Week 2 independent studies

Cowctive:  He seems very aggressive,  unfriendly face with only one eye and sharp teeth,  however he would only be harmful when something bad happens to his kid, the video below would demonstrate that.

Freakie: Very enthusiastic character, back has grown a lot of circular shape bones,  he has got some great dace moves, with the aid of his horns,  he has his own styles.

Flirgy: She has feet of a frog, breathe through the organ on both sides of the chick, she even has a tail. She loves playing her three kids, the video below shows just that.

Folding+Models

Inspiration for my first folding: Luce Memorial Chapel by I.M. Pei

1st folding+3ds model:



Inspiration for second one: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by I.M. Pei

2nd one + 3ds Models:





3rd floding from Kevin Cai in my tutorial group

Inspiration: Imperial War Museum by Daniel Libeskind

1st folding + sketchup model:

2nd sketchup model:





I.M. Pei

Leoh Ming Pei is a Chinese-American architect who was born in April , 1917 in Suzhou, China.  He came to America to study architecture when he was 17. He first enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania. However soon he was frustrated with the way they taught architecture so he quickly transferred to MIT. Pei believed architecture should not be constraied by any ism, his style of designing is extremely modern and has distinct cubist themes. He worked with New York real estate after graduation for 10 years and later opened up  his own firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.  His early projects are distributed in different cities of America and in 1974 he went back to Hong Kong to design a skyscraper for the Bank of China.

References:

http://www.pcf-p.com/a/f/fme/imp/b/b.html (accessed 21/7/2011)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.M._Pei#Style_and_awards (accessed 21/7/2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FKPKRSz9p8&feature=related (accessed 21/7/2011)

Projects of I.M. Pei:

Images from up to down in order:

1. Mesa Laboratory  2. The new Louvre courtyard with pyramid
3. John F Kennedy Library 4. Bank of China tower

Awards of Pei:

AIA Gold Medal (1979)

the first Praemium Imperiale for Architecture (1989)

Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum (2003)

Pritzker Prize (1983)