Welcome to the Grade 12 Tech Design Page

 

"When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong"

Buckminster Fuller

 

What is it about Pyramids?

" The new entrance to the Paris Louvre had become almost as famous as the museum itself. The controversial, neomodern glass pyramid designed by IM Pei still evoked scorn from traditionalists who felt it destroyed the dignity of the renaissance courtyard. Goethe had described architecture as frozen music and Pei’s critics described this pyramid as fingernails on a chalkboard. Progressive admirers, though hailed Pei's seventy-one-foot-tall transparent pyramid as a dazzling synergy of ancient structure and modern method - a symbolic link between old and new - helping usher the Louvre into the next millennium."

The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown

Construction is governed by Rules and Regulations under the authority of all 3 jurisdictions - Municipal Bylaws, Zoning, and covenants, Provincial Building Codes and Federal Building Codes

 

Vocabulary for Exam

 

Arcade

Arches

Dome

Beam

Post and Lintel

iconography

coffer

facade

deconstructivism

buttress

Vernacular

Passive solar Heat Gain

Solar Panels

Green Roofs

Juxtaposition

 

 

 

 

Know what the following are:

 

Post and Lintel Construction

Arch Construciton

Paper Architecture

Built Architecture

Urbanism

Suburbs

Environmental Design

Landscape Design

Eclecticim

Contextualism

Deconstructivism

Modernism

International Style

Post Modernism

Public and Private spaces

 

Refer to the 2 handouts Essential Principles of Good House Design Site Design and the Essential Patterns of Home :

 

Be prepared to answer questions on the factors we should consider when designing a house including:

 

Environmental considerations (solar pannels, passive solar heat gain, winds, natural features, trees, views)

Site characteristics (positioning of buildings to take advantage of natural heating and cooling characteristics)

Outdoor and indoor rooms

Social

Comfort

Privacy

Shelter

Family

Function

 

Refer to the questions on the website for Artforms

 

Pay particular attention to the characteristics and questions relating to current designers and architectural thought.

 

Note: there will be a few questions relating to the basics of architecture - ie post and lintel construction, indigenous building materials, new building materials (steel and glass) vs old building materials (stone, brick and wood) 

 

 

Characteristics                                                 Style
	Arts and Crafts	Modernism	Post Modernism	Deconstructivism
Motto
Characteristics
Materials
Colours
Example

 

                                                                              

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Materials
Colours
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D e s i g n   P r o b l e m:

D e s i g n   P r o b l e m:

 

 “Found Object”

Lamp Project

 

 

So much of what we do in Design Classes involves the exploration of ideas through theoretical projects that will never be built. In this project, working in groups of 3 you will have an opportunity to explore your creativity and actually build something that works.

 

Your task is to design a Lamp that meets the following criteria:

 

It works

Is creative

Is clever

Conforms to a specific idea or theme

Would never be sold by Home Depot

(or any other big box store) in it’s finished state

Is made out of “found” or “scrounged” materials

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

You will be evaluated by your peers based on the following criteria:

 

 

Creativity                                              /10

Function                                               /10

Aesthetics                                            /10

 

 

As always you are expected to complete your planning work in your sketchbook. Once you have a clear idea of the direction your project will take, you can come and get the hardware to make your lamp work from the teacher. The other bits and pieces are your responsibility to obtain, beg, borrow or scrounge….

 

H o m e w o r k:

H o m e w o r k

List of Projects