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Marbel Noguera Instructor Jerry Lum ARCH 20 Fall 2015

Table Of Content Dog House……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1-3 Cube Arrays in Space……………………………………………………………………………………………………4-5 Using the Push Pull & Follow Me Tools…………………………………………………………………………………... 6-11 Campidoglio Inspired Piazza ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12-17 Floor Patterns………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 18-20 Malevich Inspired Construction…………………………………………………………………………………………21-23 Pavilion with Folded Canopy……………………………………………………………………………………………24-27 House Model…………………………………………………………………………………………………………28-33 Photomatching……………………….………………………………………………………………………………34-39 Sandbox…………………………………………………………………………………………………………......40-44 Cabin……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….45-50

Reflection Strengths: • Successfully got to designed the interior of my dog house. With the help of 3D warehouse I could install a fireplace, a chandelier, a food tray, and of course a bed.

• At first it was kind of difficult to start using the offset tool, however, I got it down and successfully created the triangle part of the roof.

• Also, playing around with the shadow, helped me create a more sophisticated look.

Weaknesses: • It took me a while to create the windows and making everything be accurate.

Dog House

Front View

Back View

Right View

Fire Place

Side Window, fireplace, Chandelier, Bed

I N S I D E L O O k

Back window, Chandelier

Bed, Food Tray

Reflection Strengths: • Successfully create cube, transformed it into a component, and replicated multiple times to create complex arrays.

• Zoomed into the array, turned my shadows on, and placed several human figures for scale to create dramatic shot.

Challenges: • I need to learn how to use rapid visualization techniques to hand draw something similar to what I produced in sketchUp.

Crazy Cube Arrays in Space

Plan View

Plan View in Perspective

Perspective View Within Array

Elevation View

Using the Push Pull and Follow-Me tools.

Top View

Side View

Front View

Back View

Front View

Top View

Back View

Left Side View

Right Side View

Reflection: Strengths I successfully got to convert these exercise into a building with added features which turned out to be a more fun and interesting piece.

I plaid around with the painting bucket which helped my piece look better.

In both pieces I successfully used the follow-me and the push pull tools. Also, i copied the same shape more than twice with no trouble.

Opportunities This project was very fun for me. It was more of a freestyle kind of project and I can say it really helped me out a lot by getting more familiar with all the tools. When the semester first started, I would always fall behind when trying to follow instructions. Now I am to say that I can stay on track with what the instructor is directing me to do. I played with my imagination and created something totally different, with of course, the same kind of idea.

Weaknesses When the follow me tool was first introduced in this project, I had a very hard time trying to figure out how to use it.

However, I got it down after a few tries.

Another issue I had was using the rotate tool. It was hard for me to keep the button on the ground so I could rotate the stairs in different directions. I then learned to use the “shift� button so that it can get locked to the ground. This became easier to do later on but I know I still need a little bit more of practice.

Campidoglio Inspired Piazza

Steps

1&2

3&4

Steps For steps 1 & 2, I had to use use a variety of tools to help me get the shape I wanted. In step 2 I copied and paste the first inside circle and made it be times 11, so I could get 12 inside circles. The reason I only colored half was so that could avoid doing twice the work. Then it follows to step 3 & 4.

For steps 3 & 4, I cut the whole circle in half so that I could avoid, like I said, doing twice the work for coloring the whole circle. Instead of coloring the whole circle, I colored half of it and it cut the circle in half. That leads to step 4, where I copied the circle and flipped it around so it could make the whole round circle again.

For the final step, all I used was my pencil tool to draw the outline of the stairs and the follow me tool to have the stairs be around the whole circle. Also I added 2 arcs on the sides where the stairs were also built.

The final look was a statue on the middle and of course, a few people to make it look a little bit more realistic.

Top View Front View

Side View

Reflection Strengths

Weaknesses

I was a little bit more familiar with the majority of the tools that I used on this project, so that helped me managed my time better.

Despite all my successes, I definitely had more more challenges. One of the tools that I got stuck on for a while was “Follow Me.� I could not get it to work. I tried so many times and that made me fall behind a bit.

I easily got to play around with 3D warehouse and finding the right images I wanted to use to make it look a little more realistic.

Also, getting all the measurements right was a little bit hard for me, I kept forgetting what measurements I was using, which also caused me to fall behind. However, I did not let this beat me, I came to writing every measurement down.

I believe my creativity is improving due to SketchUp. It is really helping me be more creative with what I want to do next.

This project has so far been one of the toughest for me because of the many challenges I faced. But at the end it all came out exactly how I pictured it.

Floor Pattern Study

Room 1 & 2

Room 3 & 4

Room 5 & 6

Reflection Strengths This project was by far one of the simplest task for me. Since I was already familiar with the tools I used, that made it way easier for me in general.

I successfully got to duplicate 5 more rooms to show the many types of floors I created.

I also learned how to use the “layers� tool; with that I made other rooms disappear so that I could have a better focus on what I was doing.

After coming up with the many floor patters I decided to create, I successfully played around with the paint bucket to get a more sophisticated look.

Weaknesses I have to admit, getting creative with the floor patters was a real challenge for me. I had never had to think about floor patters since to me floors are always pretty simple. However, this challenged me to be more creative on everything else that I work on.

Opportunities Like I said before, this helped me be more creative with the simplest things. Now I can say I am becoming more passionate about my work and I hope I can reflect this with the outcomes of my current and future work.

levich-Inspired Construction

Reflection Successes

-This project was quite fun. I had to get real creative with tracing the image and making it into a 3D design.

-I successfully built a 3D design with many different types of shapes.

-I added color so it can have a more sophisticated look.

-I also added some tress so that the environment would more realistic.

-Finally, I got even more creative and added Godzilla.

Weaknesses

-It was a little hard to get creative with the buildings I was trying to create. I didn’t really know what to add, or even what color to paint them. However, I believe the outcome was a great success.

-The tress were also hard to to place; not a lot of tress were needed, but I failed at realizing that and basically filled up the whole ground with tress. Later on that became a waste of time because I had to delete many tress since they were on the way of the building view.

Pavilion with Folded Canopy

TOP

FRONT

BACK

INSIDE LOOK

Reflection Successes

-I successfully, duplicated more of the folding pavilion to create a sealing for the building.

-I created openings through the walls, so that it won’t just be solid walls. That made the piece have a better flow.

-Through warehouse (my favorite place), I had the chance to add some items to the piece could have a more warm feeling.

-I created some stairs that go around to the side of the wall.

-I also created some railings in the other side for safety.

Weaknesses

-Using the Rotating toll was still a bit of a challenge for me. However, I believe I am getting better and that I will just continue to grow more knowledge and experience.

HOUSE MODEL

Measurements

Bedroom Side

Bedroom Top

Bathroom Top

Bathroom Front

Reflection Weaknesses

Strength

This project took a lot of challenge. It was a bit hard to measure a whole entire apartment and be as accurate as you can be.

Also filling up the apartment with all the furniture as well as the cabinets, sink, stove, and refrigerator for the kitchen.

It took a lot of my time to finally get everything finished. I believe the product came out to be great. I know I have a simple apartment and it does not have much in it but it is because I will only have it temporally

Despite all the struggles I went through, I still managed to successfully create my apartment. I measured everything around the apartment, including all my furniture.

I was fun doing all these stuff because after looking at the finish product everything became almost real to me. I started thinking of my future career and where I wanted to end up at. This project satisfied me because I created the place where I live and that to me, made it be closer to reach my goals.

Photomatching

Out Come

Reflectio nWeakness: This project was not at complicated as some other ones.

The only main thing I struggled with was matching all the line from the original picture. It was hard to see where the lines where, that is why it took me a while to actually finish matching picture.

Strength:

Creating this after matching the photo was really fun. I could create anything I wanted and so I decided into making it a coffee shop. It is very simple yet very warm and interesting to the eye. I would definitely like to go to that coffee shop if it existed.

SANDBOX

Here we go! On a fun trip with the family!

Oh I cannot wait to see all the beautiful stuff this place has!

We have now arrived at the hotel. This is so fun and exciting! I can’t wait to go hiking tomorrow! Oh! And did I forget to mention, the hotel is super nice and comfy!

And the best part of if it’s that it has a pool all the way up in the roof! It is so beautiful because you can see the river, waterfall, and mountains right from the pool!

Today my family and I went for the hike at the river! It was so fun and relaxing hearing the sound of the water! The water was so clear I wanted to get in it so bad but it was too cold!

After the hike, I went up to the rooftop I wanted to wake up to this everyday. I to hang by the pool, I watched the mean, being surrounded by mountains is sunset and it was breathtaking, I the best thing. wanted to be there the whole day!

This morning, while we went on another hike, we saw some cheeps wondering around, it was incredible seeing how even animals are free to do as they please.

Sadly, today is our last day. I cannot wait to come back. Everything was breathtaking and amazing! I will cherish all of these memories forever!

Goodbye, Never Land!

Until Next time!

Reflection Weaknesses:

Strength:

Using sandbox was at first very challenging and complicated. I could not get anything down, and it took me a while to actually understand how the tools work. The hardest part was to drape and stamp. Nothing was staying how I wanted it to be. I practiced nonstop for a while until I got it exactly what I wanted. Also, painting the whole entire thing was a little difficult. Having to click on every single square to get exactly what you want. It took a lot of time to get the finish product.

However, I think it was worth it.

Although using sandbox for the fist time was very difficulty, I still managed to successfully create many things with it. I created a hotel surrounded by mountains. I also created a river and a waterfall. With the help of warehouse I also got to add cheeps, a parking lot right next to the hotel and people to make it look more welcoming. I really love the rooftop of the hotel because it has a pool on top of it where you can have a 360 degree view. It is truly beautiful.

If a place like this exists somewhere then I would totally go there. I was inspired by travelling and going places around the world so I wanted to create a place where you can have vacation, that is why I created a hotel instead of a single house. Using sandbox for the first time was really fun.

Cabin House

Living Room from up top

Bedroom

Reflection Strength:

This last project was for me, the most fun one from all of the other ones. In this one I got to use all the tools that I have been taught through out the whole semester, from creating a simple house making it into something more fun. This cabin loft was very simple to create because this time I was already familiar with all the tools that I had to use. I successfully created a living area with a kitchen and a simple bedroom. I also used sandbox to make it look more balanced, instead of having a flat base.

Weaknesses:

I did not really have any problems with this project.

However, it did took me some time to complete. It was a very simple but nice cabin. Something that also made me struggle a bit was decorating the inside of it because everything was so tight and small that it was hard to move around. I believe the outcome was very nice and made it have a warm look.

Overall I really liked this project. It was very fun and simple to create. I did not struggle as much as I did with the other projects and that to me means a lot because it shows I have come a long way to finally get where I wanted to. I know I still have many more things to learn but I also cannot wait to finally learn them.

Summary Reflection Architecture 20 has taught me a lot! When I first came into this class I had no idea how to use sketchup, and now I started from creating a simple Dog House to finally creating a Cabin Loft. All the projects that I have done for this class were difficult and took a lot of my time to finally get the finish product that I wanted but nothing is ever easy, sometimes you have to go through challenges and struggles to finally have something out of that. That is what this class has taught me as well, to be patient and to always be as accurate as you can be. Although I had many difficulties, I also had a lot of successes. I can see in myself that I grew wiser as a student because I know how precious time is and you have to know how to manage it in order to success in life. I have learned many wonderful things in this class and now I am one step closer to becoming what I want to be in life.