My UT files

Here are the links to my UT files.
For some reason file front cut out a chunk in the tags.

FINAL:

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DM_ARCH1101_EXP3_LENA_CHEL.ut2
http://files.filefront.com/13920077

Draft 1:
DM_ARCH1101_EXP3_LENA_CHE1.ut2
http://files.filefront.com/13919728

Draft 2:
DM_ARCH1101_EXP3_LENA_CHE2.ut2
http://files.filefront.com/13919741

Final Architecture

As you can see, my meeting space no longer has a roof shell. This was not intentionally designed. I could not import the roof shell without it screwing up the meeting space floor. I have no idea why. I tried importing it as a static mesh, and as a brush, with different textures. Even though the two parts would not touch each other. Chunks still went missing in the meeting place floor. Hopefully I won't be marked down design wise for this technical error, as you can see by my sketch up model what my original design looked like.

Peer Reviews

Textures - Movement

My Sketchup model

My sketchup model has been uploaded to google warehouse bearing the same title and tag:
LENA_CHEN_ARCH1001_2009_EXP3

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=902c9d433c54f9df0add57e4d84383

The elevators

Obama's lift is a heavy, solid circular shape. I wanted something simple, but that also portrayed the idea of weight, to show sturdiness and reliability, but nothing complex or hidden.





Prada's elevator.
This was my original idea for Prada's elevator.
She is very elegant yet simple so i made a simple shape with an interesting feature of the cut away glass.


However, I later decided that I wanted it to look more weightless, to emphasize her femininity in contrast to Obama's heavier design, so took the roof off. Now, the curving glass walls are the only feature.

Meeting space and dining area draft

I made my meeting space in Sketchup.






Above: an overview of the shape of the dining area.

Obama office draft

Prada office draft

H-shaped two point perspective drawings

Sketches arranged: eye level, above, below.

Basic Pathways

My basic Unreal model was developed from the above sketches:

F shaped one point perspective drawings

Sketches are arranged: eye level, above, below.

Exp2 - Client MashUp

Clients:

Muccia Prada

Barack Obama

Madonna

Article MashUp:

Desperation and luxury are mortal enemies. Fear and power do not peacefully coexist.
Mr. Obama's first major initiative was a gigantic stimulus package to pump money into the dictates of fashion. It was a theme with deep resonance for a country enmeshed in what was widely believed to be the most successful female entertainer of all-time, and popular culture. Mr. Obama, your basic story of a onetime communist and mime student from Milan who takes over the family's dusty luggage company, has built a career on provocation and tease and has achieved great success, and a flat-out disregard for what you think. But having created some definitive design benchmarks, is not what has really given Mr. Obama his juice. A shameless self-promoter and trend-setter and possesses an unerring knack of being able to predict how public tastes will change. He stays a step ahead of most with his sharpened sense of style and savvy.

Madonna laid out a set of large promises with plans to offer health insurance to all and reduce carbon emissions. Madonna has few celebrity friends. She lives in the apartment she grew up in. The woman is unafraid of the threat of terrorism and the increasing signs that the economic woes is a good fight.

References:

"Barack Obama." The New York Times (May, 2009),
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html (accessed on May 3, 2009).
(could not find authorship)

Braybrooke, David. "The Life and Musical Legacy of Madonna." Helium
www.helium.com/items/203888-the-life-and-musical-legacy-of-madonna
(accessed on May 3, 2009).

Luscombe, Belinda. "The Power List, Women in Fashion - no2: Muccia Prada." Time
(September, 2004), www.time.com/time/2004/style/020904/power/2.html
(accessed on May 3, 2009).