DESA1002 'Nine Quarter City' - <Jae-Yun Heo>

Abstract

In the second semester of Design Studio, there were a lot of interesting and helpful exercises for each week. Especially, it was good to have real site for my project and I’m pleased that I successfully finished whole exercises eventually including two presentations. Because of the language barrier, it was difficult for me to understand what I needed to do and express what I’ve done so far in English. I did ask Penny about them and she clearly explained to me every time. However, the two presentations were completely different. I needed to think about what I’m going to say about my project in front of my group and also I got to speak English fluently. I presented my work with explaining why I made this model, what’s in the model, why I chose this material for façade, what the function of this model is and etc. Unfortunately, I was shaking when I present them. I’m trying not to shy when I present in front of people, but it is still hard for me. I should overcome it for next year, but I think I’m getting better little by little. But other than that, everything was fine. I made massing models with grey cardboard and my model with balsa and enveloped them with different materials. Unfortunately, sometimes I hurt my self when I cut cardboards or balsa and get annoyed with them. However, I like making models even if it usually takes a long time to finish. Because when I saw my finished model and took photos of them, I could feel great achievement and forget that I was tired. I drew many drawings such as plan, section, elevation and axonometric as well. This semester, I started to draw plans using Auto CAD. Additionally, now I’m able to use Photoshop with complete control. They certainly helped me a lot when I was making presentation sheet clearly. Even if I was not good at presentation, it was good opportunity to listen other student’s presentation as well. Throughout the second semester of design studio, I learned a lot and realised what I need to develop for next year. Therefore, I will be working on studying how to present well and definitely English as well, so that I can say everything I want to explain and describe in English.