Angus Liu Arch 20 (fall 2016) Midterm Learning Portfolio
Table of content P. 3-Week 1 & 2: Multiview Drawing
P. 5-Week 3:Tiny House Plan + Taping exercise
P. 8-Week 4:Array Tools Cubes P. 10-Week 4:SketchUp Array Tools - Trellis
P. 12-Week 5:Patterns P. 13-Week 5-8:Tiny House Design 2
Week 1 & 2: Multiview Drawing
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Front
Back
Plan
Top
About: This is a multiview drawing practice of a building that I choose.
Strengths: Doing this practise helped me develop my
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multiview drawing skill and observe the details of a building. Weaknesses: I had no idea what’s inside the building and some details outside are hard to see. Opportunities: I can learn more architectural designs and the way to sketch a building in different perspectives. Risk: I might get lost and don’t know how a building construct with.
Week 3: tiny house ¼” =1’ Plan + Full Scale
First Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan
Section
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First Floor Plan Drawing
About: This is a project for our group to tap the plan of the tiny house that we designed on the floor. Strengths: This project improved our teamwork and know the real size of the building that we designed. Weaknesses: Not sure if the actual size works. Opportunities: The bathroom could be smaller. Risks: We can’t get out of the grid with regular designs.
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Week 4: SketchUp Array Tools - Square tiles
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Week 4: SketchUp Array Tools - Trellis
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About: 1. Duplicating an object to create one large shape. 2. Using tiles to create a trellis. Strengths: To put objects in groups and duplicate them. Weaknesses: I had problem with putting the tiles together at first. Opportunities: I hope I will able to design a complex building by duplicating and putting tiles together. Risks: I might be confuse about the groups and components. 11
Week 5: SketchUp patterns and material
About: Creating squires with different patterns. Strengths: Can create patterns using your imagination. Weaknesses: Hard to use on non-rectangular place. Opportunities: Can apply on an objects or places with patterns. Risks: Easy to mess up 12
Week 5-8: Individual Tiny House Project
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About: A project to design a tiny house individually and present with a plot.
Strengths: Able to use my own creativity to design a tiny house and my own plot.
Weaknesses: Limited with the size of a tiny house. Opportunities: Using the experience to design other structure. Risks: It took me a long time to design a structure; I need more experience.
The End
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