IN-PROGRESS LEARNING PORTFOLIO
Arch 20 Spring 2016 Camila Coelho
WEEK 01
Chico’s and Marshmallow’s House Requirements • • • • •
One house that fits for both Each one wants a private space They love to eat together and want a common area Chico wants a skylight Marshmallow thinks it is a good idea
ENTRACE
CHICO’S
COMMON AREA
MARSHMALLOW’S
SKYLIGHT
ENTRACE
UP LOW CEILING
UP HIGH CEILING
Dog House 1 - Chico’s and Marshmallow’s House
Exterior Elevation - Front
Exterior Elevation - Left Side
Exterior Elevation - Rear
Exterior Elevation - Right Side
Dog House 1 - Chico’s and Marshmallow’s House
Perspective - Chico’s point of view
Perspective - Marshmallow’s point of view
Section using the “paint bucket� to paint inside faces making the effect above
Dog House 1 - Chico’s and Marshmallow’s House
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats The first exercise was interesting and demonstrated all basics commands of skechtUp. All projects have a context and a client so my clients were Chico and Marshmallow how wanted a new house for two, respecting their sizes. The software was easy and intuitive to deal with, making the “Dog House 1” a fast and funny exercise. Exploring the program content is possible to discover that the program looks likes simple but there is a lot of options to use that could help during projects presentations. One good example of it is “section plan” that provides sections and floor plans in one click. To make this type of representation works, is necessary to paint all inside faces of the wall making a sort of solid hatch. Another important command is inside of “camera” and controls views (perspective, two points perspective and parallel projection). Before exporting images is necessary to check camera view and shadows. At least all the range of components in 3D Warehouse helps putting vegetation, people and animals and also any kind of object or furniture.
UP
POOL
MARSHMALLOW’S
Beach House • • • • •
A house to relax and stay with friends Open spaces, big windows and doors A swimming pool Two houses in one Window connecting pool and interior spaces
COMMON AREA
UP
CHICO’S
Dog House 2 - Chico’s and Marshmallow’s Beach House
Exterior Elevation - Front
Exterior Elevation - Left Side
Dog House 2 - Chico’s and Marshmallow’s Beach House
Exterior Elevation - Rear
Exterior Elevation - Right Side
Perspectives
Dog House 2 - Chico’s and Marshmallow’s Beach House
Perspectives
Floor Plan using the “paint bucket� to paint inside faces making the effect above
Dog House 2 - Chico’s and Marshmallow’s Beach House
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats Chico and Marshmallow are back to build a new beach house. More complex than “Dog House 1”, the second dog house is bigger and I used more functions to make the 3D model. At “Dog House 2” components and blocks were the most important functions of the week. To create multiple objects as columns, once I “make a component” if I need to adjust one, all is going to be up to date automatically. I also used layers in the model, the easiest way to control different components, groups and elements is to create layers. With layers defined is easy to adjust, turn on and off and especially before export 2D images is possible to turn off parts that is not necessary to the view. My model worked well during the whole process and SketchUp has an Autosave that is really helpful when the program shut down with a message of “Bug Splat”.
WEEK 02
Modeling with cubes in the space. This exercise is a practice to draw in two point perspective.
Cubes in Space
Cubes centralize with the VL in the middle of the group
Cubes centralize with the VL in the middle of the bottom cubes
Cubes on the left with the VL in the middle of the group
Cubes on the right with the VL in the middle of the group
Hand drawings in progress
Cubes in Space
Hand drawings in progress
Exterior Elevation - Front
Exterior Elevation - Back
Exterior Elevation - Left Side
Exterior Elevation - Right Side
The Cube Pavilion
INSPIRATION UK Pavilion, Expo 2015, Milan Italy While I was doing this exercise I remember the Uk Pavilion of Expo that I had the opportunity to visit last year. I conclude this exercise after the week 2. Cubes in orange represent the path that visitors could follow.
Interior perspective
Interior perspective looking up
Exterior perspective
The Cube Pavilion
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats ’27 cubes’ model was good to visualize how 2 points perspective works and helped on hand drawing practice. I wasn’t in class at the first meeting on week 2 so I tried to catch up doing also ‘The Cube Pavilion’. It was an experiment to explore how cubes in array change when put together in a dense context. One important command was ‘array’ that is possible through ‘move’ + ‘ctrl’ and followed by ‘number of repetition’ + ‘x’. Initially I array all cubes without creating a block, but than I realize that was easier to erase cubes that don’t want if they were blocks. My challenge on week 2 was to do the exercise in a delay context. I created a strategy that is to do the work of the current week and than catch up with the delay work.