Reflection

Architecture in Motion:
I think the most important aspect I have learnt from this workshop is the realization that sketches, models, or handcrafted objects are much more appealing to real-life photos. This is because sketches and handmade models express a very unique human spirit through the roughness and imperfection of the production, while a real-life photo is dead and dull in a sense. I also think the workshop has taught me how to sequence ideas to produce a continuous flow in presentations. Reflecting on the final video, I thought it was not very successful in communicating the architectural space because the focus for the video was all on the plastic bag instead of the environment. This is one of the biggest flaw of a narrative-based video, as viewers are more drawn to the narration than to the background of where the narration takes place.

Fluid Thoughts to Action:
This workshop in my opinion is the most useful among the three I have entered. It has totally motivated me to continuously sketch and draw, and through all the drawing process, I have explored my own capabilities in drawing, experimented on different techniques to express a space or an object, and also improved drastically on my perspective sense and sketching. I also obtained a greater understanding of the continuation of space from the collages made in class. Although it was hard to grasp the meaning of "duration of movement" at the start of the workshop, after the final exhibition and discussion of everyone's work, I finally understood how to create a sense of movement even for a 2-dimentional picture. The technique in doing this was particualarly similar to the drawing style of William Kendridge, a charcoal artist introduced in the previous Architecture in Motion session.

Architectural Drawing:
The knowledge I have obtained from this workshop might not be as great as the previous ones, but the tasks were definately the most interesting of them all. From them, I have learned various drawing techniques from rendering to shading. But the most beneficial task of this workshop would be the final presentation of the set buildings chosen. Doing the task was not as useful as it seems, but it is when everyone exhibits their drawings out that you can clearly understand which drawing is actually successful in communicating to the viewers by comparison. Not only have I understood techniques to stand out and catch attention, but also how to layout the drawings for viewers to read at ease. Regarding my own project, I thought that my presentation had really failed to catch attention, and even though I have a central idea for the drawing, it was not successfully exhibited on it.