http://ytan594.blogspot.com/
Yining's idea was that 'moment' when you take your car to the mechanics, and your just waiting around for it to get fixed, taking that wasted moment and doing something meaningful. So her secondlife building is placed on top of the vtnz building, a boring, plain, flat roofed building, so when customers at vtnz have finished, they have the opportunity to take the ramp and go up to her art gallery/exhibition space. I thought this idea was a very effective one, as its something everyone can relate to in some way. It was nice to see her building was made with plastic, as it made her 1:1 quite intriguing. It would have been even better to see some clear drawings showing the relationship between the vtnz building and her building, maybe of the ramp that goes up?
Xiang Li (David)
http://archdes101.blogspot.com/
Similar to Zoe's animation design, David's design idea is about the 'parasite'. He has created an area that is hanging high up on the exterior of another building. His idea of 'gifting', is to offer workers in the building, a "resting place", away from the busy workplace. To access this building, one goes up an elevator from inside the building. I cannot remember if he mentioned the public can access his resting place from outside as well. David had thought about the issue of his building being turned away from the natural sunlight, so explained his idea of "redirecting sunlight", and has posted info about this on his blog. David put a lot of emphasis on the exterior of his building, however none on the interior - to show how the form of the building might influence the interior spaces.
Vanessa Liu
http://vanessal-design2.blogspot.com/
Vanessa's firm is very intriguing. It is placed on top of a walkway that connects people from Symonds Street to Beach Road and visa versa. Her jigsaw pieces were made from 2 different materials, but the same colour. Through the use of wood and perspex, Vanessa was able to achieve a subtle yet nice texture. She took the idea of manipulating light - beginning from darkness and creating light by offsetting jigsaw pieces. It is an office space which is very different to its surroundings. I liked how she didn't try to use glass as a way to create light within the building.
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