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tutorials today

Hello Dream and Noc, could you post your work on the blog please?


You all have to plan your presentation for Friday - choose minimum 7 (one being a kick-ass animation.. To be discussed next tutorial) of the 10 requirements and detail precisely what each one will be for your project. Start working on as many as you can. 
And additional propositions are of course welcomed (animations, other types of drawings, etc.).
START DRAWING AT REQUIRED SCALE NOW!


Some thoughts on utopia/dystopia for Jun
http://thefunambulist.net/2010/12/17/philosophy-utopia-and-apocalypse-by-emil-cioran/
- very interesting philosopher Slavoj Zizek  - the reality of the virtual
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5XzZDTRcM
- to give you references to research further: http://thefunambulist.net/2010/12/22/great-speculations-the-necessity-of-utopia/
- and of course....the utopian movements of the 1960s and 70s – Archigram, Architecture Principe, Utopie, Superstudio, Archizoom, the Metabolists, Yona Friedman, Paolo Soleri, Buckminster Fuller, Haus Rucker Co. or Coop Himmelb(l)au  -
- interesting concept by Anthony Vidler: http://thefunambulist.net/2011/04/03/architectural-theories-diagrams-of-utopia-by-anthony-vidler/
- science-fiction and utopias/apocalypses

Please send the progression of your work - your researches and understandings and concepts (formation of an idea) should be the strong point of your project!

creating rules

now im struggling with creating rules and i came up with only few rules. can you give a direction where should i head for or where to start. i have lots of factors in mind that related to numbers and building structures but still can't figure it out how to relate them

factors in mind
- doors
- steps
- windows
- tiles
- distance
- stairs steps
- height
- width
- size of doors/ windows/ tiles/ etc.
- columns
- rooms
- corners
- time ( relate to base 60)
- reaction of people towards numbers (ppl intuition)