Portfolio - Amr Gad -900201138

Portfolio Foundation of 3D-design DR/Heba Safy El Din Amr Gad - 900201138

AUC - Architecture Department Fall 2021

Course Syllubus

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Scavenger

Hunt

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Rubric:

Concept: Rules: Creativity: Worksmanship:

Grade:

Economic Inequality Objectives:

- Use any available materials to create a 3D-composition.

- Create a concept and story within your structure.

- Create a concept board.

Reflection:

- Own reflection

Concept:

The concept was set to be the economical injustice. In the model we were tryuing to represent the effects of lacking connection with the different socioeconomic levels, and the unfair distribution of the wealth.

Feedback:

1) Composition needs to rpresent hierarchy.

2) The varity is not enough.

3) The materials could have been manipulated considering the size, height, and the colour.

4) The photography was good.

Materials used: sticks flower/leaves wood cups

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Rectilinear

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Rubric:

Concept: Rules: Creativity: Worksmanship:

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Relations Objectives:

- To use the 3D-rules we just larned to create three plasticine forms.

- choose a keyword for each composition

Concept:

The general concept is “Relations”. In the three

composi tions I tried to represent three keywords: a- Fatherhood. b- Relations. c- Unity

a) The first form represents how the father carry the family and does not allow it to fall a part. b) In the second one, I tried to represent how a relation goes, where it does not matter what is your power, you need another person to palance the weight with you.

Reflection:

Feedback:

1) The compositions have most od their components on the same axis.

2) The worksmanship needs to be more neat.

3) As for model(A) the family seems disconnected. IT needs to have more connection.

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Curvilinear

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Rubric:

Concept: Rules: Creativity: Worksmanship:

Self-Development Objectives:

- To create three forms of curvilinear shapes, and use the knowledge given to crate developing aong with the shapes.

Concept:

- The concept behind the three forms is a life journey of one of the celebrities. The story goes from struggle, to Adventure, and Finally, to stability and balance in the life.

- The transition between the forms and how each one points to the direction of the next line of the story.

Reflection:

Feedback:

1) Need to be more risky in forming the dhsped.

2) add more axis to the composition.

Fragments

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Rubric:

Concept: Rules: Creativity: Worksmanship:

Fighting Objectives:

- To use the 3D-rules and create a plasticine form by fragmentation.

- choose a keyword for the composition.

- To achive balance and to create a new form out of a basic form

Concept:

For this assignment I treid to go for something simple yet representive. The concept represents struggling to overcome challenges. In the form one will see how damaged it is; however, it is still manges to stand tall. The shape was cone-like, then it is cutten in different volumes to represent the varity of changes happens to the object.

Reflection: 1) I feel that the composition needed more risk, as was mentioned in the feedback, in addition to have more different shapes.

Feedback: 1) The compositions have most od their components on the same axis.

2) The worksmanship needs to be more neat.

3) As for model(A) the family seems disconnected. IT needs to have more connection.v

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Application 1

Rubric:

Concept: Rules: Creativity: Worksmanship:

Draft-1

Reflection:

Objectives:

- I made the art-work a piece of architicture as it was

required, but I had to make the composition more interesting.

- I have to work more on the worksmanship.

- Choose an Art work, and extrude it.

- To understand how an Art work can be used

as a 3D-refrence and maybe used in architichture.

Concept:

- There was no concept required, instead, it was required to give it a function.

-The Artwork is a piece of work for Liznisky.

- The school is : Suprematism.

- The artwork: Not titled.

- The function: Designing studios

Feedback:

1) The form can not have different elements than the artwork; for instance, the voids between the wooden parts does not exist in the atwork.

2) the composition needs to be more interesting; as it looks like regular shapes.

Draft-2 Objectives: - Choose an Art work, and extrude it.

- To understand how an Art work can be used as a 3D-refrence and maybe used in architichture.

Concept:

- There was no concept required, instead, it was required to give it a function.

-The Artwork is a piece of work for Liznisky.

- The school is : Suprematism.

- The artwork: Not titled.

- The function: Designing studios

Reflection:

1) The composition is more interesting than the last draft.

2) I believe that the number of transparemt

materials is too much.

3) The worksmanship needs to be developed.

Banners and Ads

Main Body Entrance Gate

Wires

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Rubric:

Concept: Rules: Creativity: Worksmanship:

Relations Objectives:

Reflection:

- To use rules and positions of the lines make a

composition that represents a story or a concept.

- Use wires as a material to create the forms to

Concept:

-The concept was not the main focus as we were supposed to focus on having the connection and flow between the cureves. To focis on each meaning a curve gives; to represent a whole new story each time we use the wires.

1) I tried to apply the rules to each concept.

2) This assignment specifically was quite

challenging for me, first of all because of the medium and materials.

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Floating Curves: Parabolic, directional, accental, reverse, neutral by looking at the curves flowing together, you can see that there is smooth transition between each curves, giving a sense of floating along eachother.

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Curves: Spiral, trajectory, a

Your eyes wander along the cu a jo

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Loneliness

accental, parabolic, neutral

Curves: Directional, Spiral, Catenary, Accental

urves as if you are seeing a path, or ourney.

You can see that the trasition betwen the curves flow inwardly, as if it represents someone alone by him/her self

Mid-term

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Rubric:

Concept: Rules: Creativity: Worksmanship:

Light Fixture Objectives:

Reflection:

- Develop and creat a light fixture.

- To creat a new composition based on an inspiration.

Concept:

- The concept part was not the main focus; however, we had to creat a new composition inspired from the Bauhaus school. The concept behinf this light fixture is that it can be used in various circumstances and it has some flexability.

- The assignment made me search and try to adapt the artist characteristics in my work.

- The process of searching and editing the concept helped alot to show me how I may use my skills in the future.

- The skill of applying one`s characterisitics in my concepts was accuired during the time I was working on this task.

Twofer:D-1 Concept:

Feedback:

- The light fixture is built to be useful in diffferent circumstances. The idea is buil on functionality, simplicity, and mobility. The concept was build on the bauhaus shcool and espicially the architicture produced by it.

1) Needs to manipulate the axis to give it more 3D-look.

2) It is too symetric.

3) Architicture wise it is good.

Inspiration

Studies

- I was inspired by the architicture of Walter Groupis. Groupis used a flat surfaves, Cubic shapes, stable construction, and transperent materials to represent his Ideas.

Transperent Paper

Obauqe & cubic solid mass.

Double light bulbs for the functionality

Twofer:D-2 Objectives:

- Develop the draft of the light fixture.

- Develop a concept board, includes the creiteria discussed in-class.

Concept:

- The same concept is applied in draft-2, but with some advancements. The light fixture became more functioning; as it have the light directed to several directions. Also, the fixture now can relate to Gropius work more.

Feedback: - It achives the functionality part.

- Architicture wise it is very good. Which it was inspired from originally.

- The worksmanship neads more development.

Reflection: - I beleive I did a good work in this assignment;

as I was focusing on achieving a function and architichturly designed light fixture.

- Howevr, worksmanship needs more work, altghout it is better than the last assignment.

1- Forming the composition

3- Final result

2- Adding wires and light sources.

Planar

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Rubric:

Concept: Rules: Creativity: Worksmanship:

Planer-InClass Objectives:

- To represent an architichture model in the most simple form. In planes.

- To be able to analyse the building and abstract

Reflection:

- It was a good experince that showed me I can do more work in less time.

- A new concept that I learned.

Concept:

Feedback:

- Our target was to represent the architicture in planes.

- Also, to analyze the materials of the building

and sympolize it in the shape.

1) The compositions is interesting.

2) the entrance and exit give different feelings;

which is good thing.

3) The usage of intersection between the planes is good

3) The model may need more planes.

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Planer-Exercise Objectives:

Reflection:

- Create an Egyptian Pavillion using planes.

- To be able to represent the materials used in

the model.

Concept:

- Our target was to represent the architicture in planes.

- Also, to analyze the materials of the building and sympolize it in the shape.

- As it is the second trial in working with planes, I

find that I did a good job; however, it needs more representation.

- The materials need to vary.

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Final

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Rubric:

Concept: Rules: Creativity: Worksmanship:

Under the theme “Presence of The Past” Egyptian Pavillion

Egyptian Pavillion Objectives: - Create an abstract form for an Egyptian

Pavillion to represent Egypt in the coming Expo.

Concept:

- In my pavillion I am trying to represent Egypt as a Past, Present, and Future. The form shows that the three keywords are representing Egypt and that they are connected which shows that Egypt is built depending on all three of them.

Reflection:

- During the process I learned a lot.

- The assignment was challenging and needed more work than the previous excersies.

Feedback: 1) The composition needs to represent the user experince.

2) The materials used may vary to represent the

texture and feel that shows the user experince and

the concept behind.

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Under the theme “Presence of The Past” Egyptian Pavillion

Connected Concept:

-Egypt is consisted of Past that holds her stable, a present that allows her to develop and move, and a future that is built on the mentioned two. Although the future is always risky, but Egypt has supported it with the Past and the Present. All three are connected and they are waht forming Egypt.

Under the theme “Presence of The Past” Egyptian Pavillion

Connected Concept:

-Egypt is consisted of Past that holds her stable, a present that allows her to develop and move, and a future that is built on the mentioned two. Although the future is always risky, but Egypt has supported it with the Past and the Present. All three are connected and they are waht forming Egypt.

Thank you!

Amr Gad El Haq - 900201138 The American University in Cairo amr.gad@aucegypt.edu