Busy Bee

Sorry about poor posting. Life has been crazy busy lately. I've been trying to finish my portfolio website and my portfolio for the career fair. I finally finished everything, but because of Rocky, the crazy snow storm creeping across the states, it got cancelled - so anticlimactic. Here is a link if you'd like to check it out. www.anne-norgaard.com

Audi R8 Model

This Audi R8 was a group project from last year studying a monocoque frame system. The model is made with basswood and acrylic and has a select pine base with a fluorescent tube light that lights up the acrylic etched drawing.

Modeling - Bending Wood

This conceptual model was a project for a beach pavilion my sophomore year of college. It was probably my first  successful model in bending and manipulating wood. If the wood is reasonably thin (1/62" - 1/16" - plus you can layer it) you don't need a fancy vacuum press or a bunch of chemicals, just warm water and a little "massaging"- . When it is in position, tape it or clamp it down and let dry overnight. When it dries, it dries stiffer and is more likely to break than before.

Last Year's School Project - Design and Build

                             

Last year's project was a group project in a design and build studio. We learned how to work with metal, how to weld, wire lights and how to work on larger scale construction. The Hexagon structure is an adjustable facade that moves both vertically and horizontally creating a different facade look from the outside as well as a different viewing frame from the inside. It also casts playful shadows that move two ways. Everything is custom made and designed, even the hinges.

More Rendering

Here is another image from my New Orleans Project showing the lobby / exhibition / gathering space.

Photoshopaholic

Photoshop is my favorite editing program. This is a render that I did for the New Orleans Project. Considering making a tutorial as soon as I have time... People, materials and vegetation really makes the image or the architecture come alive!

$100 Model

This is the model that I was offered a $100 for at my final review. Made of  layered matboard, nothing much really. So I'm pretty excited :-)

School Project in New Orleans

Finally finalizing my semester project; A Documentary Center located by the Mississippi River in the Bywater Neighborhood in New Orleans. More images to come!