A00814220_Portfolio by Miguel Angel Alvarez Barrón

REPRESENTACIÓN FORMAL DEL ESPACIO Teachers: Edmundo José Reyes Guzmán Marian Rodríguez García

PORTFOLIO

Student: Miguel Ángel Álvarez Barrón – A00814220 March 19, 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Graphic Representation of Space .…………………………………………….… 4 2. Form and space ……………………………………………………………………………….. 11 3. Materials for handmade scale models ……………………………………….. 16 4. Software technologies ……………………………………………………………………. 20 5. Challenges …………………………………………………………………………………………. 24 6. Final Evidence …………………………………………………………………………………… 28 7. Feedback ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 33

GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF SPACE

KNOWING SKETCHING DRAWING EXPLANATION: For this activity we drew two cubes, each one had a corner section cube extraction that we needed to portrait.

Cube 1.

Cube 2.

LEARNED: I learned how to properly draw a cube using hidden, dotted, dashed and continued lines. Also, we indentified how volume works and what were the front, side and top view of the main cubes and the corner section cubes.

MODELING A CUBE. 4 CORNER SECTIONS: QUESTIONS EXPLANATION: For this activity the teacher drew two cubes with three and four corner sections cubes and we answered some questions in relation to that.

Question set one. 1.a) How many edges does the cube have? 2.- 12 edges 3.b) How many vertices does the cube have? 4.- 8 vertices Question set two 1.a) How many edges does the cube have? 3 corner sections. 2.- 39 edges 3.b) How many vertices does the cube have? - 26 vertices

LEARNED: Thanks to this excercise I learned how to identify the difference between edges and vertices and how to count them even with corner sections cubes.

MODELING A CUBE. 4 CORNER SECTIONS: POWERPOINT EXPLANATION: For this activity we made a cube with three corner sections cubes using modeling clay as material. With the help a paper we identify the front, side and top view and represent the orthografic projection using PowerPoint.

LEARNED: I learned an easy way to identify the different type of views of my modeling clay cube and, with the help of PowerPoint, how to make an ortographic projection, thanks to this I can see faster the relation between each view.

A THEORY OF LIGHT AND SHADE EXPLANATION: We putted a fruit in a piece of paper and took two pictures: one with natural light and the other with desk lamp light. The purpuse behind this activity was to drawn the fruit and the shade it projects. NATURAL LIGHT

DESK LAMP LIGHT

LEARNED: I learned how to better represent a light shadow using differents types of pressure and intensity on the color. Even though I’m not good a drawing I think I improved a lot in terms of drawing with this exercise.

ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS EXPLANATION: The purpuse of this activity was to draw in Nearpod our own bedroom in the form of an architecture plan: real shape, walls, doors, windows, basic furniture, etc.

LEARNED: I learned how to represent a real space in a form of a plan, using the architectural cocept I was able to correctly draw the space, for example, doble lines with walls, the dotted lines and projection of the doors and how to represent windows.

FORM AND SPACE

FORM AND DESIGN EXPLANATION: For this activity we selected two objects that had the same function, but with a different desing (color, form, meterials, etc.) and wrote a brief reflexion about it.

HOW DO THEY COMPARE? As we learned in class, the identity of an object will be deeply related to its own shape, structural frame and spatial orientation. For this homework I decided to compere three different peelers; the size of each one is relatively the same, being the middle one the largest. All of them have steel as the only material for the razor, however, we can see that the second peeler has a coat of black paint which inevitably it's going to come off and maybe stick to the food. Between the three tools, the first two are the most similar, it’s difference comes in the bottom half, the first one is made entirely of steel and to the sensation it’s a little bit uncomfortable when you are using it, the second peeler has a red handle made of some type of thick rubber which makes it a much more pleasing experience for its ergonomics and also easier to wash. For the last peeler we have a plastic red handle and an horizontal type of orientation for the razor, I find this particular peeler the best one at doing it's job, the position of the razor makes the peeling smoother, the feeling of the handle it’s okay, it is a downgrade to the second one, but a massive improvement if we compare it to the first peeler. The only thing I find to be a disadvantage it’s the thinness of the material which can be impactful in the durability of the product. For the corkscrews, even though they’re made of the same type of materials, the shape of each one it’s very different. The second tool it’s bigger and easier to use because you secure the bottle when you push the wings inwards, with the top part you screw in the spiral and then you pull but sometimes it hurts your finger because of the pressure you’re putting in. For the first corkscrew you need to screw in the spiral without any help or support and with the two notch lever pull out the cork, I find this step a little bit painful because we don’t have any type of rubber or plastic handle. As you can see, both are very durable, one has an easier and effective way to function, but neither of them are particularly good at ergonomics.

LEARNED: This activity made me realice the different type of ways we can design an object, maybe all the objects serves the same purpose, but the materials, the ergonomics, an overall the desing is what makes the difference.

DEFINITION OF SPACE EXPLANATION: This activity was graded by our participation on the Nearpod presentation in class.

LEARNED: Thanks to this class I was able to learn about the different elements that helps define a space: walls, floors, roofs, columns.

FORM TRANSFORMATION: CASE STUDY EXPLANATION: For this activity we were asigned a specific case study, in my case was Brasilia Congress Building, We needed to search infomation about it and identify volumes, operations of the form and shapes that makes up the building.

LEARNED: I was able to identify the different operations of the shape and the excisting forms directly on the Brasilian Congress Building and made me realice how in the core of the desing everything starts with simple shapes, this was helpful to develop my modular shelter.

MATERIALS FOR HANDMADE SCALE MODELS

MY SLOTTED SCULPTURE EXPLANATION: The purpuse of this activity was to crate shapes and forms to desing slammers. With that complete we needed to make a slotted sculpure of recycled materials.

LEARNED: This activity was helpful to start working with materials and put to practice the different techniques recommended for cutting materials, combined the slammers to make the sculpture.

MY CLAY CUBE IN A CARDBOARD SCALE MODEL EXPLANATION: For this activity we represented the modeling clay cube in a cardboard scale model. FRONT VIEW

SIDE VIEW

TOP VIEW

ISOMETRIC VIEW

LEARNED: With this excercise I was able to practice more with the techniques that we learned in class, this was important because I needed to begin with the first delievery of my modular shelter and this activity made it easier.

MATERIAL PROPOSAL: MODULAR SHELTER AND CARDBOARD MODEL EXPLANATION: We decided the materials we were going to use for both the model and the 1:1 scale model: type of materials, dimensions, price and the quantity needed.

LEARNED: Making this activity really help me realice how much the materials were going to cost and eventually make a few changes in terms of types of materials for both the scale model and the real shelter.

SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY

CUBE SKETCHUP MODELING EXPLANATION: Using the tool Sketchup we made a 3D model of our modeling clay cube and the ortographic projection.

LEARNED: Working with Sketchup was really interesting an easy, this help me work with some aspects of my modular shelter, it’s always good to know new tools to incorporate into my work.

LIVE HOME 3D EXPLANATION: In a previous activity we draw a plan of our rooms, but with this activity we work with Live Home 3D to make it in a more proffesional way.

LEARNED: Live Home 3D was probably the easiest programs we use in the course. Thanks to this I was able to use this program to develop some parts of the actual plans I use for the desing of my modular shelter.

CHALLENGES

1. BRUNO MUNARI METHODOLOGY EXPLANATION: This was an activity of investigation, we researched Bruno Munari methodology and the importance of following his steps.

LEARNED: Sometimes we want to go to the finish line as quickly as possible but with this activity it made think otherwise, take a step back and really think what type of problem I was going to target with my final project and the methodology I was going to follow.

2. BRAINSTORMING ABOUT MY SHELTER EXPLANATION: For this activity we brainstorm about the shelter we wanted to make with our parner for the final, we develop the concept, function, shape, location, general sketching, materials and also we searched for inspiration.

construction

LEARNED: This activity was fundamental to provide the necessary ideas for my shelter, it was really important to land ideas with my partner and together develop something that we were interested and excited to create.

3. FIRST DELIVERY OF MY SHELTER EXPLANATION: For this activity we made the first model draw of our modular shelter and developed the plans and elevations for the project.

LEARNED: Me and my partner put in practice everything we learned to that moment, it was really exciting to visually see the idea that we created, in both the plans and the first model of our modular shelter. We made a few changes after this activity.

FINAL EVIDENCE

PROCESS LOG OF YOUR SHELTER EXPLANATION: For this evidence we showed the entire process involving the design of the modular shelter: sketches, plans, construction, materials, technology involved, pictures of the final shelter, etc. EVOLUTION OF THE SKETCHES FOR THE MODULAR SHELTER

PROCESS OF MAKING THE MODULAR SHELTER

STUDIO LIGHT

PHOTOSHOP VERSION

DAY LIGHT

NIGHT VIEW

LINK TO THE COMPLETE PRESENTATION: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IGIMnttjd_zgENL8DRWye6IRldSYvsG6OLa7tNt5P2 Q/edit?usp=sharing

LEARNED: This served as a type of reminder of all the things we learned in this past five weeks, we put in practise the technology we learned, the creativity we develop and the tecnics we adquired in the class, all combined for the final product: our Honeycomb Shelter.

MY FINAL VIDEO EXPLANATION: For this activity we made a video of our modular shelter, we needed to include all the necesary information to make it like a pitch to convince investors to actually build our original desing.

LINK TO THE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey5I3qFroLU LEARNED: This activity was fun to make, with all the work done with this project we only needed to made a pitch to the investors, this was helpful as a practise for when a real situation could emerge.

FEEDBACK I learned a lot in this five weeks of class, sometimes it was really challenging not only for the four hour duration, but also for the amount of activities we made. As a person who learns better with visual and kinesthetic activities, I really like the interactive classes were we had dinamics or we made something. The only aspect of the class that I would give feedback it would be in terms of the organization, sometimes it was confusing the way the activities were enlisted and the order that we did them, because sometimes we started something new without finishing the previous activity. With that being said, I really apreciate your pacience and the excelent attitud you both always had, for always being available for us when we needed advice. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!