Works and reflections for Workshop 2

These are my works for workshop 2 in Architectural Communication. In this workshop I have obtained a lot of knowledges about tracing and rendering. Due to the shortage of good hand-draw skills, I chose color pencils as my media in order to keep my drawing neat and clean. Color -pencil drawing is one of my favorite styles. During the final presentation, I saw many distinguishing works. They are different in many aspects such as styles, rendering methods, compositions and so on. Most of them are well worth learning. Admittedly, my composition is without  creativity, because i put much attention in rendering and i didn't notice that creativity is quite important requirement in the criteria in this workshop. This is an alert for me that from now on no matter what curricular i am doing i should get enough information about the criteria first and then address myself to the work itself.

Exercise 3 & Project 3

Due to that time is urgent, I did the final model quickly. The plan and section of norman fisher house are simple, but orientation is hard to distinguish. What i learned from doing this model is that how to make the stairs separately,  and how to build window frame or door frame. What i need to improve is that cutting the thick wood more neatly and keep clean gluing. In addition, since the wood board is not enough wide, we should use two pieces of balsa to compose each surface of the house. The way in which i connected the two pieces are not advisable. I used a small wood block to connect them. This is unstable, and the model is easier to collapse. I figured out a better way after my submission. The way is that we can cut the boards in certain shapes and then stick them directly, but ensure that the area of the interface of the two pieces is enough large, hence there will be only one joint. This way will reduce inaccuracy and presumably enable the model to be stabler and stronger . I also obtain an useful skill from Sarah. She cut the stone-like texture on the thick balsa to identify that the basement of norman fisher house is built by stone. This method is the one that i never thought about, admittedly it is quite convenient and acceptable.

Exercise2 & Project2

Exercise 2 focuses on quick models. We were offered a piece of section, and then imaged the whole building on our own. In my opinion, quick model can be rough or abstract; the aim of doing quick models is to enhance or express the concept of the building we have come up with. Because plan and section drawings sometimes are not enough for people to form a clear perspective about the building, the quick model acts as a presentation resolving this problem. But the prerequisite is that we ourselves has got a design in our mind! Therefore, 30 minutes seems to be too restricted. As for me, expecting to be an architect, making something special but cost a lot of time is better than making something normal in a hurry. We can make a model quickly following our mind or hands when inspiration is there. And whether we can do a quick model also depends on what materials we choose. Paper, cards or something soft is more suitable for quick model making.

 

         I didn’t follow the instruction letter to letter to do Exercise 2. Because I found something interesting to experiment. When I did the second models, i found by chance that the two models that my friend had made could be matched like neighbor. This layout was special. So, i give up making models, and instead i began to figure out how to design my 3 houses and make them like a huge house when they are organized in certain way, meanwhile these 3 house have the same section in their components. The bigger model is a developed model that derives from one of the 3 origin model designs. It is a big house with a private garden on its top. I used a lot of triangles in this exercise, and this really made the progress harder the before. Triangle shape requires more accurate dimention than rectangular.

 

         From Project 2, I learned how to make contours in my model, and how to attach the house nicely into the contours. I also learned how to make trees. The way i used to make tree is tranditional, but other students’ choice are more interesting. For example, the trees in Sarah’s model look quite vivid, i am confused about that whether she used real branches or cardboards; Dahua’s trees are also abtractive, the materials are sticks and yellow sponges.

Model Making - Project 1 & Exercise 1

I have learned a lot from Pro 1. First, I become aware of that enlarging or reducing the scales to the one that we should use in Model Making is a convenient way for us due to the exemption of measuring work. Second, I obtain the skills to making 45 degree cutting, especially when I am cutting cross the wood. Third, I am able to use UHU to make clean and neat joints. Forth, I know how to use sand paper to optimize my cutting. Fifth, I learn that it is quite important to keep all the surfaces of the model having the same wood pattern, because this will make your model look more flawless.

FINAL EXERCISE - ROSE SEIDLER HOUSE

This is a series of hand drawings about ROSE SEIDLER HOUSE including 2 plans, 2 sections, 2 elevations and 2 perspective drawings. This is an effecitive way to explore an existing famous house, and this is a way of experimenting the arrangement of the layout in which we are required to keep our drawings in logic sequences.

EXERCISE 03 - PERSPECTIVE

EXERCISE 03 was prepared for us to learn perspective drawing. We learned how to draw lines, surfaces and even objects according to the vanishing points. This is a gateway to obtain the skills for 3D creativity. Moreover, we also attained some views about rendering.

EXERCISE 02 - SCALE / MEASURING UP

From EXERSICE 02, we were offered the opportunity to get familiar with the scales. This is an important aspect when we are lauching a presentation or arranging a layout. In addition, we also learned how to draw a simple section according to the plan.

EXERCISE 01 - TEACUP DRAWINGS

This is EXERCISE 01. We drew a set of plan, section and elevation of a piece of teacup in order to appropriate the accuracy during we are doing design, and we also got acquainted with the different concepts of Plan, Section and Elevation.

Two marking schedules from others

Comments for EXP3

Architectures are designed for two powerful women. There’s little doubt that large bulk is a symbol of power, yet every space maintains human-scaled. Designs are concerned with the careers of clients: Angela is Chancellor with many affairs and assistants, her office should be multi-functional within huge capacity; while Miranda is a supermodel and her office can be ShowRoom or workshop. Elevators are parts of offices, starting from ground floor to meeting place.

3D Warehouse Link and Images

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=36c02bae9f5dca547b03a8b79077d836

Link for Crysis Environment

Content:Levels, objects and statement.
Introduce: press 'I','O' and 'P' to activate the Elevator01, starting from Miranda Kerr's office to the meeting place; press 'J','K' and 'L' to activate the Elevator02, starting from Angela Merkel's office to the meeting place.
http://www.filefront.com/16758239/z3304260_Crysis%20Environment.zip

Final Images in Crysis