IDEA, PRODUCT

Continue my last post about my first assignment in 2nd sem... Hereby, i'd like to reminiscence few things relate my idea. At first, when i look at the dome, i feel it can become a ball if 2 semicircle combine together, then a XL size ball for the elephant, a circus formed in my brainstorming. Next, i thought of Xtreme Game Ring for the participants...

But when it come to the design part, i modify it a lot due to the size or radius of the dome, i'm still conduct the idea of X Game, though this time people walk in the dome instead of motorcyclists booming around.


Above pic is my 2nd sketches, contain several detail and specification. As eyes can see, i made the dome become a pathway for people. The building structure increase in their size as goes down to the bottom, part of it because of the decreasing in dome radius, cause i dun wanna increase the burden of the connections.
Several openings provided to allow the movement among the blocks or floors.
An irregular roof structure above cover by a layer of waterproof fabric or PVC so that light able to come in, save the energy is better than use up the energy, always.


There, this is my first sketches, i use the pen draw the outline first. Next, use marker pen to colour and bold some area plus lines. After that, water colour wash through the land and sky.
I learn a lot sketches by using perspective and colouring through some books and videos. I must say that, i'm not satisfy and need to catch up a lot....

VERY FIRST DAY OF MY 2ND SEM

First of all, we received two photocopies from Mr. Najib, one of it relate to the schedule, the rest one is our opening sem assignment. "IDEAS" is all what we're going deal with it for the coming weekdays and submit it up on next monday.

WHAT IS SKETCHING? Mr WanB listed out 3 kind of its definition:
1) use as document to be documenting
2) giving instruction to the rest
3) an expression from our ideas somehow haven't exist yet

Well, i think, sketching is an object which we transform after interpreting the stimuli through any organ.

I'd better stop here, will be continue for my assignment part...

CONFERENCE & XZBIT

Finally, says me, the Conference Day for RUS 101 came by. Tuan Syed Mohd Bakar bin Syed Mohd Salim who is the curator of USM traditional toys &games museum was the guest of honour launched the opening of Conference & XZBIT 2010.
Mr WanB giving introduction before the launching.

Image taken from the exhibition, Dymaxion from HBP students.


Tuan Syed Mohd Bakar headed the small dome made by students RAG132.

Dome Tea Time, there is it!!! Crowd, nothing other than crowded. Happy feasting.

SUNDAY- CONSTRUCTION DAY

We all start our construction work today at 9am until 6pm. Consequently, with everyone effort, we finally make a four layer half dome.

This is the first layer, we all help out in holding the struts so that the second layer can be accessible.

Yusof break the hammer since he tend to use the hammer as a leverage tool to adjust the screw.

I help out in holding the uncompleted dome.

Half finish dome image taken. The man made tripod was being used to hold the dome instead of hand.

Two guys climb up the man made bamboo ladder to exchange the broken and under standard strut, others hold the ladder and lend their hands beside.

WE ARE READY FOR THE FOURTH LAYER OF THE DOME.


The sky seems enlighten, the figure of dome make the sky not tedious anymore. Staring through dome spaces, like think out of the box.
At last, our sacrifice do really bring up the satisfactory. Whatever u do, it will carry away something which is energy and time, but it also bring us something memorable and unforgettable memory.

CONSTRUCTION WORKS

My tengrity product finished done, but i m using steel wire that make it very flexible and not tense enough. In my point of view, tensegrity is the combination of words tension and integrity. The integrated between strings and rod should be tense enough to display a strength structure. And the structure is depends on how we want to display it out.



We all gotta make the scafold on the yesterday evening, using the wet ropes, we finally make one facade of scafold. Though, Mr WanB point out our mistakes, like use own weight to tie the rope, the rope must be neatly and using minimum area. Well, today which is Friday, right we are doing the construction work hoping that everything will be finish done on next monday conference.

SAFETY FIRST & BOTTOM CLASS

Monday morning, we had 2 lectures. First lecture is about road safety. From the statistics accordingly, we knew that there are 52% female involved in accident a bit higher than male which is 48% though 62% male use highway frequently than female. Ok, the number do say something even the lecturer dont speak it out loud but he really make it clear. Is female careless than male? I guess not really... Is female's destiny so unlucky? Who care the hell that reason, we analysis data and information. Well, the reasons can be uncountable, maybe is driving skill, danger alertness, i suppose... Mr wan B said before, if an airplane crash, u yourself and your baby, who will u rescue first? He said, save yourself first... Well, keep ourselves alive is the most important thing, or else we die, everything come to the end. We can reduce the case of accidents being happen by sending the information of reckless drivers' proof to the JPJ.
Next, we have Dr Puad giving lecture about BOTTOM BILLION. This world basically divide into 3 groups people, The Top, Middle and the Bottom, Ratio is 1:5:1. The rich people keep on getting themselves richer, and the poor people remain themselves struggling in the absolute poverty. Well, hereby i m thinking of the movie "BLOOD DIAMOND", it show the discrimination onto the poor country, even though they possess the valuable resources but the rich men take control everything, and the poor one can do nothing but working as a mining slaves (not sure the word mining correct o not). The world can never be balance, like what King Arthur had said he pursue equality, there is why the exist of round table if the hierarchy concept still instill in everyone's mindset. Confucius said, education can change one's destiny and status, thus i think supply the poor people with food and drink is not as good as build a school for them, buy them books and teach them well.

EXHIBIT DYMAXION

Dymaxion is a globe like stuff where we stick our project pictures on it, a totally different exhibition from what the past taught us. When Tuan Haji said about the montage and Picasso sentences, i started imagine the picture i like to have on my dymaxion.
The colour part is a pair of hands, the separated tiles part seems like a bird like struggling to fly up. Hereby, i m thinking of the pigeon is made of glasses, but it has so many crack lines on its body, thus a pair of hands stand by to hold it if it fail to fly and fall to the ground.

Image of the glass pigeon.

A pigeon made of fresh and blood but not glasses.

Third pigeon image.

The bamboo pictures in the middle i want to show it as a feather figure but seem it is a bit distorted.

There are some project i have done in black and white, thus i m thinking of making some pigeon images, well, at least the black part of the pictures do not make the image worse or bad. Right, talking of pigeon, pigeon represents peace. Peace nowadays is retain by love or law, i m doubt. There is why one of pigeon made by glasses, FRAGILE, NEED PROTECTION.