Lothlorien

Hi all.. This was what I was referring to when I was talking about elven cities. This one is the city of Lothlorien in Lord of the Rings.



Image from http://www.gnu-bee.com/links/graphics.shtml

the life of a tree

hey all, herewith the sketch tht shows how ppl live in an evolved tree. Prolly we can develop from this image, wht say u?

Minutes of meeting 03

Meeting 03

Date: 19th of September 2009

Attendance: Jeremy, Haan, Richard, Ivan, Jian Wen, John
Jeremy late with apologies and brought Tim Tams to apologise. :)

Main agenda:

1. Set up blog
2. Task allocation
3. Come out with conceptual sketches of design
4. Confirm the type of program to facilitate the images.

i. Google Sketch
ii. Adobe Photoshop

5. Review assessment criteria
6. Decide on images to showcase
7. Next suggested meeting date

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Blog address:

www.eco-seed.blogspot.com

Task allocation:

All to do additional research to be carried out individually and posted onto blog.
Items to research include:

1. Ideas of growth of seeds
2. Other inspirations of tree houses
3. Any other relevant information

Programs chosen to facilitate process:

1. Google Sketch

2. Adobe Photoshop

Conceptual drawings:

Ivan and Jian Wen

Google Sketch up:

Ivan and Richard will be in charge of generating forms in 3D

Photoshop:

Jeremy, Haan and John will be in charge of rendering photo-realistic images

Ideas of concept:

Our concept is based on a house that grows from a seed – not to be mistaken with tree houses.

Images chosen to showcase our concepts:

i. Evolution of seed to building

ii. Marco level (large scale) - cityscape

iii. Micro level (smaller scale) – individual housing unit

· How people live in it

iv. Exploring the boundaries

· Possible future expansion of building

Next meeting

Next meeting is designated for Monday, the 21th of September 2009

End of minutes

Seed picture