Your job is to shape the UO[v]MoMA courtyard: a place where the visitor can get a breath of fresh air and take a break from their journey through the world of art. The courtyard is missing a centerpiece. So the idea arises to create a climbing sculpture and a sheltering enclosure that work together to create beautiful shadows. Because the museum has the donated services of a concrete company and extra wood studs, the curator asks you to create a sculpture with extruded forms and carved spaces.  The concrete base will be complemented by a wooden sunscreening sculpture created from 2 x 4 wood pieces.

Purpose

• To introduce sculpting space with carving, extrusion and component parts.
• To introduce a 3D modeling program, Sketchup, as a design tool

Objectives

To become familiar with

• Navigating 3D space, saving and retrieving views
• Transforming simple objects in 3D space by moving, rotating, scaling and mirroring
• Using component (symbols) and groups to organize a model
• Exploring design variations through layer visibility