FIRST DRAFT : aLIFE_gp

DUE: FRIDAY AUGUST 07 BY 10.00AM.

ASSESSMENT WEIGHTING: 20% (marking schedule)

FIRST DRAFT SUBMISSION : SKETCH DESIGN IN FIRST PERSON.


TIMETABLE: WEEKS 1 - 2, 20% of final grade.
ARCHITECTURAL CHALLENGE: To respond to the key architectural constraints as understood in EXP2, ARCH7201 RS.
RESEARCH TEXT: Sun, C, De Vries, B, Dijkstra, J, (2007) Measuring Human Behavior Using a Head-Cave. CAADFutures, pp.501-511.
SOFTWARE: Blogger, Photoshop, Vegas (trial), Premier, Modeling Software as appropriate, Crysis Wars.
TECHNIQUES: Modeling, Computer Game Modding, Video Editing.
OUTPUTS:3 x 1920x1080 digital stills. 1 x 3 - 4 minute long composite video animation, Crysis Wars files required to 'play' test the proposal.
PREMISE: Sun et al (2007) note the importance of point-of-view in shaping human behavior in urban spaces. They found that some assumptions about human behavior could be challenged with the results of a study that allowed people to navigate through virtual spaces in the first person point-of-view.

PROCEDURE

Read "Measuring Human Behavior Using a Head-Cave." Sun, C, De Vries, B, Dijkstra, J, (2007) CAADFutures, pp.501-511. Use 3dsMax and Crysis Wars to develop a sketch design of your scheme for a health care facility. Your scheme should evocatively confirm the potential of your research matrix from ARCH7201 while demonstrating the advantages (and potential weakness's) of the circulation and navigational strategies implied by your ARCH7201 exp2 composite video animation. The video animations should show multiple avatars.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

In addition to the overall course assessment criteria students will be assessed on the level and extent to which they engage with the criteria listed below:

THE 3 - 4 MINUTE COMPOSITE VIDEO ANIMATION_01_ does the video animation demonstrate the advantages (and potential weakness's) of the circulation and navigational strategies implied by your ARCH7201 exp2 composite video animation?
THE 3 - 4 MINUTE COMPOSITE VIDEO ANIMATION_02_ does the video animation demonstrate that the scheme is evocatively confirming the potential of your research matrix from ARCH7201?
STILL REPRESENTATION_01_ do the three stills work separately and as a series to evocatively advertise the distinctiveness of the video animation?
STILL REPRESENTATION_02_ do the three stills work separately and as a series to respond to Sun et al's research in the context of the students scheme?