Arlenne Gil Graduate Digital Design Portfolio
Advanced Topics in Digital Architecture - Fall 2015
Arlenne Gil
University of Florida Prof. Lucas Najle
Table of Contents
CONTENTS Intro to Photoshop + Layer Masks Frank’s Vacation Home Around the World
Illustrator + InDesign Vector Mapping
Rhinocerus + Illustrator Workflow I NURBS Modeling
Rhinocerus + Illustrator Workflow II Parametric Pavilions - Site Diagrams
Rhinocerus + Grasshopper
Parametric Pavilion - Grasshopper Definitions
V-Ray for Rhinocerus Conceptual Rendering
Post-Production
Rendering with Photoshop
Summary
Where we started to where we stand today...
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Photoshop + Layer Masks
Intro to Photoshop + Layer Masks Frank’s Vacation Home Around the World
Software + Workflow:
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- Photoshop - InDesign
- Approx. 3 hours
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Images used in composition to create “Frank’s Vacation Home Around the World” for HW-02 this semester.
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Photoshop + Layer Masks
Frank and his vacation shack had an swesome time on the moon when they got a special joint visit from a Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and the Rock of Ages crew. The workflow of this project utilizes high resolution imagery in .png or other vector formats to create a compositional image using Photoshop “Layer Masking.� Using this method, one is able to alter and create new images based on overlaying any number of components without losing the original images. Thus, if changes are desired, one may go back to the original image and reduce the amount of time. The end result took about two hours to put together.
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Frank’s Awesome Concert on the surface of the Moon.
Photoshop + Layer Masks
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llustrator + InDesign
Illustrator + InDesign Vector Mapping
Software + Workflow:
Time:
- AutoCAD - Illustrator - InDesign
- Approx. 4 hours
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Downtown Orlando
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Mapping Urban Patterns LEGEND ROADS LEGEND RAILROAD ROADS
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HIGHWAYS RAILROAD HISTORIC DISTRICT HIGHWAYS VOIDS HISTORIC DISTRICT CONNECTION BETWEEN VOIDS PUBLIC SPACES CONNECTION BETWEEN PUBLIC SPACES PUBLIC SPACES POPULATION DENSITY PUBLIC SPACES 10 PEOPLE PER DOT POPULATION DENSITY 10 PEOPLE PER DOT
The map overlays the relationships between concentrations for Population Density at 10 people per dot, the Public Spaces accessible to anyone, the empty lots that are Voids with potential to be built into either new buildings or new public/recreational spaces, and the designated NORTH Historic District, the origins of the urban fabric. 0
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Rhinocerus + Illustrator I
Rhinocerus + Illustrator Workflow I NURBS Modeling
Software Used:
Time Spent:
- Rhinocerus - Illustrator - InDesign
- Approx. 2 hours
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Light Penetrations
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Public and Private
Diagrid
Skin with Apertures
Tectonic of Light Parametric Tower
This tower is an exploration of different tools within NURBS modeling in order to create a tower with multiple facade conditions. One diagram uses a vector-based program to edit the model and lines. By using this approach, one is able to control the lineweight and linetypes to demonstrate different design conditions as necessary. Additionally,
Tower Skin Diagrams
the scale of the project can also be easily maintained. The other diagram features a rasterized image, which could be painstakingly edited, unlike the previous method. Here we cannot edit linetypes and we cannot scale the product accurately while maintaining clean lightweights.
Rhinocerus + Illustrator I
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Rhinocerus + Illustrator II
Rhinocerus + Illustrator Workflow II Parametric Pavilions - Site Diagrams
Software + Workflow:
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- Rhinocerus - Illustrator - InDesign
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Pine Street Site Map Downtown Orlando
LEGEND ROADS LEGEND ROADS RAILROAD RAILROADHIGHWAYS HISTORIC DISTRICT HIGHWAYS HISTORICSITE DISTRICT CONNECTION BETWEEN PUBLIC SPACES CONNECTION BETWEEN PUBLIC SPACES PUBLIC SPACES
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The map overlays the relationships between concentrations for Population Density at 10 people per dot, the Public Spaces accessible to anyone, public/recreational spaces, and the designated Historic District, the origins of the urban fabric. The site is shown highlighted in red, in the NORTH center of the historic core. 0
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Pine Street Site Site Diagrams This series of diagrammatic studies represent the different conditions encountered on the existing site. Each one provides a different design consideration taken into account when finalizing the urban enclosure design. Most important are the differences in sunlight duringthe summer and winter months.
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Edge Conditions
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Rhinocerus + Illustrator II
Existing Materials
Roadways and Circulation
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Sunlight in Summer Direction of Sunlight in AM Direction of Sunlight in PM
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Rhinocerus + Grasshopper
Rhinocerus + Grasshopper Parametric Pavilion - Grasshopper Definitions
Software + Workflow:
Time:
- Rhinocerus - Grasshopper - Illustrator - InDesign
- Approx. 3 hours
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Parametric Pavilion
Paneling and Structural Systems A parametric pavilion has been designed to occupy the empty lot on the corner of Pine Street and Orange Avenue. The design of the pavilion is composed of randomized rectangular patterns that vary and break up the scale of the surface. The panels consist of reflective brushed aluminum. 26
Rhinocerus + Grasshopper
The structure of the pavilion consists of a steel diagrid painted in the neutral, non-reflective gray. The pavilion is open for the public to walk through or walk around. It is a defined contemporary cloister within the center of the historic district of in Downtown Orlando.
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Direction of Sunlight in AM Direction of Sunlight in PM
Sunlight in Summer
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Studies were done in order to understand the maximum potential of the light coming into the sight during the Solstices and Equinoxes. This understanding of sun angle and direction provides the basis for the phenomenological design of the pavilion. Light cast onto the brushed
aluminum surfaces will reflect back onto the walls and floors surrounding the pavilion. The surface of the panels is engraved and will be reflected in patterns across the edges and surfaces nearby. The sense of place will change as the day progresses and as the year progresses. 27
Starting Points and Curve
Lofting Surface of Large Skin
Surface Paneling to Large Skin
Structural Grid
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Surface Paneling to Small Skin
Completed Geometry
Grasshopper Definition
Overall Pavilion and Site
Rhinocerus + Grasshopper
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V-Ray for Rhinocerus
V-Ray for Rhinocerus Conceptual Rendering
Software + Workflow:
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- Rhinocerus - Grasshopper - Photoshop - InDesign
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Enclosure Exterior. This exterior view portrays how the Urban Enclosure can be experienced as a public and sculptural piece of the city fabric. During Photoshop post-processing, the most time consuming things were ensuring details like the shadow of the people and the trees were aligned correctly to give the image more consistency.
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V-Ray for Rhinocerus
Rhino and Grasshopper Model.
VRay Rendering.
VRay Rendering with adjusted Photoshop Levels.
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Enclosure Interior. The interior of the Urban Enclosure further allows the opportunity to portray how it can be utilized by the public as a place with sense of place as well as thoroughfare. This was fairly quick job to post-process with Photoshop. However, finding the appropriate angle in Rhino proved to be more time-consuming, as well as the VRay rendering process in itself, due to the activated metal surface and all the reflections involved.
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V-Ray for Rhinocerus
Rhino and Grasshopper Model.
VRay Rendering.
VRay Rendering with adjusted Photoshop Levels.
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Rhino and Grasshopper Model.
VRay Rendering.
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V-Ray for Rhinocerus
VRay Rendering and adjusted Photoshop Levels.
Enclosure Exterior. This night view gives a new layer Urban Enclosure to the use of the space, highlighting the qualities of the copper cladding. This render was the quickest through VRay, but took the longest during the Photoshop post-processing. Manipulating light and contrast was challenging both during rendering and during post-processing. Also, learning to use dark colors rather than black made a big difference in the printing quality of the work.
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Post-Production
Post-Production Rendering with Photoshop
Software + Workflow:
Time:
- Rhinocerus - Grasshopper - Photoshop - InDesign
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Parametric Pavilion
Post-processing utilizes a number of tools to achieve the effect of a full-blown render in a significantly shorter amount of time. This piece began as a very basic V-Ray render through Rhinocerus with only a red opaque material for the structural frame of the pavilion and a glass, transparent material for the panels within the diagrid. Through Photoshop, one can add multiple layers of information in the form of Entourage, add material textures, and even create design elements, such as the grass strip and reflection pond, that were not present in the original render, shown below.
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Summary
Summary Where we started to where we stand today...
Software + Workflow:
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- AutoCAD - Photoshop
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Summary
Advanced Digital Homework 1
Arlenne Gil 9/02/2015
Advanced Digital Homework 1
Arlenne Gil 9/02/2015
4 - Drawing: Site Plans Software: Revit > InDesign/Photoshop > Bluebeam Revu AutoCAD > InDesign/Photoshop > Bluebeam Revu Description: Revit – Used for production of model, drawing set-up. Controls line weights. AutoCAD – Used occasionally for drawing, mostly exporting CAD from Revit to coordinate other consultants’ work who do not use Revit. Photoshop – Used for additional render work to floor plans if necessary (not common). InDesign – Used for layouts, presentation boards, project books for printing (not common). Bluebeam Revu – Used for editing or marking up PDFs, also for organizing PDF sets, signing and sealing drawings for permitting. Plotting: I use Revit to create PDF files, then use Bluebeam Revu to review PDF’s and organize them. I send PDFs to the plotter from Bluebeam.
Part 1: 1 - Drawing: Floor Plans Software: Revit > InDesign/Photoshop > Bluebeam Revu AutoCAD > InDesign/Photoshop > Bluebeam Revu Description: Revit – Used for production of model, drawing set-up. Controls line weights. AutoCAD – Used occasionally for drawing, mostly exporting CAD from Revit to coordinate other consultants’ work who do not use Revit. Photoshop – Used for additional render work to floor plans if necessary (not common). InDesign – Used for layouts, presentation boards, project books for printing (not common). Bluebeam Revu – Used for editing or marking up PDFs, also for organizing PDF sets, signing and sealing drawings for permitting. Plotting: I use Revit to create PDF files, then use Bluebeam Revu to review PDF’s and organize them. I send PDFs to the plotter from Bluebeam. 2 - Drawing: Elevations Software: Revit > AutoCAD > Photoshop > InDesign > Bluebeam Revu Description: Revit – Used for production of model, drawing set-up. AutoCAD – Line weights not typically controlled in Revit elevations. Export Revit drawing to CAD to control line weights when necessary. Photoshop – Used for additional render work to elevations if necessary (not common). InDesign – Used for layouts, presentation boards, project books for printing, making PDF’s. Bluebeam Revu – Used for editing or marking up PDFs, also for organizing PDF sets, signing and sealing drawings for permitting. Plotting: I use Bluebeam Revu to review PDF’s and organize them. I send PDFs to the plotter from Bluebeam. 3 - Drawing: Sections Software: Revit > AutoCAD > Photoshop > InDesign > Bluebeam Revu Description: Revit – Used for production of model, drawing set-up. AutoCAD – Line weights not typically controlled in Revit sections. Export Revit drawing to CAD to control line weights when necessary. Photoshop – Used for additional render work to sections if necessary (not common). InDesign – Used for layouts, presentation boards, project books for printing, making PDF’s. Bluebeam Revu – Used for editing or marking up PDFs, also for organizing PDF sets, signing and sealing drawings for permitting. Plotting: I use Bluebeam Revu to review PDF’s and organize them. I send PDFs to the plotter from Bluebeam.
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Part 2: V International Project Charrette – Vicenza Favela Cabucu – Master Plan Workflow Software: AutoCAD > Photoshop > InDesign > Acrobat Description: AutoCAD – Used to draw site plan and scale elements appropriately based on the provided site information. Photoshop – Used for additional layering and rendering of colors to site plan, adding a legend. InDesign – Used for layout and to create presentation board PDF Acrobat – Used for printing PDF. Plotting: I used InDesign to create the PDF file, then used Acrobat to send PDFs to the plotter. Quality 1 – Final Size: 24 in x 36 in (144p x 216p) Resolution: 300 DPI 2 – Is the final drawing the level of quality needed?: Yes. 3 – Did your line work remain sharp and crisp?: No. 4 – Did you experience pixilation when printing?: No, however, the line work became less sharp once the image was rasterized.
5 - Drawing: Conceptual Diagrams Software: Illustrator > InDesign > Bluebeam Revu Photoshop > InDesign > Bluebeam Revu Description: Illustrator – Used to create diagrammatic/conceptual images when necessary. Produces high quality imaging to be used as part of conceptual work. Photoshop – Used for additional editing and touching up of images or to digitize conceptual hand diagrams if necessary (not common). InDesign – Used for layouts, presentation boards, project books for printing. Bluebeam Revu – Used for editing or marking up PDFs, also for organizing PDF sets, and to plot. Plotting: I use InDesign to create PDF files, then use Bluebeam Revu to review PDF’s and plot them
File Size 5 – Did your file size remain manageable?: 6 – Were you forced to make your file large in order to remain at an acceptable level of quality?:
6 - Drawing: Renderings Software: Revit > Photoshop > InDesign > Bluebeam Revu Rhino > VRay > Photoshop > InDesign > Bluebeam Revu Description: Revit – Used for production of model, drawing set-up, and rendering. Rhino – Used for production of model, massing and conceptual designs. Controls material surface finishes, lighting, etc., for rendering. VRay – Used to fine-tune rendering specifications to produce desired quality images. Photoshop – Used for additional editing and touching up of images or to digitize conceptual hand drawings if necessary. InDesign – Used for layouts, presentation boards, project books for printing. Bluebeam Revu – Used for editing or marking up PDFs, also for organizing PDF sets, and to plot. Plotting: I use InDesign to create PDF files, then use Bluebeam Revu to review PDF’s and organize them. I send PDFs to the plotter from Bluebeam.
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Editability 7 – Are you able to easily make changes to the drawing?: 8 – How much of the workflow must be repeated each time you need to make a change?:
9 – Are you able to preserve the layers from Your initial model/CAD?: 10– Which step in your workflow took the most time?:
Yes. No.
Yes, the process was done in layers in order to facilitate changes, both in CAD and Photoshop. The area most impacted is the post- processing using Photoshop. Going from the vector-based imaging in CAD to the rasterized imaging in Photoshop often requires checking your work and elements sizing accordingly to make sure the layers overlap where they should. Yes, I kept layers in CAD and also in Photoshop. Rendering the Master Plan in Photoshop, coordinating between all the layers used (line work, added value and backgrounds, creating appropriately sized legend and cutting the right shapes for poche.
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My responses to the questions regarding workflow for HW-01 during this course.
The first assignment this semester was meant to breakdown the workflow and tools I had been employing to far in order to recognize what areas could be improved upon in terms of time, ease of use, and the ability to recover the original files if necessary. We chose a previously done render (in this case, the master plan for a design charette in which I participated while studying in Vicenza, Italy, during my last year of undergraduate studies shown in the opposite page). Next, we were to answer a series of questions about the workflow and what tools we used. Based on my own responses, I could already
see issues with how I was getting the work done. For example, linework for drawings in Photoshop immediately lost their smoothness due to rasterization. However, prior to this course, I was not taught how to use other programs to more effectively deal with linework in CAD drawings. Looking back to this first assignment at the end of the this course, there are several more areas I could have improved upon while working on this charette 4 years previously, as well as other techniques that would have helped me produce more presentationready work in the short constraints of timed charettes. 45
Things Learned During the course of the semester, we have delved into several items pertinent to “Advanced Topics in Digital Architecture.� The resounding top aspect of this course has been the emphasis on production workflow, rather than the mastering of one or two software in particular. It is important to note that while being an expert at a specific software can always make an individual an indispensable member of a work team, I truly believe that having sufficient knowledge to manage several software allows for adaptability to any challenge that might arise and can help make that individual all the more wanted in our profession. I have become much more adept at programs such as Illustrator and Grasshopper. These two I had scarcely opened before prior to this semester. Additionally, I have learned a several new tricks and tools in InDesign and Illustrator. Ironically, these are programs I felt I was confident in using prior to this class. But, being self-taught programs, my arsenal of skills was immediately shown to be lacking in comparison to what I have learned now. Once again, the emphasis on the workflow between these tools has been the greatest strength of this course. It has taught me adaptability and resourcefulness to a higher degree than what I had achieved before. I look forward to applying these methods in future class assignments as I continue to pursue my Masters in Architecture and also at the practice where I am currently employed.
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