ARCH1101-2010

END OF CLASS PARTY!

2010-06-14T22:04:00.000-07:00

HI ALL,

FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH YOUR STUDENT REPS (IT SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY THING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR LAST TWO MEETINGS!) OUR END OF CLASS PARTY WILL BE HELD AT THE ROUNDHOUSE BAR STARTING FROM 5PM TOMORROW EVENING. THE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM IS PUTTING A LITTLE BIT OF CASH ON THE BAR. I'LL CHIP IN A BIT TOO.

SO, JUST TO GET ALL THE DETAILS ...

VENUE: ROUNDHOUSE BAR, UNSW (DOWN BY ANZAC PARADE)

DATE: WEDNESDAY JUNE 16TH

TIME: STARTING AT 5PM ...

DRINKS: ARCH1101 STUDENTS DRINK FROM OUR TAB UNTIL IN RUNS OUT ... SO GET IN EARLY!

SEE YOU THEN.

RUSSELL

LECTURE 11 POWER AND PERSPECTIVE ISSUU

2010-05-19T02:19:00.000-07:00

HI GUYS, YOU'LL FIND THE PDF LINKED ROM THE EXPERIMENT 3 BRIEF PAGE.

CHEERS

LECTURE 09 EXP3 AND THE BRIDGE ISSUU

2010-05-05T20:20:00.000-07:00

HI ALL, YOU'LL FIND THE PDF LINKED TO THE BRIEF PAGE FOR EXPERIMENT 3 AS USUAL.

CHEERS

LECTURE 08 TESTING AND EVALUATION ISSUU

2010-04-28T15:51:00.000-07:00

HI ALL, HERE YOU GO. YOU'LL FIND THE VIDEOS FROM THE LECTURE ON THE RESOURCES DRIVE.

CHEERS

LECTURE 07 THE BLACK BOX ISSUU

2010-04-21T15:38:00.000-07:00

HI ALL,

YOU'LL FIND THE VIDEO'S THAT WERE LINKED TO THIS PRESENTATION IN THE ARCH1101 RESOURCES FOLDER.

CHEERS

CRYSIS WARS IN THE FBE LABS

2010-04-15T17:42:00.000-07:00

HI ALL,

AFTER A BIT OF A FALSE START (AND WITH SOME HELP FROM SEBASTIAN AT BECU) WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONFIGURE ALL OF THE COMPUTERS IN THE LABS TO WORK WITH CRYSIS WARS AND PLAYUP CORRECTLY. WE HAD TO TURN OFF THE UAC SETTINGS (JUST LIKE YOU HAVE TO DO AT HOME).

THIS IS HOW I USE THE SETUP IN THE LABS:

1. HIT THE WINDOWS START BUTTON AND TYPE "EDITOR" (WITHOUT THE QUOTATION MARKS) INTO THE SEARCH PROGRAMS AND FILES WINDOW.

2. THAT BRINGS UP THE SANDBOX2 SP EDITOR ... (SP STANDS FOR SINGLE PLAYER)

3. NAVIGATE TO THE CRYSIS WARS GAME FILE AND ADD AN OBJECTS FOLDER AND THEN ADD A z3208984_Objects FOLDER INSIDE THAT (THIS IS THE ONE WITH YOUR STUDENT NUMBER AND THE ONE YOU'LL HAND IN)

THE FULL PATH IS HERE: C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis Wars\Game

4. NAVIGATE TO THE LEVELS FOLDER AND ADD A FOLDER CALLED z3208984_Levels (AGAIN WITH YOUR STUDENT NUMBER, AND THE ONE YOU'LL HAND IN)

5. START UP GOOGLE SKETCHUP AND SET THE PLUGINS>PLAYUP>PREFERENCES TO POINT TO YOUR OBJECTS FOLDER ABOVE, AND SET THE RC PATH TO THE ONE IN CRYSIS WARS (NOT CRYSIS).

6. READY TO GO.

IT TAKES LESS THAN 5 MINUTES ONCE YOU'VE DONE IT A FEW TIMES.

REMEMBER TO COPY THE LEVELS AND OBJECTS FOLDER TO YOUR MEMORY STICK BEFORE YOU LOG OFF ... OTHERWISE IT WILL ALL DISAPPEAR!

CHEERS

LECTURE 06 EXPERIMENT 2 ISSUU

2010-04-14T16:49:00.000-07:00

HI ALL, YOU'LL FIND THE PDF ON THE BRIEF PAGE FOR THE SECOND EXPERIMENT.

CHEERS

LECTURE 05 LANDFORM ISSUU

2010-04-14T16:44:00.000-07:00

HI ALL,

NOTE: THE INSTRUCTIONS AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION FOR INSTALLING CRYSIS WARS AND THE SDK (CONTAINING THE SANDBOX2 EDITOR) ARE ALSO IN THE README TEXT DOCUMENT ALONG WITH ALL THE FILES YOU NEED.

HERE: \\Emustore.fbe.unsw.edu.au\resources\samples\Arch\ARCH1101 - Lowe\CrysisWars_Setup_Files

CHEERS

ADVICE FOR EXPERIMENT 1 SUBMISSION

2010-04-06T16:23:00.000-07:00

HI ALL,

SOME LAST MINUTE ADVICE FROM ME REGARDING YOUR EXPERIMENT 1 SUBMISSION:

1. MAKE SURE YOUR DRAWINGS LOOK THEIR BEST WHEN UPLOADED TO YOUR BLOG ... BLURRY, DISCOLORED DRAWINGS WILL BE MARKED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. IT'S VERY OBVIOUS WHEN THEY ARE BAD, SO IF THEY ARE IT COMES ACROSS LIKE YOU DIDN'T CARE...

2. ONE OR TWO OVERALL SHOTS OF YOUR ARCHITECTURE IS ENOUGH, TRY TO CAPTURE IMAGES THAT IMMERSE THE VIEWER IN YOUR SCHEME.

3. ADD CAPTIONS TO SOME OF YOUR POSTS THAT DESCRIBE WHY YOU ARE SHOWING US YOUR SCHEME FROM THIS PARTICULAR POINT OF VIEW (OR WHY A SECTION WAS CHOSEN, ETC). MAKE SURE THE TEXT DOESN'T CONTAIN SPELLING MISTAKES OR GRAMMATICAL ERRORS ... HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS GOOD AT WRITING TAKE A LOOK AT IT BEFORE YOU POST. DON'T TURN THE CAPTIONS INTO ESSAYS HOWEVER; KEEP THEM SHORT AND TO THE POINT (LESS THAN 50 WORDS IS A GOOD LIMIT).

4. DON'T TRY TO SHOW TOO MUCH WITH THE ANIMATIONS, FOCUS ON A KEY ELEMENT OF YOUR SCHEME WITH EACH ONE. IF THE CAMERA ZOOMS AROUND ALL OVER THE PLACE ALL IT DOES IS MAKE YOUR TUTOR FEEL SICK AND CAN BE CONFUSING.

5. CHECK THE FORUM: http://groups.google.com/group/arch1101-2010/topics THERE IS PLENTY OF HELP THERE.

CHEERS, WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU COME UP WITH.

LECTURE03 TEXTURE AND MATERIALITY ISSUU

2010-03-21T15:46:00.000-07:00

HI GUYS, AS USUAL SEE THE PDF OF LECTURE 03 LINKED FROM THE EXP1 PROJECT BRIEF HERE:

http://www.russelllowe.com/arch1101_2010/experiment1/brief/brief_exp1.htm

LECTURE02 THE STAIR ISSUU

2010-03-11T15:17:00.000-08:00

HI ALL, AS REQUESTED THE SECOND LECTURE FOR ARCH1101 IS ISSUEE'D AS WELL AS AVAILABLE AS A PDF HERE:

http://www.russelllowe.com/arch1101_2010/experiment1/brief/brief_exp1.htm

CHEERS

LECTURE TWO; THE STAIR, IS ONLINE

2010-03-10T23:55:00.000-08:00

HI ALL,

LECTURE TWO; THE STAIR, IS AVAILABLE TO VIEW AND DOWNLOAD FROM THE EXPERIMENT ONE BRIEF PAGE HERE:

http://www.russelllowe.com/arch1101_2010/experiment1/brief/brief_exp1.htm

NEXT WEEKS STUDIO TASK, AND THE FOLLOWING INDEPENDENT STUDY ARE ALSO AVAILABLE, BUT THIS IS FOR ADVANCED INFORMATION ONLY (PLEASE COMPLETE WEEK ONES TASK AND INDEPENDENT STUDY BEFORE CHECKING IT OUT).

CHEERS

TUTORIAL GROUPS ARE POSTED

2010-03-03T16:13:00.000-08:00

HELLO ALL,

PLEASE FIND YOUR TUTORIAL GROUPS AND LOCATIONS POSTED UNDER EACH OF THE STUDIO TUTORS NAMES IN THE COURSE OUTLINE:

http://www.russelllowe.com/arch1101_2010/course_info/course_outline.html

YOUR NAMES ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY, BY LAST NAME.

PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGES WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE.

CHEERS, SEE YOU IN CLASS ON TUESDAY

LECTURE01 2010 ISSUU

2010-03-03T15:13:00.000-08:00

HI ALL,

THIS IS A TEST TO SEE HOW THE ISSUU OF LECTURE01 PERFORMS.

YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD THE LECTURE AS A PDF FROM THE EXPERIMENT ONE BRIEF PAGE HERE: http://www.russelllowe.com/arch1101_2010/experiment1/brief/brief_exp1.htm

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, OR WHICH ONE YOU PREFER, IN THE COMMENTS SECTION BELOW...

CHEERS

CRYSIS WARS TRIAL FILES AVAILABLE

2010-03-03T14:30:00.000-08:00

HELLO ALL,

THE "CRYSIS WARS" SETUP FILES ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THE FBE RESOURCES DRIVE UNDER ARCH1101-LOWE.

THERE IS A README.TXT FILE ALONGSIDE THE SETUP FILES AND LATEST PATCH THAT TELLS YOU HOW TO INSTALL THEM.

WE WON'T BE USING CRYSIS WARS (AND IT'S WORLD BUILDER) UNTIL THE SECOND EXPERIMENT, BUT IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA TO GET THIS SET UP ON YOUR MACHINE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS GOING TO WORK WELL.

THE BELOW IS FROM THE COURSE OUTLINE: RE ACCESSING THE RESOURCES DRIVE FROM OFF CAMPUS.

ftp://emustore.fbe.unsw.edu.au and navigate to; Resources\samples\Arch\ARCH1101 - Lowe

the above is a link to the ARCH1101 resources folder (your user name is the letter 'u' followed by your student ID and your password is your normal fbe password. If you haven't set that go to the "current students" page on the fbe website and follow the "FBE password services" link).

IN ADDITION YOU CAN VISIT ANY OF THE COMPUTER LABS AT THE FBE AND COPY THE FILES TO YOUR PORTABLE HARD DRIVE.

CHEERS

COMPLETE BEFORE STUDIO ON 09 MARCH

2010-02-28T23:29:00.000-08:00

STEP 1: CREATE A BLOG AT http://www.blogger.com/

NOTE: USE YOUR OWN NAME TO NAME YOUR BLOG, USE “MINIMA BLACK” AS A DEFAULT TEMPLATE…

STEP 2: POST THREE IMAGES
A: YOUR BEST PIECE OF CREATIVE WORK BEFORE COMING TO UNIVERSITY, THINK LATERALLY IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE "CONVENTIONAL" ART OR DESIGN WORK
B: AN IMAGE OF A GREAT PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE
C: AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL
STEP 3: WRITE A PARAGRAPH UNDER EACH OF THE IMAGES THAT TELLS US SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT THEM

STEP 4: FIND AN IMAGE SHOWING A WORK OF ART FROM EACH OF THE CLIENTS AND DESCRIBE IT USING A NOUN, VERB AND ADJECTIVE; SEE BELOW FOR EXAMPLES.

PICCININI: NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE

SWALLOW: NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE

GOODWIN: NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE

STEP 5: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET AHEAD, DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL GOOGLE SKETCHUP 7

ARCH1101-2010 Welcome

2010-02-17T20:39:00.000-08:00

HI EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THE BLOG FOR ARCH1101 FOR 2010. PLEASE CHECK BACK REGULARLY FOR ADVICE REGARDING THE COURSE.

ARCH1101 IS THE FIRST YEAR DESIGN STUDIO COURSE IN THE BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES DEGREE AT THE FACULTY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA.