Group 14 had explained the works they had done very well making our group much easier to understand what they had been doing for the last 2 weeks. Their presentation focused on two very delicate and beautiful stairs which are made in ArchiCAD. The interesting depiction of both staircases shows a great understanding of the dystopian and utopian from the short story "The Ultimate City".
The image on the left hand is their first stair which is deeply influenced by the idea of mechanical components within a watch. This is shown by the use of cogs and gears as some kind of elaborate and movable elements. The sketch page showed a number of thoughts have been used in detailing and how each component assembled together to ensure that the stair works well. The main material for the first stair is steel, as steel is one of the symbolic materials from the abandoned city in the short story.
The second stair was also successful as they had used the idea of 'growth" from utopia to create this natural sensation. The use of spiral pattern in the second stair added a strong sense of abstraction that is related to the "growth" theme.
The idea they`ve used for utopia and dystopia was very respectable, with a clearly contrast between the geometrical shape of dystopia and the organic style of utopia. Both stairs have taken account of the human scale which gave us the dimensions of each stair. The group did very well on the stairs, but a bit lacking in research on the hotels. Especially, when our final crit will be very likely about combining our works into one hotel, it will be a great opportunity if they can start gathering their researches.
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