tania milinkovich

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

EXPERIMENT 2 - quotes

1. Stephen Hawkings:

"We shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people, be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason - for then we would know the mind of God"

from his "A Brief History of Time", p233.

2. Jane Goodall:

"It can seem as you look out that it's just chaos and that we behave in terrible ways and we never really seem to get better. But we have to remember that compassion and love and altruism is equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage. They are just as evident in chimpanzees as the brutal, aggressive side of chimpanzee nature. We humans, therefore, have a choice ahead of us, we don't have to go the aggressive route. We can push and push and push towards love and compassion. That is where I believe human destiny ultimately is taking us."

from http://www.uksociety.org/jane_goodall.htm

3. Florence Nightingale:

"I stand at the altar of the murdered men, and, while I live, I fight their cause."

Lewis, Jone Johnson. "Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)" http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/quotes/a/qu_nightingale.htm

Monday, April 14, 2008

Animation 3

This last animation for some reason didn't work on youtube, so I've uploaded it through blogger.

Animation 2

Animation 1

The completed model, with a couple of sections...

Sunday, April 13, 2008

frank lloyd wright

My tutor James suggested I have a look at some of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Houses to make my ground plane a bit more interesting. I searched for images of his most famous works and noticed a pattern: they all had certain elements which extended longer than they needed to be. I thought I'd integrate a similar concept into my design, with the ground plane extending infinitely into the distance. As soon as I tried this, I realised that this linked with my 'below ground' word, abandon, in that the plane extending into the distance gave the model a sense of abandonment in the space. Below are a couple of images that inspired me.