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holly reising
FALL
2021
Washington University in St. Louis Instructed by Michael Powell
Landscape Architectural Representation I Fall 2021
table of contents
1.1
the power of the line
1.2
conveying texture and tone
1.3
expressing spatial atmosphere
1.4
adding color
1.5
measuring time
1.6
diagramming time
2.0
sublime synthesis
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module 1
1.1 the power of the line Duration: 1 Week Objectives: Interpret an exterior landscape through drawn lines and the production of standalone models. line drawing and modeling techniques contribute to the expressiveness, energy and form of the subject matter.
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Darkness
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Lightness
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Movement
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Stillness
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Model 1: Hatching
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Model 2: Scumbling
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Conveying 1.2 texture and tone Duration: 1 Week Objectives: moments where two or more materials (or material textures) meet are observed and recorded to hone observational abilities, representational skills and the ability to wield two-dimensional media. Here, one is challenged to look beyond the obvious shapes, edges and boundaries that define material subjects to truly unpack each materials’ physical qualities and understand what happens at the moment of transition from one material to the other.
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Canister and counter
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Hairband and plastic bag
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Basket and couch
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Pin and board
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Basket Bas relief
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Ceramic shadow Bas relief
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Expressing spatial 1.3 atmosphere Duration: 1 week Objectives: To capture atmosphere is to capture the “spirit” of a place. atmospheric drawing should capture an environment holistically. This means that the drawing subject and composition should be more about filling space than drawing an object. these drawings capture a sense of how light fills space and creates an emotional direction, conveying a mood or a specific quality of place and time.
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Weil Sculpture Garden: Moody
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Gateway Arch: Vast
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Scumbling model: playful
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Hatching model: obstructive
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Scumbling model: digital edit
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Hatching model: digital edit
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Scumbling model illustration: digital edit
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Hatching model illustration: digital edit
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1.4 Adding Color Duration: 1 week Objectives: using past drawings, establish tonal steps that vary in texture. Then, using colors based off of artwork by Mark Bradford, a Limited Color Palette was established. The monochromatic tone swatch study is then modified by overlaying each step with the selected colors.
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10 Tone Study
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10 Tone Study, colorized
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1.5 measuring time duration: 2 weeks Objectives: The Measured Ephemera Drawing introduces the use of measured and constructed drawing to record the transformation of an organic material Over multiple days
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Day 7, Measured Day 1
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Day 13, Measured Day 3
Day 10, Measured Day 2
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Day 7, Measured Day 1
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Day 13, Measured Day 3
Day 10, Measured Day 2
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1.6 Diagramming time Duration: 1 week Objectives: The measured drawings completed for Module 1.5 tell a story about time, decay, the life cycle, and more. In this module, informational and meaningful icons, create a visual system that stitches the measured drawings together into a single cohesive narrative.
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day 0
day 0, cut
Measure day 2
day 1.5
the cut
evaporation; shrinking
gravity; sinking
huMan Intervention; bruising
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Measure day 1
Measure day 3
bacteria; Mold
rotting; teMperature increase
Process Diagram
module 2
2.0 sublime synthesis Duration: 6 weeks Objectives: use of measured drawing, orthographic typologies, and graphic conventions Are explored through the study and representation of the landscape that emerged from the re-interpretation of Module 1 work. an interpretive component emphasizes use of digital, analog and hybrid tools and techniques as well as compositional strategies for layering meaning, balancing clarity and ambiguity, expressing narrative, and conveying a conceptual framework clearly, compellingly and with intent. The Sublime Dreamscape drawing uses a constructed section as an organizing element tying the long composition together. this drawing is hybridized and collaged containing moments of surprise, overlap and ambiguity that allow simultaneously readings of the dreamscape in plan, section, perspective and through time.
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Update 11/20
Update 11/27
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Update 12/4
Update 12/8
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Final Dreamscape
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Handmade Book
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