Learning portfolio Tergel Bayarsaikhan Arch 20 Jerry Lum Fall 2015 1
Table of contents Dog house ………………………..3-5
Paper airplanes
Crazy cube arrays in space………....6 Floor study………………………. Pavilion with folded Canopy Malevich inspired tower
2
Dog house Prospective view of Dog house which was the first assignment in our class. It was a great experience.
3
During class we started practicing hand sketching. My first try was not quite good, and Jerry recommended us to draw vertical and horizontal straight lines, and also circles.
4
Then I practiced at home connecting dot, drawing vertical and horizontal lines, and also practiced drawing circles.
5
6
These are the steps that I went through to get the design my dog house
7
Strengths: Learned how to work with Push and Pull tool to make the roof, window, and door which was pretty easy and fun Window and door design Coloring the house using paint Bucket tool Using offset to create window frame, and really enjoyed doing frame to the window, looks really neat Challenges and weaknesses: I am not really comfortable with using Move tool. I learned that I should select whole thing first and then move the item. Otherwise the shape distorts. It was a big challenge for me to add measurements, because I have no idea about feet and inches 8
Crazy cube arrays in space
Perspective view
Perspective view within Array 9
Plan view
Elevation view
Plan view in perspective
Strengths:
Successfully created cube, transformed into components, an replicated multiple times to create this complex arrays.
Zoomed into the array, turned my shadows on, and place several human figures for scale to create a dramatic shot Learned how to duplicate boxes Learned how to add components, and made a “story” Successfully added shadow, and it turned more realistic
Used different camera view and leaned how to export 2D picture Challenges:
I need to learn how to use graphic visualization techniques to pen draw something similar to what I produce in SketchUp I had some struggle using Orbit tool
10
Floor Study
11
Floor pattern research It was really fun and useful exercise. Usually it is hard to design something directly from my mind, but when I start drawing them, I can explore more ideas even I can not imagine.
12
Perspective view of floor studies
13
Strengths: Practiced a Move and Copy tool which I did not get in previous class Mastered in Push and Pull tool to create the roof Used Tape to draw repetitive pattern of the floor Used Bucket tool to color my floor
Challenges: Use Move and Copy tool Move through right axis Create new design Take good shots
Weaknesses: At first I did some mistake in my wall and copied that wrong model all over, so my whole houses looked weird Had a hard time to take a good shot, because the patterns were disappearing when use my rotate tool Had trouble to place Steve on the floor. His feet was keep disappearing Had a trouble to move my copied version by red axis
Opportunities: Practice the Move and Copy tool more. It seemed quite useful Sketch the pattern on the paper to discover new ideas Follow Jerry faster
14
Malevich inspired construction and Picasso inspired tower
In class we worked on Malevich inspired construction which was quite fun, but in fact that I did not add the trees in one layer I had trouble with using software. It was keep crushing because of my acres of forest, and I started my new tower at home
This is Picasso inspired tower
15
The left view of the tower in parallel projection
The top view in parallel projection
The front view in parallel projection
Perspective view with Steve
Perspective view showing the dramatic shape of the tower
The perspective view of waving walls
16
Strengths: Had a lot fun Mastered in Line tool, and finally understood what Jerry meant by “retracing” Learned how to import photo Used Bucket tool to color my buildings Played with different shapes More practice on Push and Pull tool X-ray view is mind-blowing and useful Weaknesses: Had a hard time with putting my pieces in Group It was really hard to choose ground color. It turned really bright and really dark sometimes Combination of colors Learned how to make an animation, but was not as good as expected Had some trouble working with Two Point Arch
Challenges: Using Line tool to retrace the shape Using Arch tool to create waive Color up the tower Designing even more complicated shape using Push and Pool tool Grouping the shapes
Opportunities: Work with X-ray tool to find out what is behind and inside Practice more the Arch tool Be careful with colors. I will use water bucket next time instead of coloring them blue Understand the “grouping” 17
Paper airplanes It was really an interesting class. We learned how to fold a paper airplane on Sketch Up. I experienced different Styles and I really liked the Genetic CAD style, which turns my airplanes black with white stroke. This tuned out to be really masculine, so I tried to make a story. I displayed fog, and also imported JPG images of war. This piece satisfies my a lot. Fog blinds my airplanes into the background image, and decreases the brightness.
18
We started our class trying the folding technique using Rotate tool. At first it was quite confusing, but after practicing few times, I understood how to use this tool. Seems fun, but looks like all of us having bad day :D , and we moved to folding airplanes which was much more interesting
19
Left view in parallel projection
Top view in parallel projection
Perspective view from back of the airplanes
Front view in parallel projection
Then I practiced different Styles
20
Strengths: Experienced Rotate tool Learned how to change the Style Had fun a lot Learned really fast Taking good shots
Weaknesses: Confused a little with rotation tool Don’t know how to turn back to my first version
Challenges: Fold the paper Experience different styles
Opportunities: More experience on rotation tool Try different styles
21
Pavilion with folded Canopy
22
First we started folding the roof
I made some the pallets transparent
Perspective view from the back in order to show the roof transparency
The front view of the pavilion
The right view to show the beauty of folded roof
The top view with beautiful floor pattern
23
Strengths: Mastered in Rotate tool Did better animation Put the previous parts in layer that I could let then disappear without deleting them
Challenges: Folding roof Create better animation Discover the design of the pavilion
Weaknesses: Later realized that I should have add all the columns in one layer, because it slowed down by software Trees were driving me crazy. They were placing below the red axis, and looked awful in parallel projection.
Opportunities: Work with layers Discover my own style without copying directly from Jerry
24