Semester coming to a close

Well, the semester is coming to a close, and my crit yesterday went better than expected (although I was expecting the worst). Section 1's professor was extremely rough on a few people from section 4 on Monday, and we were with him yesterday, but it wasn't so bad. Here are the plan and perspective of my model:

I also have pictures of my art history term paper drawings. I did a paper about a fictional Gothic cathedral that I created for the assignment.

There's still much to do for other classes, but at least I don't have to worry about studio for the rest of the semester.

Thanksgiving break

It's Thanksgiving break now, so I get a whole week at home! This doesn't necessarily mean that I get a whole week away from doing work.


There's still the Art History term paper, which I'm creating a second generation Gothic style chapel for. The assignment is to create a fictional building that would have been built during one of the time periods we have covered.


For studio I'm going to make a plan and perspective of my model along with notes about my client and the inventory of the collection of measuring instruments. Here's a picture of my model:

There's the person that's six feet tall in there, so the room isn't that big. I exaggerated the ceiling because it's flat in reality, but I wanted people to see what would be painted on the ceiling. It's tough to see in the picture, but I made it look like the columns and wall supports continued far upward when the model is viewed from a certain angle. This goes back to the sidewalk artwork that looks like there is something there, but really it's just a flat surface. Photos of the plan and perspective will be put up by Saturday.

Hectic week

So, the entirety of last week was full of working on the annual first year architecture Halloween Parade with a friend of mine, studying for Art History, and trying to get some studio time in between. If you're interested in how my Halloween Parade went, here's the video (I'm from the land of red and white). I still have to work on studio models and my art history paper, so there's still much to do.

Tests coming up..

So, I've got a few tests coming up. It doesn't help that all classes coordinate their test dates within the same week. There's a GEOG 122 (American Scene-basically U.S. history without the government) test on Friday the 23rd, a GEOG 160 (Mapping Our Changing World) test on Tuesday the 27th, and ART H 201 (Ancient to Medieval Architecture) is Friday the 30th, with the essay portion due the following Monday.

I'd be lying if I said I'm prepared for any of them. Well, time to get my act together and focus on those. The next post will be more about architecture things.

Dreary couple days

For the past couple days, the weather has been rainy/cloudy and in the 50's-low 60's. Pants and long sleeve weather has come and it really feels like fall now.

Here are a couple things for VisCom that I had finished a couple days ago. We've been working on perspectives based on plans and elevations:

These didn't take me that long to do, but I still have a ton of things to do for ARCH 131s by Friday 7:00 p.m. The in-class essay for art history went well because we could use a notecard and basically write the essay before we came to class, and paste the essay on the notecard. Also I'm going to have to really study for the mapping test tomorrow, although I'm not worried about it really.

All at once

So, things have been going pretty quietly for a couple days. I had a couple tests yesterday for GEOG 122 and ART H 201. The geography one was a bit difficult, but the art history one was really easy. The second part of the art history test is an essay due Monday. Also due Monday is my woodshop pencil box, but I'm almost done with that. For VisCom due Tuesday, we were assigned to make perfect perspectives of a home off of the plan and elevations. I'm almost done with that; I just have to trace the final part of it, so no worries there.

And on top of those I have to still do my ARCH 131s things, which is modifying my assigned door and/or the area around it. My plan is to make another door which leads to the Sbarro on the other side of the wall. It will be made of glass, and also I'm going to add a few tables in the outside eating area around my door. To make it more accessible, I will also make an additional path to the eating area because right now it's too hidden from everyone else.

Iowa State football game today! Me and everyone else in my suite don't have tickets so we're probably going to eat some place on College Avenue that has a T.V, which is fine.

A lull

There hasn't been much going on in terms of architecture, but my GEOG 122 and ART H 201 have midterms tomorrow. I got a little study group together for art history and we went over the monuments we need to know. I still have a bit of studying to do though.

For architecture classes, I've been in wood shop in place of ARCH 131s classes (required). We're each making pencil boxes that we won't be able to keep after we finish making them. Other than that, VisCom hasn't assigned anything we have to do at the moment, and I'm set with my ARCH 131s things for now. I know for sure this won't last long though!

Ahead of the pack?

Some more updates to my ARCH 131s and VisCom classes: I am almost finished with the axonometric draft of the Temple of Portunus on trace for VisCom, Which means I'm about 3/8 finished with my things to do for that class by Thursday (the isometric on trace will be 3/8, and putting them on vellum paper will take up the last 1/4).

ARCH 131s is going pretty well also; I'm just about finished with the final drafts for one of my elevations and my door plan. Pictures will be posted the next time I give an update. An estimate for how many hours I spent in studio today: 6.5 hours. That includes class time, though.

I haven't really mentioned anything about any of my other classes: ART H 201 "Ancient-Medieval Architecture," GEOG 122 "The American Scene," and GEOG 160 "Mapping our Changing World." Art history has a slide quiz on 30 monuments on the 25th, so I definitely have some studying to do for that.
For GEOG 122, we were just assigned a one page compare/contrast between the early French and Spanish settlement of America which shouldn't be too tough. That's due Friday during class.
GEOG 160 has a map projections worksheet assigned to the students; I don't know when it's supposed to be due exactly.

So, all in all, I feel like I'm a little ahead in my arch classes, but I have a bunch of work to do for my others.