C O N N E C T I O N S
the california polytechnic university-slo
the
university of oregon
the university of utah
2/23/99
Objectives:
- To understand wayfinding and connection possibilities
- To examine new possibilities for conveying spatial ideas with available media
Group Update, Schedule & Planning
Identity in the Virtual Design Studio
Exercise: With a classmate, discuss how you are portraying yourself on the Internet. Answer the following questions:
- Who is your audience?
- What aspects of yourself are most visible?
- How could you make the presentation more appropriate for your audience?
Virtual Navigation
Exercise: Examine two sites: one a large commercial site and one an emerging artist's site.
- Identify devices for wayfinding. How are the sites different?
- Describe innovations that you find in new media sites and be
ready to present it.
SIGGRAPH98 Artsites - Juried Websites
Reading Assignment -Friedman
1. In what ways does the client shape the building design process?
2. How did the client/architect relationship change during design, construction and inhabitation of the Farnsworth house?
3. As his own client, how did Phillip Johnson control the liveability of the glass house?