerpoint tower in Sydney. Since I can remember the architecture of the tower has always impressed me. I believe it is from the unusual shape of having something much larger (the top section of the tower) placed on a relatively small looking support (the spire up the middle). I also think it serves as a strong statement, located in the middle of the city - and despite not being as internationally renowned as the Sydney Harbour Bridge or the Opera House, I believe it gives off a strong sense of individuality.

An Original Photo of Something Beautiful:

A photo of my girlfriend and I. I think she's beautiful. Without boring everyone with the details of our relationship or anything like that (as I could probably write for an extended length of time), which you could probably do without knowing, I like this photo because it showcases us, as well as my favorite element of nature, the ocean (and the beach). Combined with the way that the sun is affecting the scene and I have a photo that I really like. The other thing I believe that makes this shot nice is that it wasnt set up to a massive extent - the way it played out is that we were just walking, somebody turned around and took a photo of us and we kept walking - so it has a very natural, human element to it, which I always prefer in photos over excessive preparation and production (which isnt to say that I dislike these photos, or that preparation and production dont have their place).
Beautiful.

Christopher Heard