model it poster

MODEL IT

in the first model it class we made these little houses from balsa and lined them all up to make a street

we also had to make scale models of barcelona pavillion over our break

we then made our own models from balsa, boxboard and a found material

my found material was basically paper, shocking result

our next task was to make a scaled site plan of fisher house at 1:200

i made my trees out of wax, using aluminium foil as molds to pour the melted wax in

our next (horrible) task was to make a 1:50 scale model of fisher house. IT WAS A BLOODY NIGHTMARE, here are some progress shots/finals

all in all model it was an excruciating but useful module. it was a real test of patience and sanity. whilst im glad to have done this assessment in hindsight, at the time making models week after week i really hated it.  

 DRAW IT poster

reflection of draw it: i thought the draw it component of communications was a good starting assessment for 1st year university students. it had a simple brief, and allowed the students to familiarise themselves with 1 well known building and understand how to communicate designs and ideas through drawings. 

DRAW IT

 the Draw it component of architectural communications started off with a number of basic and useful drawing exercises and tools. In the first lesson we did a few hours of life drawings, using one of our tutours, Helena and a variety of objects, (in my instance a pinhole camera). during this lesson we drew positive and negative space, one line drawings, closed eyed drawings and speed drawings.

                                                

in the following week our whole class walked around campus and were given perspective drawings exercises, (one from memory).

we were also given 1 of 4 houses to base our assignment on at random, i was given the stutchbury house.

for the assingment we had to draw plans, sections, elevations and a perspective/axonometric of the house.

below are some photos of the progression of my perspective and some final shots of the plans/sections/elevations.