Homework

Draw elevations / isometric drawings of FLW Birdhouse in Autocad. Try to practice CNC-cutting it soon on scrap wood.

Birdhouse Location Possibilities

Tree on the Quad by Link.

About at the very bottom of this picture is the circumference I measured / could reach.... 67". I think this tree is a great location for the FLW birdhouse village because it's close to the walk; therefore passersby have a great proximity and view of the FLW birdhouse village and can stop, stare, and conveniently enjoy the beauty - can gaze and quench their curiosity - without taking too much time out of the typical busy day.

Ideally I would imagine the FLW birdhouse village to cluster around the base where the branches split. However, the downside is that mounting the village would require a ladder. To accessibly refill the feeders perhaps the birdfood can dangle on some sort of structures which hang below the villages - maybe commemorating "falling" (cascading) elements of Bear Run's waterfall?

FLW Windows

Here are some examples of Frank Lloyd Wright windows. We should decide if we want to pick a specific window/ pattern or just stay with his style. We just have to make sure that we have cohesion between everyone's birdhouse and Wright's style.

Making Decisions

Peg-Hinge Joint - connect at corners, one birdhouse element overlaps with an element of another birdhouse, joint allows mobility and flexibility, especially around irregularly-shaped tree [base].

Cohesive/uniform elements for all birdhouses - FLW [stained glass window] 'wheat' motif, ribbon windows, material, something horizontal...? Uniform material - plexiglass, something found? [upcycling].

Homework for Wednesday, 2/29

Birdhouses:

Take pictures of possible tree locations on the Quad.

Measure tree circumferences / dimensions.

Consider materiality - 1/4" plywood, recylced/scrap plastic uses and elements.

Uniformity and cohesion with the class - FLW motif, same plastic scrap, etc.

Post pictures of the tree and list dimensions on the Class Blog.

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

The Yellow-Rumped Warbler is a small bird of 5 inches long with a 9-inch wingspan. They are black, gray, white, and yellow in appearance with a thin pointed black beak. They are indigenous to the Upstate New York area.

I think this bird is a cute little guy and is of a good size to find a nice home in my multi-level horizontally-inspired bird home.

Bird Choice

Birdhouse Stuffs

BAAHAHA. Look at all those Chickadees! Okay, I was gonna do that too, but I guess I'll think of some other small bird I find in my backyard... lets see...
We have at least 2 species of woodpeckers, blue jays, cardinals, chickadees, robins, wild canaries, morning doves, hummingbirds, crows, blackbirds, and so many more I don't even know the names of. (And lots of Squirrels)

Fyi. Bluebirds are hard to find, I think they were actually threatened for a while because of some invasive species of bird from europe that takes their nesting grounds.

I'm going to choose the Tufted Titmouse for my bird. They're ADORABLE.



Concept Statement|
The Birdhouse will be designed for the Tufted Titmouse, a species native to Central New York and will encompass the marriage of two aspects of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, the Corner Window, (which opens to give a clear view without boundaries) and the Terraced effect of the Outdoor Stair covering.






-Steph Sartori

my bird choice and the concepts of house

My bird is Black Capped Chickadee. I could not find any other sort lives here. 

My concept of the bird house is De Stijl and the organic structure of Frank Lloyd Wright.

I think Wright is also inspired by De Stijl when he built Falling Water.

One of the greatest elements of this house can be 

the combination of vertical and horizontal lines. 

Moreover, the small elements for the nature are also making this house awesome. 

Therefore, I am thinking to figure out of 

how to put these two elements into my bird house.

Bird Choice

I picked the chickadee as my bird. And my house will be a compilation of several houses into one form. And the form will be based on a grid, similar to an elevation of Falling Water and how the horizontal and vertical aspects seem to fit on a grid.

FLW Fallingwater Plans and Elevations

Use these to help you draw your elevations

Bird Choice

Blue Bird

HOMEWORK (wednesday, feb 22) Due Monday

1. DUE FOR JEN:  have elevations (four sides or 2D views of the great room) complete for Monday.
bring in your paper models to class next time (monday) so Jen can see what we have made!



BIRD HOUSES
2. pick a bird and tell us which one you will be designing for.

3. write up a one or two sentance concept statement to explain why you chose to design your model/birdhouse the way that you did AND how it relates to Falling Water.


ORDER OF CONNECTIVITY: keep in touch with the person above or below you to make sure your models all match up! (Sarah Pinchock's model is going to fill the gaps once we get our models established)

Ahn
Sarah Pinchock
Steph
Sarah Wilkinson
Julie
Shi Jun
Gie
(then back to Ahn)

HOMEWORK: Models! Due Wednesday Feb 22

Build paper (bristol) model of your bird house. 
Must fit within a 12" cube (1:1 scale, AKA: real size)

1.5" - 2" hole for bird "door"

must be at least 6 inches deep (from front to back)

sarah: figure out permission form to get it on a real live tree. jen has people.

 

 

    This is an art work of glass light. The projection of the light becomes a painting on the wall. Now it is in an exhibition in De Pury Gallery in London. The gallery is having a show called “Fly to Baku” which is an exhibition of contemporary art!

 

     I tried to do the research about the junctions that might be useful to our bird house. And finally I collected almost all of the junctions in a Chinese website. Hope it helps!!!!

a suggestion for the unity

I found these images above via google. Some junctions seem interesting. However, in my opinion, important thing that we have to think about bird houses at first is not these junctions but the overall look of our houses when they are connected together. Thus, I guess that we have to set a basic shape or style of houses such as modern looking or more traditional looking for unity. 

What I mean is letting some restriction of shapes of our houses.... I am not sure that my words are delivering my words for sure.. 

These images are kinds of modern looking bird houses. 




Anyway, I want to say that there have to be unity and after the unity, we can put our small details in it. 

Bird Houses - Connectivity

What do you think guys?!  i think this is another start to brainstorming a way to get our pieces to all mold together.  This reminds me of Ahn's idea with the peg in the middle - what if each house had a Lego-style connection piece where there are square pegs on each bird house top that fit into square holes; its not that complicated but its one way to make it work!

Basic Joints

So I basically just did a quick search on furniture joints, and I found this website that has 8 or 9 joints listed and clear illustrations of all of them. I don't have a favorite yet, but I will say in his own furniture it looks like Wright uses a lot of mortise and tenon and something the website calls a dado joint. He doesn't have any intricate or detailed looking joints that I can tell. Here's the website if people want to look at it and see what they think. http://www.efi-costarica.com/antique-furniture-joints.html

Some inspiration for your bird houses...