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Foundations of Design : Representation, Sem 1, 2018 PORTFOLIO CAI Chen

981065 Studio 24 - Emmanuel Cohen

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MEASURED DRAWING OF A CROISSANT Sketching and rendering skills by hand were essential in this task. The choice of croissants as the practice objects is suitable for the task as every croissant has different lines and texture. The strictness in exact scale for measured data of croissants as object and the following requirement of construction lines and annotations give better understanding of industrial drawing.

Also a practice of axonometric drawing enables presenting 2D objects in 3D drawings, as a bridging skill needed for later module 2.

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Sketches of croissant and sections

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axonometric drawing

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NEW MARIO WORLD

From the two 2D Mario world images, a axonometric hand drawing was designed and based on which a 3D drawing was illustrated digitally, the new Mario World.

Shown above is the 2 Mario world images assigned.

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This photo was taken when I was measurinng and tracing the front part of the Mario World from the first original picture.

Here is an image of designing the blank space in the middle of the first floor, as the 2 world do not meet.

After a pencil drawing was completed, I traced it using fine liner to get a cleaner version.

3D drawing

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This is the final version illustrated. A backgound of the sky was added. Objects are fairly equally distributed in the landscape. Some objects are standing on the edge on the ground floor. Line weight is set to 0.25pt and in black colour for small objects therefore they look more separated.

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PAPER LANDSCAPE

Module 3 combined digital panelling and physical model making, from a terrain to a paper model.

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A photo showing the slide-shaped curvy terrain assigned

One of the unrolled panels is shown above.

Using both pyramid and square-top shaped objects created a variety of the landscape created. After testing a different panels for the assigned landscape, the final one was chose as it is circling out, depicting the curvy terrain assigned.

Shown above is a photo of model making process.

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Photos of the final model are shown.

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INVISIBLE CITY OF EUPHEMIA: TRADING CITIES 1 Module 4 is dedicated for turning imagination of a story in invisible cities written by Calvino into a storyline in the Quad in Marco Polo’s perspective. The story is told by annotations in the Quad and shown in 2 perspective views.

Interpretation of Story Analysed from the Calvino’s writing, the trading city does the ware trading during the day while merchants talk to each other and tell different stories, sitting by the fire during nighttime. Trading days for Bazaars are around the time of every solstice and equinox in a year, taking place in the Great Khan’s empire.

The contrast of tone between day and nighttime led to the development of 2 scenes, when daytime in one scene and nighttime in the other. During daytime people are seen trading, giving Marco Polo a light and cheerful feeling whereas during nighttime people are sitting down telling stories from their experiences, giving Marco Polo a heavier emotion, making him consider as in the story that it is a city where memory is also traded. There is also a sense of the journey of life that personal experiences are modelling people into different people and memories (the way people remember their past experiences) are changing when exchanged.

Depicted as “in the Great Khan’s Empire”, Islamic elements are suggested in the city.

The time in a year as Summer solstice is chosen, representing one of the four solstices and equinoxes, is shown by dividing the Quad one part slightly more than the other like the sun is shining on the tropic of Cancer.

Water element is depicted as merchants come from different places by ships and live in areas with rivers or deserts with camels also discribed.

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As shown in the isometric view with notations, the left part is the daytime scene and the right part on the contrary. The path showing Marco Polo’s movement is also depicted as the chronology in the view, from the market is just opening in the morning as he was walking into the Quad and when it is closing around sunset when he exits the Quad. The lines dividing time, day or night, also divide the lighting, darker while sunset and lighter while sunrise. Where the people and bonfire are is also clearly shown as well as the contrast of tone (light or heavy emotion). A dock was added, extending the Quad.

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It is shown in the scene a Moorish decorated market where Moorish merchants are trading with a background of ships and the sea. The lighting shown represents the time during sunrise. Merchants have come wanting to sell their wares and people are starting to come, bargaining for good they want. Marco Polo in it is feeling easy and cheerful.

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Scene of perspective 2 shows when people are tired after a busy day and sitting down or lying back, talking to each other or sitting quietly by themselves, by the fire. The background of desert and camels represents where some merchants are from and the stories they are telling as well as the memories they are exchanging with other people. The Quad is also Moorish styled decorated.

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REFLECTION

Through this subject, I learnt basic skills doing digital fabrication from workshop sessions using photoshop, illustrated, indesign and rhino. It also got me more used to getting involved with people by presenting my work in regular pin-up sessions. In lectures and studios as well as readings, I had a better understanding of design concepts. I also learnt more about what I enjoy as I enjoyed physical model making more than digital fabrications. Due to the workload, I could not try my best in every module but I learn a lot.

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