CATALOG:
DOG HOUSE………………………………………………............................................................................04 CUBES IN PERSPECTIVE……………………………………………………………………………………………………….06 FLOOR PATTERN STUDY……………………………………………………………………………………………………….08 MALEVICH INSPIED CONSTRUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………10 FOLLOWME STUDY…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…12 PIAZZA DEL CAMPIDOGLIO INSPIRED PLAZA……………………………………………………………………….14 WALLS AND WINDOOWS STUDY…………………………………………………………………………………………16 FOLDING PAPER AIRPLANE………………………………………………………………………………………………….18 PAVILION WITH FOLDED CANOPY………………………………………………………………………………………..19 SANDBOX STUDY………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………….22 HOME ASSIGNMENT…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..26 PHOTOMATCHING………………………………………………………………………………………………………………34 CABIN WITH LOFT……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….42 OTHER EXERCISE………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….51
INTRODUCTION:
This porKolio contains all the learning progress that I have learned in arch 20 this semester. From a simple dog house with a paper thin wall to the complex cabin building. Indeed, everything is born with naïve and gradually grow up to mature complexity. I learn how to use several tools in SketchUp from the easy(push/pull, scale and rotate) to hard(sandbox and followme). All the tools I learned in this class is for expressing ideas more accurately. I can accomplish my thoughts in a digital world. Let’s start my sketchUp journal and find how I have grown up in this lovely class.
Dog House First Draft
The first practice in arch 20 is build a dog house. The very first time I learned several basic but important tools in SketchUp. This dog house has some scale problem. Steve fits better in this house, not dog.
In the second draft, I changed the scale of the dog house and made some stairs, but in this stage I didn’t learn how to use follow-me tool to make stairs, I just use push-pull instead. Then I went to 3D warehouse to find the models of dog and trees. However, I was constraint by this formal dog house, I could make something more creative.
Plan View in perspective
View in Perspective
Perspective View within Arrays
Elevation View
Reflections Strengths: • Successful create cube, transformed into a component, and replicated multiple times to create this complex arrays. • Zoomed into the arrays, turned my shadows on, and place several human figures for scale to create a dramatic shot. Challenges: • I need to learn how to use rapid visualization techniques to hand draw something similar to what I produce in SketchUp. Crazy Cube Arrays in space
Floor Patterns Study Front View
• In this stage, we learned the floor patterns would influence rooms visual experiences. The horizontal floor patterns will make the room more shallow, yet the vertical floor patterns give more depth to this room. • First we practice drawing about the floor patters. we could combine different kinds of geometrical shapes in this design. Then we use SketchUp to draw them on computer. • Another interesting thing we learn is that we can make scenes for each room. It’s like a short movie which is more attractive and comprehensive than just a single image. It’s very useful when I explain my project to others because the short movie can give consecutive and dynamic scenes in so many different point of views. • To make scenes we need to make layers first, SketchUp can hide the structure when we don’t need it by defining the structure layers . • The improvement I need in this study is that I could make some floor patterns more complex just like what I draw in hand.
Comparison between SketchUP and Hand Drawing about Floor Patterns
Insert Malevich and the blue sky picture in SketchUp, create a 3 dimensional buildings by tracing the 2 dimensional shapes. • It is very convenience to use Xrays in this practice • First tracing all the shapes I selected to transform then in to three dimensional building • Frequently using pushup tool to stretch the shapes • Keep the roofs of the buildings/ top view of the whole structure same as the Malevich picture • transform structures under roofs
FollowMe Tool practice This class we learned about a new tool which is powerful, especially when we want create the handrails. We can define the shape and the pass way of the structure, which can go any directions.
Rotate Tool Practice This tool give us a convenience way to change the direction of a structure. We even could press “ctrl� to copy the whole structure and rotate to make several same structures which aim at different directions to create a new structure which have much more complexity.
Campidoglio Inspired Piazza Practice
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First we use polygon tool to draw a 24 sides circle Use offset tool to make a smaller one circle inside the bigger one Arc tool helps to draw cures connected the small circle with the big one Then I use rotate tool to rotate a specific angle times eleven Use offset tool to every single closed shapes (what Jerry taught us is breaking the whole circle in to two piece and just focus one half of it. After finishing all the offset, we could make a cope of this half piece then use scale tool to change the direction • Next draw a much smaller and 24 sides circle to make the sun-like shape in the center of the graph • Color the floor with color tool • Make stairs and find a status in 3D warehouse
Campidoglio Inspired Piazza with status
From this practice, I have learn how to use sketch up in a correct way to be more efficient and save time. Especially in this complicated shape drawing. If the shape that I need to draw has an obvious symmetry, I can just draw half of it and use ctrl + move tool and scale tool to create another half piece.
Elements influence the experience of a wall • The height • The thickness • The windows inserted in to the wall • The shapes—flat or curved
The violation of the walls and the windows inserted in the wall could make a whole different experience when a person stand beside. A low walls may become a chair which people can sit on it. A high and thick wall may give people a sense of stable. And if we create windows on this thick wall, they give the a different influence which give a breath of the whole structure. Walls and Windows Studies
Intersect Studies
In order to create a irregular and complex geometry • Create some basic geometries • Move and intersect one with another • Delete the surface that I don’t want This studies help us to learn hoe to create irregular geometry. There are lots of variations when we try to alter the basic geometry. Hand Drawing about Intersect
This class we learn how to folding a paper airplane in SkethUp in order to practicing the Rotate Tool. Starting with a piece of paper, then draw some line on it as the rotation axis. Then Folding a airplane in SketchUp is just like how we fold a paper airplane in real life, which is really interesting. It is really cool when we put the shadows on our paper airplane army. Paper Airplane Flotilla – Intercept and Folding
Pavilion with Folded Canopy
Pavilion with Folded Canopy • Initially, we just start with a paper-thin, using the rotate tool to fold a ceiling. • Use Ctrl + Move tool to double the ceilings to make more complexities. • Then we added the base, walls, stairs and the handrails. • Make some specific design on the walls, give more dynamic sense on the whole structure • Moreover, add a new style which make the building more attractive There is a huge difference between different styles. What a chose is the Pen Black in Sketchy Edges and changing the front and back colors in Face Settings, then turn on the X-ray, and give colors for sky and floor. These two styles give me huge different experience about the building I have made. One is more concentrated on shade and light, one is frame structure and colors.
Sand Box Study and Story Board
Sand Box Practice-Moon Surface
I woke up in the middle of several sheep. Where am I? some manor?
Wow. This flower parterre is like a fantasy which makes me want to stay here forever.
Across the tree branches, its seems an old house not very far from me. Maybe I need to have a look If I can find some one who can tell me about something .
I pass a small pound which has some carps in it. I can’t stop image sitting under the tree and read books beside the pound. Â
When I raise my head I see the house I just saw. Will there be some one waiting for me?
I find a woman who is looking for me. Hah, she is my wife. I just fall in to a dream in this peaceful wonderland.
Strength: • Having a pass way leads tourists to a journey. • Using SandBox tool to create the hills • Adding some details to the journey such as sheep, pound and flower ocean. • Colored the pathway with tiles.
Weakness: • When I was using Stamp tool, I didn’t notice I create a extremely cliffy slop that very hard to let tourists clam. • I should make some pathway to the front door of the house.
Home Assignment
Kitchen
Living Room Bathroom
Elevator Yard
Office Room
Balcony Cafe
Dinning Area
Top View with Parallel Projection
Process:
The Home Assignment encourage us to measure the dimension of our own home and accomplish our home in SketchUp. I decided to make the first floor of my home in China. I called my family help me to measure our home and gave me the rough data. The real situation might be a little bit different from the model I crated there because the electric system and some pipelines may hide in the way that couldn’t be measured. I just simplified these complex electric and heat system and made the wall into simple wall. Then I made the furniture and arranged them in the place they stay in my home.
Strength: • • • • •
Correct measurement and scale Accurate arrangement of furniture Well colored wall and skin Pathway & stairs Some details such as the plant, wash sink and dishes on the table Weakness: • Lack details on the window frame • Even made some details but not enough • Didn’t draw the second floor of my home which has the bedrooms and major bathroom.
Top View Perspective Sketch
X-ray Back view
X-ray Front view
X-ray Left view
X-ray Right view
Furniture: • List the major furniture that I need in this assignment • Draw them one by one. I draw from biggest one to smallest one and make the individual furniture in to a group • Add some details on the furniture 1. Handles on the bookcase and refrigerator. 2. Computer and mouse which I found in 3D Warehouse, putting them on the desk 3. Dishes and candles on the dinning table 4. Make the details and the furniture in to a group • Arrange them in to different room, at the same time thinking about what furniture I missed in the list
Refrigerator and Wash sink
Toilet & Wash sink
Bookcase & Desk Dinning Table & Stairs
Top View with Perspective
Furniture Details
Photo Matching
In these classes we learned how to transform a 2D photo to a 3D building by using SketchUp Match Photo tool. From the confined photo, we need to figure out the perspechve relahonship and make rahonal extension. Each line shown up in photo has to make sense in our own drawing. • First, open the windows-‐Match photo and insert the photo in to SketchUp • Correct the red and green perspechve lines to have correct vanish points. • Use Steve to nohce the scale of the building • Follow the lines shown on the photo and expand them • Considering other photos to figure out what is this building exactly looks like in other point of view • Make a circulahon of this building which could make a story board ajer • Draw the details such as the handrails, plants, café tables and chairs, umbrellas and car.
There would be some differences between the SketchUp model and the real picture, but the circulahon makes sense. People can go up stairs from the lej stairs and sit in the café corner which has umbrella to prevent the harsh sunlight. From the café corner people can see the courtyard on the first floor, or they can move to the balcony on the right side.
• If people choose to step to the right, they can use the stairs with handrails on the right side to get in to second floor. • Picture 2 show the view when sinng on the stairs which providing a narrow view come across the aisle.
Final  Project
Project Orders: Perspective/ 3D Modeling • 3D model with exterior, interior, and site; include entourage; shades and shadows • Longitudinal and transverse section perspectives • Animated tour Orthographic Projections/ 2D Graphics • Site plan with roof plan • Main and upper floor plans • Building Sections, longitudinal and transverse • Exterior elevations Methods to Accomplishment: • First use the door as the “ruler” to measure and calculate the scale of the building from the plan and section • Use the proportion of the door to make deduction of the length, width and even the height. • Creating the elevation: the pillars underneath holding the whole structure, the second floor and the stairs which make the circulation from ground in to the building. • Making plan of the bathroom, open kitchen area and sleeping area. • Put the details in to the building, such as the celling lamp, furnishes and living goods
The Proper Use of Section Tool: • When finished the whole drawing. we can use section tool to cut through a ideal section which could help people see exactly what is inside the structure without the disturb of the wall. • Whether from the top or font view. People can clearly see what happened inside the building. • Using section tool can also help us to find some errors because the proportion is so obvious from the section view. The Proper Use of the X-ray • Using X-ray with parallel view can achieve the similar effect as the section tool does. • Is can clearly see what is inside the building, the proportion of the floors and the elevation. • See without walls disturb • However, X-ray barely shows the front-back relationship between the objects inside the building.
Details in side the building: • Spiral stairs in some way save the space and keep the space open. • The living room, sleeping area and open kitchen can all accept sun light during the daytime, because of the French sash. • People can also go to the outside balcony and there is a deck chair for sunbath • The book shelf besides the wall gives people a reading area • The dinning table is closed to the open kitchen • The sleeping area is on the second floor. The close distance to the celling gives a sense of safety when people sleep. Strength and Weakness of the French Sash: • Strength: • Collect more sunlight than the typical windows • Sunlight through the French sash can heat the building during the daytime and keep the room warm during the night • Weakness: • Although the huge transparent windows provide good view of the outside nature, they have less ability to keep the privacy of the sleeping area. Household can use a “smart glass that can change color from the out side during the night for these huge windows.
Exercise SketchUp in 102 Project
In Arch 102, we have a project about designing a building located in the borderline between Navajo nation and Utah. The building must provide the facilities include: community space, sleeping area, exhibit room, meditation room and solar collection. After making several real models, I began to use SketchUp to express my idea. I found a lot of convenience when I was using SkethchUp to create my models, because I could copy the same structure and use the scale and move tool to accomplish the complexity. Moreover, I also found my skill of using SketchUp is not enough when I was making the glass bridge. I need practice more.
Conclusion:
Before I took Arch 20, I have no idea of how to make a digital drawing on computer. What I could do to express my architectural idea was making some hand-‐drawing. However, when I finished my final project and retrospect about the first prachce-‐the Dog House, I realized how much I have learned in this class. I even apempt to use SketchUp in my Arch 102 class. Although I might have some problem about some details when I was drawing the digital model, I knew how to solve them. Ajerward, I can use SketchUp whenever I need it. Overall, I spent a great hme in this amazing class.