ARCHITECTURE GRAPHIC I LEARNING PORTFOLIO ARCH 20 SPRING 2015
Quince Chen
TABLE OF CONTENT ………………………………………………… WEEK 1: DOGHOUSE
………………………………………………. WEEK 1: DOGHOUSE 2
…………………………………….. WEEK 2: MALEVICH STUDIES
………………………………………. WEEK 2: CIRCULAR STAIRS
………………………………………………….. WEEK 4: SANDBOX
TABLE OF CONTENT ……………………………………… WEEK 5: INTERIOR STUDIES
………………………………………. WEEK 6: PHOTO MATCHING
………………………………… WEEK 7: FINAL PROJECT - CABIN
The Doghouse 1.1 Top
Perspective
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Right
Back
The Doghouse 1.2
Perspective
Front
Top
Right
Back
REFLECTION ON DOGHOUSE 1 Tools
Applying
Pencil
Rectangle
Push/Pull
Push/pull tool The pencil tool Rectangle tool used for pulling was used to draw was used on the the floor up into a lines that do not wall, floor, skylight rectangular prism have a specific and the slope of and puling the shape tool. the doghouse. skylight upward.
Offset
Follow-Me
Offset tool was used to offset of the doorway for front and back.
The follow me tool was taught later in the 2nd doghouse ,which I used it to make changes in this one. I used it to create the shade in the back door.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I USE SKETCHUP TO DESIGN SOMETHING. DURING THE FIRST LESSON I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE FEW BASIC TOOLS LIKE PENCIL, PUSH/PULL, AND RECTANGLE TOOL. USING THE BASIC TOOLS I WAS ABLE TO DESIGN THE FIRST DOGHOUSE (PICTURE IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE). TOLD THAT I CAN CHANGE MEASUREMENTS IN THE MEASUREMENT BOX LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. OTHER TOOLS THAT HELP WITH THE ASSIGNMENT WAS MOVE TOOL, ERASER, AND ROTATE. BUT AT THIS POINT I AM NOT EXCELLENT WITH THE ROTATE TOOL STILL NEED MORE PRACTICE WITH IT. LATER ON I WAS ABLE TO BUILD ON TO THE SECOND DOGHOUSE WITH COLORING AND IMPORT FIGURES FROM THE WAREHOUSE. USING SKETCHUP WAS NOT TOO DIFFICULT FOR ME BECAUSE I HAD CONTACT WITH USING INDESIGN AND ILLUSTRATOR BEFORE. THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF USING SKETCHUP IS TO REMEMBERING TO SAVE YOUR FILE FREQUENTLY.
The Doghouse 2 Top
Perspective
Front
Right
Back
REFLECTION TO DOGHUSE 2 Tool
Applying
Follow-Me Component Push/Pull Making different Follow me is a figures into a great tool to make component can stairs, dome, and help individualize sphere. Which it. When trying to requires a base make changes shape and a path will not affect the that it follows. other shapes.
Something new about the push/ pull tool is it can create a hole or tunnel into the figure.
Rotate
Move
New about the move tool is it can act like a copier The rotate tool has few different to clone a figure. directions that it Also when moving it will make it can be rotate. easier to move at a corner point of the shape.
I LEARNED MANY NEW USE OF THE SAME TOOL I USED IN THE FIRST ASSIGNMENT OF THE DOGHOUSE. THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF THIS WEEK’S ASSIGNMENT IS TO USE THE FOLLOW-ME TOOL AND ROTATE TOOL. WHEN I TRIED TO USE THE FOLLOW ME TOOL FROM A SURFACE IS NOT CREATING THE RESULT I WANT IT TO HAVE. SAME WITH THE ROTATE TOOL, I AM STILL LEARNING HOW TO ROTATE IT IN THE DIRECTION I WANT IT TO ROTATE. ONE VERY INTERESTING THING I LEARNED THIS WEEK IS IMPORTING FROM THE WAREHOUSE, CREATING A GARDEN-LIKED ENVIRONMENT FOR MY PRETTY PETS AND SUSAN. I CAN GO TO WINDOW > SHADOWS AND SET DIFFERENT TIME AND DATE TO HAVE THE SUN CAST SHADOW ON MY DESIGN. THE MOVE TOOL CAN ALSO HELP ON CREATING MULTIPLES OF CLONES TO A COMPONENT. IT MAKE IT EASIER TO PUT TREES AND FLOWERS IN A DESIGN (I USED THIS STRATEGIES IN THE DOGHOUSE 2 DESIGN ON ALIGNMENT OF THE FLOWERS AND TREES. )
Circular Stairs Top
Perspective
Front
Right
Back
CIRCULAR STAIRS REFLECTION Tool
Applying
Follow-Me
Component
Push/Pull
Rotate
Making each step of the stair into a Push/pull is not as component is very important for this Follow me is also an Rotate tool allow you dominant here. assignment. But I important tool to use to rotate each Making it into used it to pull/pull the for making stair component into a component allow you steps. Also used for railings. circular structure. to make changes of the central pole in the one component and it stair. applies to all.
THIS ASSIGNMENT STARTED TO BE VERY COMPLICATED TO ME. ESPECIALLY THERE ARE MANY ROTATING, IT TOOK A LOT TIME TO MAKE THE STAIRCASE GO ALL AROUND. ORIGINALLY, IN CLASS WE PLANNED TO MAKE RAILING ONE BY ONE, WHICH WILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO WORK. THEN ONE CLASSMATE SUGGESTED WE CAN MAKE EACH STEP INTO A COMPONENT, SO IF WE EDIT THE COMPONENT TO ADD RAILINGS AND MAKE CHANGES IT APPLIES TO ALL. IT LEAD TO A GREAT PRACTICE FOR FUTURE ROTATING WORK. AFTER WORKING ON THE CIRCULAR STAIR I FEEL I HAD A BETTER HAND OF DOING ROTATION AND APPLYING CIRCULAR STAIRS IN OTHER WORK. SOMETHING CHALLENGING WHILE WORKING THE STAIRS IS THAT I HAD TO MAKE A DIFFERENT SET OF STAIRS THEN THE ONE WE WORKED IN CLASS. IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE BOTTOM CASE SHOULD BE THAT IT CAN HOLD ALL THE STEPS UP.
Malevich Inspired Construction Perspective
Top
Back
Left
Front
MALEVICH INSPIRED CONSTRUCTION REFLECTION Tool
Group
Applying
Group is different from components. It groups selected objects together like what components do.
Push/Pull All of the shapes in this work are built up with push/ pull.
Rotate
Scale
I used the This is a new rotate tool on introduced tool rotating that is use for triangles on top scaling up and and the curve down a standing particular behind the object. main building.
Import Import was used to import the sky and inspired photo in the work.
THIS EXERCISE WAS INSPIRED BY THE MALEVICH PHOTO PROVIDED IN CLASS. THIS IS THE FIRST INSPIRED ASSIGNMENT DONE IN THE CLASS. GROUP IS A NEW TOOL, THAT CAN BE USE AS COMPONENT TOOL THAT CAN PUT DIFFERENT SURFACES TOGETHER. DIFFERENT FROM USING COMPONENT TOOL IS THAT IT DOES NOT APPLY CHANGE IN ONE TO ALL. THERE ARE MANY PARTS IN THIS ASSIGNMENT I FEEL WAS CHALLENGING AND I STILL FEEL THE SAME WAY AFTER FINISHED WITH THE WORK. 1. COMING UP WITH A SATISFY DESIGN. THIS PROJECT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO COMEUP WITH MY OWN FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END. ESPECIALLY, IN THE CASE THAT I NEED INSPIRATION FROM A COMPLICATED PHOTO. 2. APPLYING COLORS, THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT THAT INVOLVED WITH MANY COLORS AND SINCE IS AN INSPIRED WORK SO IS BETTER TO FOLLOW THE COLOR PATTERN AS WELL. AT THE END I STILL FAILED. 3. ROTATE IS ALWAYS MY TRICKY PART. I THINK I IMPROVED IN ROTATING, IT TOOK ME A FAIRLY LONG TIME TO ROTATE THE CURVE IN THE BACK. THIS TIME I TRIED TO ROTATE IN THE “BLACK” DIRECTION, WHICH IT ROTATES AT A SPECIAL ANGLE LIKE DIAGONALLY IN OUT OF THE AXIS.
Sandbox Top
Perspective
Back
Left
Right
Front
SANDBOX REFLECTION Tool
Applying
Sandbox
Materials
Materials included many colors, tinted Sandbox tool bar or saturated. Also included a set of with pattern different tools that material like are use to create fencing, stone, terrains. metal, and translucent.
Follow-Me
Off-Set
I used follow me Created the offset to create fencing with the glass on the balcony ceiling and glass and the stone fencings. stairs.
Hide
“Hide” can be use to hide surfaces or lines so to create a more smooth looking surface.
USE OF STYLE MENTIONED IN THE NEXT PAGE.
SANDBOX REFLECTION SANDBOX IS A VERY VERY VERY COMPLICATED TOOL TO USE. THERE ARE DIFFERENT MANY STEPS: SANDBOX FROM SCRATCH, SMOOVE TOOL, STAMP TOOL, AND DRAPE TOOL IS WHAT I USED. SANDBOX TOOLBAR CAN BE FIND VIEW>TOOL PALETTE>SANDBOX. I BECAME USED OF USING FOLLOW ME. I FINALLY REALIZED THAT I WILL NEED A SURFACE OF WHAT SHAPE YOU WANT TO CREATE AND THEN A PATH FOR THE TOOL TO FOLLOR. IT TOOK ME SOME TIME TO FIGURE OUT. I CAN ALSO DRAW TRIANGLES WITH THE POLYGON TOOL, BY JUST TYPING IN HOW MANY EDGES I WANT IN THE POLYGON (WHICH IS 3 FOR TRIANGLE). I LEARNED THAT WHILE YOU DREW LINES CONNECTING TOGETHER BUT THE SURFACE IS NOT CLOSING, THEN YOU CAN TRY TO DRAW THE SIDES AGAIN. IF THAT STILL WON’T WORK I TRIED TO GO TO WINDOW>STYLES>EDIT TAG>COLOR>SELECT BY AXIS, THEN IT WILL SHOW ALL YOUR LINES BY THE COLOR OF THE AXIS. IF IS BLACK THEN YOU NEED TO ERASE THE LINE AND DRAW IT TO THE AXIS. HIDING LINES BY RIGHT CLICK THE LINE AND HIDE CAN HELP CREATE A SMOOTHER SURFACE LIKE IN A CURVE. OVERALL, I THINK I ENJOYED DOING MY WORK, IT WAS NOT TOO COMPLEX NOR CHALLENGING. I FIGURE OUT THE SANDBOX TOOL AFTER A FEW TIMES OF TRYING AND HAD FUN PUTTING IN ALL THE DIFFERENT MATERIALS.
Interior Studies
Perspective
The cheerful, airy, ethereal room
The mysterious, thought provoking room
Perspective with shadows
Parallel Projection
Interior Studies
Tool
Applying
Push/Pull
The intimate room
Section Cut
3D Warehouse
All the windows were In order to create a space created by using the push/ I was introduced to use the as described, we had to pull. By pushing it through section cut tool, which can cut change the color of the then change the material or the closed structure and see rooms and import furnitures create an opening then put what is inside. or dierent things from the a window in the opening. warehouse.
INTERIOR STUDIES REFLECTION THIS ONE IS A CHALLENGING ONE. AND OUR FIRST INTERIOR STUDIES ASSIGNMENT. THE USE OF COLORS PLACEMENT OF FURNITURES WILL ALL EFFECT THE DIFFERENT EMOTIONS IN A ROOM. WE STARTED OFF WITH A 10 X 10 X 10 BOX, THEN WHEN CUT THROUGH THE BOX WITH SECTION TOOL WE PLACED WINDOWS OR OPENINGS IN THE WALL. AFTER THAT WE TURNED ON THE SHADOW MODE WINDOW>SHADOWS, TO SEE HOW DIFFERENT OPENINGS CAN CAST SHADOWS IN THE ROOM. LATER ON WE EXPANDED ON WITH OTHER SIZES AND MORE COMPLICATED WINDOWS. BECAUSE EVERYONE FEELS DIFFERENTLY SO TO ME THIS ROOM MIGHT FEEL THIS WAY BUT OTHERS MIGHT NOT. COLORS TOOK AN IMPORTANT PART HERE, LIGHTER COLORS SHOW WARMTH AND DARKER COLORS SHOW COOL. BY TAKING THAT I PLACE BRIGHTER, LIGHTER COLORS IN THE CHEERFUL AND INTIMATE FEELING ROOM AND PURPLE THE COOL COLOR IN THE MYSTERIOUS ROOM.
Photo Matching
Photo matching exercise by Tadao Ando’s Rin’s Gallery
Photo Matching: Rin’s Gallery Top
Left
Front
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Back
PHOTO MATCHING REFLECTION Tool
Applying
Photo Matching 3D Warehouse
Scale
Photo matching uses a This was also an After downloading from photo then by adjusting inspired project. So after the warehouse many the axis accordingly to I look through the other things are out of my the photo and draw to photos I download building’s scale so I the photo. We can many from the need to scale it down to create what is in the warehouse to match fit my building. photo. with the real building.
THIS COULD COUNT AS THE PROJECT THAT TOOK THE MOST TIME. ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING WHEN I WAS TRYING TO DRAW ACCORDING TO THE PHOTO BUT WHEN I WANT TO ORBIT AND TAKE A BETTER LOOK THE LINES WEREN’T CREATING A FACE BUT THE LINES WERE ALL DREW TO THE AXIS. SO IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO START OFF WITH THE PICTURE. AFTER FINALLY DONE WITH THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING I ALSO USED A LOT OF TIME FOR THE CAFE AREA UP IN THE ROOF. DOWNLOADING ALL THE SETS OF CHAIRS AND THE COUNTER AREA. BUT AFTER I SEE THE RESULT I AM VERY SATISFY WITH MY OWN WORK. I THINK I LIKE IT, IT WAS WHAT I WANTED TO CREATE. EVERY PART OF THIS PROJECT WAS CHALLENGING BECAUSE IS JUST VERY TIME CONSUMING AND I WANT EVERY PART TO LOOK NICE. THIS ONE IS SOMETHING I WILL CALL A “BIG PROJECT” WHICH I WANT IT TO LOOK NICE AND IS MY FIRST “BIG PROJECT”.
Cabin
Perspective views
Cabin
Front
Top
Right
Left
Back
Cabin
Sections/ Elevations
Parking Space
CABIN REFLECTION
THIS WAS OUR FINAL PROJECT WITH SKETCHUP. THIS IS THE PROJECT I ENJOYED THE MOST AMONG ALL OF THEM. I ENJOYED RESIDENTIAL DESIGNS BECAUSE I THINK RESIDENTIAL DESIGN IS THE AREA THAT IS MOST COMMON FOR ME. THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF THE CABIN WAS ACTUALLY CREATING THE STAMP OF THE HOUSE. MAYBE DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF THE CABIN ITSELF EVERY TIME WHEN I TIRED TO STAMP THE BASE THE SOFTWARE CRASHES. SO I TRIED TO DREW A RECTANGLE THAT HAS THE SAME DIMENSION AS MY CABIN AND THEN STAMP THAT AND IT DID WORK, BEST OF ALL IT DIDN’T CRASH. SOMETHING EXTRA I DID WAS TO CREATE A PARKING AREA FOR THE CABIN. ALTHOUGH I DO NOT THINK IT LOOK VALID IN THE WAY IT WAS CREATED, I THINK IT LOOKS NICE. THE CREATION OF THE CABIN ALSO TOOK A LOT OF SCALING BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR ALL THE FURNITURES TO FIT I HAVE TO SCALE IT TO THE SIZE OF THE CABIN. AFTER SCALING IT I MEASURED TO SEE IF THE MEASUREMENT IS VALID. FOR EXAMPLE, I CAN’T HAVE A SINK PLACE 7 FEET OVER THE GROUND. THE CABIN WAS ALSO TIME CONSUMING BUT UNLIKE THE LAST PHOTO MATCHING PROJECT I DID ENJOYED THIS ONE.
LEARNING PORTFOLIO: SLO PROGRESS REPORT SLO 1: Create accurate drawings that communicate simple architectural design intentions. Apply graphic conventions and standards appropriately Relate each drawing within a set to each other to fully describe significant aspects of a design from the general to the specific
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Demonstrate a correspondence between the design intentions to be communicated and the graphic representations produced to communicate them
3/4
Produce drawing that are readable and meaningful to others
3/4
SLO 2: Analyze the specific intentions communicated by analog and digital modes of graphic communication. Identify the intended message(s) behind the graphic communication, whether produced by analog or digital means
N/A
Assess the integrity of the message(s) – identify the strengths and weaknesses of the represented intentions
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Assess the efficacy of the related graphic representation(s)
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Propose enhancements to what is being graphically communicated
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LEARNING PORTFOLIO: SLO PROGRESS REPORT SLO 3: Apply use of scales, line quality, graphic conventions, and drawing systems and techniques. Create clear and appropriately ordered hierarchies of visual information Compose elements of a drawing in a clear organized manner that relates visual information on each drawing and between sets of related drawings
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SLO 4: Demonstrate an understanding of the purposes of various architectural graphic techniques.
Identify the similarities and differences between: Orthographic projections: plan, section, elevations, and details
Paraline drawing: isometric and oblique
Perspective drawing: 1-, 2- and 3-point
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Compare and contrast the graphic systems describe directly above
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Demonstrate an integrated use of analog and digital tools in the process of developing a set of design intentions
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