Foundations of Design : REPRESENTATION, SEM1, 2017 M4 JOURNAL - FRAME vs FIELD David Weiss 388213 Siavesh Male
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WEEK 9 READING: TITLE OF READING
Question 1: What are Durer’s rules for perspectival projection? - All orthogonals (perpindicular lines) meet at the same vanishing point. - Vanishing point is determined by perpindicular of eye to picture frame. - Parralel lines have a common vanishing point no matter the direction that they lie. - Equal dimensions diminish progressively as they recede in space.
Question 2: Describe homogenous space? For something to be homogenous with another it must share similiar characteristics. The rules outlined above that govern perspectival space contribute to its homogenous state. Objects are effected similiarily by a vanishing point, whereby all lines of objects lead toward. This creates a certain fixed perspective unlike reality where ones field of view is constantly changing. Therefore space in reality can be said
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INVISIBLE CITY: DESPINA
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OLD QUAD ISOMETRIC
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5m Isometric drawing of the old quad building constructed using ‘make 2D’ function in Rhino. Line weights and fill adjusted in illustrator.
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OLD QUAD ISOMETRIC WITH NOTATIONS
Key Boat Movement Stare Heavy Mood Camera Light Mood 0
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Final Isometric construction of the old quad buiilding. Line weights heavier at cut line. Grey fill added to reflect cut line. Roof lineweights adjusted to 0.01mm on illustrator to allow notations to be viewed clearly.
Wine Table Dancers
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QUAD PERSPECTIVE 1 + 2 Perspective 1 The camera height is low to the ground to reflect the sea level height of the traveller approaching Despina. This was also chosen to expose the roof as its shape emphasised the morrocan theme.
Perspective 2 The camera was placed at the opposite end of the old quad to reflect the contrastting descriptions by the travellers approaching Despina. The columns were focused on as their non-organic bold square shapes mirrored the theme used for inspirtation; industrial England.
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PERSPECTIVE SCENE 1 + 2
Perspective 1 As mentioned a Morrocan theme was used as inspiration to recreate the perspective of the ‘sailor’ approachng Despina. Elements mentioned in the story were included such as the camel, palms, dancing girls with veils, wine, wines skins and grapes.
Perspective 2 The industrial theme of this perspective was emphasised through the limited use of colour, concrete texturing of the columns, bridge and bricks. Smoke was used to reduce the clarity of the image. Along with the limited use of colour, it helps to create an emotive atmosphere. The sailing boat reflects the time period as well as being a direct reference to the story.
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WEEK 4 READING: TITLE OF READING Complete your reading before attempting these questions:
Question 1: IWhat is the difference between autographic and allographic practice?
Autographic- requires the original constructer in order for the representation to be accurate. Examples include sculptor and painting. Allographic- requires a level of intrepretation by the viewer and thus is never the same. They use notations to influence the intrepretation. Examples include poetry, dance and music. They usually try to immitate reality.
Question 2: Why do architects need new representational techniques? Architects need new representational techniques to continue to explore the gap between what is real and what is a representation of reality only. They should explore different techniques that are both allographic and autographic means of representation since this is inherent in the profession.
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FINAL DRAWINGS The M4 template was used to arrange the elements of this poster. This layout was printed on A1 and trimmed to size for class pin-up. It includes; Final isometric construction with notations including key and scale bar, and the two perspectives.
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