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
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.
WEEK 03
Cube / Casting edges / Shade / Shadow
Two Points Perspective Hand Drawings
Cube / Casting edges / Shade / Shadow
Cube / Casting edges / Shade / Shadow
Two Points Perspective Hand Drawings
Cube / Casting edges / Shade / Shadow
Floor Pattern Studies
Changing the floor pattern in the same space makes a room look like different in a sensory way and in a spacial way too.
Floor Pattern Studies
A way to create different possibilities is to draw a “tile� and think how it is going to be assemble. In these cases above, rotating, copying and changing color of tiles changed the flooring pattern completely.
Floor Pattern Studies
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats During the week 3 exercises I tried to combine hand drawing and Sketch Up model to optimize my work. While I was creating new patterns using the ideal of a tile that repeats in different positions I realize how faster is to think and draw (by hand) what I want first and that go to Sketch Up and reproduce in the 3D model. I didn't have any trouble with the software this week and everything works as I wanted to.
WEEK 04
Matrix of Possibilities 8 types of wall in floor plan and 3 different variations in elevations.
Wall Themes and Variations Study
Floor plan - 8 types of wall
Wall Variations in Elevation
INSPIRATION Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, Planet Earth Martians came to Earth to get inspiration from ours best samples of architecture. To project the new conference building in Mars the Hagia Sophia building was use as inspiration to create the core of the new building.
Creating Domes - Martians New Conference Building
Exterior Elevation - Front
Exterior Elevation - Back
Exterior Elevation - Right Side
Exterior Elevation - Left Side
Red Portal to enfaces the entrance
Big monumental stairs with ‘organic’ handrail
Space ship entrance at the top of the stairs
Creating Domes - Martians New Conference Building
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats The week 4 exercises were fun and I tried to explore as much as possible the ‘follow me’ command. In the Martians New Conference Building I used ‘free hand’ to create the path for the handrail. To draw with ‘freehand’ I create first a plan in the z axes to use as a base and than ‘follow me’ worked as I expected. In class I had no problem doing a traditional handrail, using ‘divide’ to set the location of the intermediate profiles. I didn’t have trouble with the domes, the only thing that sometimes I needed to do was intersect two geometries to erase part of the dome that was built wrong. I enjoy choosing the ‘style’ of this project. Is great to know that sketchUp give some options to control background colors in a quick way.
WEEK 05
Greek Village
INSPIRATION Greek architecture, Mykonos, Greece The Village exercise starts in class to practice ‘follow me’ doing domes and handrails. My choice was to create a dense, blue and white village, as the scenery in Mykonos.
Greek Village
Exterior Elevation - Front / Right
Exterior Elevation - Back / Left
Greek Village
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats Week 5 stars with a review of ‘follow me’. Greek Village wasn't a planed project, but at the end it becomes really close to the famous Greek building in Mykonos Island. In short this exercise was a review of last week.
Created by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1536–1546, the original Piazza del Campidoglio is located in Rome, Italy.
Piazza del Campidoglio
Step-by-step process
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
Front Elevation
Lateral Elevation
Bird’s eye view
Piazza del Campidoglio
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats Piazza del Campidoglio was a really interesting exercise. Show the process step-by-step is a powerful tool that can be used to show an architectural concept for example. The challenge of this exercise was to identify all lines an erase it correctly. I finished the 3D model in class and was a fast exercise. To generate the images I made bird’s eye views to show the draw in the floor. I also created elevations to demonstrate the horizontal scale of the place.