MONOPOLY For our third and final project in our sustainable systems class, we had to design our own version of a monopoly game that instead was based on an issue or an impact on the environment. It had to focus on sustainability, it could be based on a water shortage, solar power, sewage reconstruction yet…
Category: Year 1
Projects throughout courses taken in the First Year.
Sustainable Systems: Project #2
Material Flows Project/Presentation The Hidden Costs of McDonalds For our second project in our sustainable systems class, we had to come up with a project that investigates a problem with a product or company that has a negative environmental impact in terms of climate change or sustainability, and resolve the issue by creating an awareness…
Sustainable Systems: Project #1
Food Energy Map For our first project in our sustainable systems class, we were introduced to the topic of food systems and its embedded energy. We discussed the conversions of energy through a product, such as a the growing of a carrot that is produced by the energy of the sun, water, etc. and the…
Integrative Studio: Bridge 4 – Final Thing
Title: Dina’s Coalesce Materials: Plywood, wire, olive oil (to glaze) Images: Report: For my studio project, I created a wooden sculpture in the shape of a geometric figure with an engraved cut out of my mother’s name, “Jude”, in Arabic calligraphy. My concept is to show a visual exploration of the culture I grew up with…
Integrative Studio 2: BRIDGE 5 – Reflection
THE PROJECT During the semester, my experience of research in this semester’s studio class was very different and more intense in terms of what areas we had to concentrate on in our work and how we would approach the situations and the information we were presented with. From our observations such as the “Art I…
Integrative Studio 2: ASSIGNMENT OBSERVATION
What was observed? For my investigation I first observed lighting up some matches and watching them fully burn out, as well as observing the trees in the city parks and studying their branch forms. Another observation I did was people’s faces and hands, the forms, movement, and structure. Why (how does it relate to your…
Integrative Studio 2 – Bridge 4 — FINAL THING: 2nd Iteration & Material Investigation
Using wooden hands, I was trying to cover them up using non-dry moldable clay in skin-tone colours to create a marble effect onto the hand. I was hoping to use the two light and dark tones to mimic a gradient marble mold and to create depth into the hand. To be safe I tried it…
Integrative Studio 2 – BRIDGE 3: Homage
A. ABOUT THE WORK YOU ADMIRE My chosen person is the English painter David Hockney, who was not only a painter, but created beautiful sketches of people around him, as well as a being a photographer and a stage designer. His paintings captivated me from the very moment I laid eyes on them, expressing his influence of the…
Integrative Seminar 2: Story of a Failed Project
Last semester, I had a Studio and Seminar combined project for Bridge 2, which was to create a body-extension that was supposed to exaggerate or intensify one of the five human senses, such as either smell, touch, vision, etc. I remember that we had to work with a partner and combine both our extensions to…
Bridge 2: Collage pt 2
My collage is based off the image of the girl holding a magnifier to her eye. To me, it felt like she was searching for something but yet couldn’t grasp it just yet. My main theme was to go out and explore the world, and that exploring different cultures and places is eye opening and…