My final submission for assignment 2:

https://ione.net.nz/Shayna/Shayna-Curle-300240593-Assignment-2-cafe.pdf

https://ione.net.nz/Shayna/Shayna-Curle-300240593-Assignment-2-cafe-project-statement.pdf
 

Parametric Truss Tutorial

parametric truss tutorial

This is the presentation I didn't get to give today due to flash stick failure. One of the key features in my presentation at the moment is the relationship between the traffic flowing past the cafe and the people sitting in the cafe, who are at a lower level. The precedent I have used for this is the idea of a "fake pool" (http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.co.nz/2011/01/fake-pool-makes-splash-all-over-world.html). By using this idea I can allow light in and gain a sense of privacy within the cafe, while pedestrians can still engage with the architecture. 

I have just done a quick render of what it might look like, to have water flowing over the glass there. A final render will probably be animated to show the tide moving against the side of the cafe, the water flowing over the top, and the light qualities inside the cafe.

The roof is the only form visible from street (wharf) level and is still a work in progress.

Open publication - Free publishing - More cafe
 

My final presentation for Assignment One plus a video

 

Some of the free software used to process data for my assignment were:

http://www.graphviz.org/ - Graph Visualization tools
http://www.wordle.net/ - Word cloud tool
http://www.blender.org/ - 3d graphics, animation and rendering tool
http://www.yafaray.org/ - External ray tracing rendering tool
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/mencoder.html - Command line video tool for adjusting video frame rates / speed
http://www.pitivi.org/ - Video editor
http://www.imagemagick.org - Resizing digital camera photos to 1080p
http://libav.org - Image file to video conversion

Open publication - Free publishing - More coffeehouse

Did somebody mention tea?

At Martha's Pantry (276 Cuba Street  Te Aro, Wellington 6011), High Tea is available. This is an experience to be enjoyed, mostly by women, and is a social under-taking. The soft tones of the single main room set the tone for the occasion. The staff are super friendly and will do their best to find a space for you even on a packed sunday afternoon. Everything is (sickeningly) cute and feminine. It'd take a brave man to face this womens safe haven but it isn't an experience to be missed if you like tiny sandwiches and tiny cupcakes. High Tea at Martha's is $25pp. Bookings in advance are suggested.

For the assignment: This is a great place to observe how the specific program of a place can draw customers in. Keywords for me from this place were: decor, inter-action, connection, intimacy, femininity, delight and family.

 There is a heart in my hot chocolate and two chocolate hearts beside it. D'aww!

 Tiny cupcakes!! (Terrible photo of someone elses table taken on the sly)

This keeps your tea warm while you chit-chat the afternoon away.