Draw-it Workshop 2 Final Submission

Final Submission:

I chose to construct my final submission with two drawings on two A2 sized papers.

 My decision to use the first floor plan and the axonometric drawing was to show that drawing is a process which can represent buildings and architectural spaces in a series of separate yet connected ways. The concepts which I wished to stress in my final submission were the relationship between the building and the light, and also the building as a living area and real object.

Playing with light and the spaces in the building was featured in the first floor plan. I aimed to celebrate the ability which drawings have in exemplifying certain elements in a building such as the curved, organic lines and also the drawing techniques' effect of adding a soft and earthy element to the representation, along with whimsical splashes of colour. 

The decision to use the the axonometric drawing and positioning it beneath the ground floor plan was to illustrate the relationship which the two drawings have. Even though the two drawings individually aim to emphasise two different points, their inter-relationship is inevitable; as are the ideas in the real-life Rose Seidler house. 

The walls in the axonometric drawings allude to the plans and thus I highlighted this fact by inking in the tops of the walls. 

The 1950's context of the house and the moderistic (at the time) feel of the house, which is captured in the mural, is represented in the submission. I felt that this was necessary in illustrating my interpretation to what this module was teaching us: to use pens and pencils beyond what is seen. 

Draw-it Poster:

The use of the pictures depicting a working drawing environment shows the technique of drafting and representing architectural concepts though pen and paper is a long and layering process. My poster emphasises the detail of every pen stroke expecially in the rendering techniques, which ties a whole picture together in physical appearance and in ideas. In the Rose Seidler House, the mural encompasses the spirit of the house being from the 1950's and thus the allusion to the 1950's used in the final submission shows that context of a house is as much part of the house as the materials from which is has been built from.

Draw-it Workshop 2 Week 3

Axonometric Drawing:

Constructing the axonometric drawing allowed me to piece together the different elements of the building - the elevation, plan and section, together, furthering my understanding of the Rose Seidler house (introduced to me only 2 weeks ago). This drawing allows to you to imagine the building in a three-dimensional space, and thus I felt that this was an effective way of representing the building. The drawing itself was tricky to construct due to the adjustments needed to draft the facade and also the added information in the height of the interior walls. I took as much precision as I had taken in constructing the original plans and elevations, as I intended the axonometric drawing to provide as much information as the other drawings had. 

Draw-it Workshop 2 Week 2

This workshop, in some ways, proves to be much more challenging than the 'Model-it' Workshop as it requires more precision and a developed concept and goal inside your mind before a final product is turned out. The 'Model-it' workshop did introduce these aspects of architectural communication and now this workshop - draw-it, allows me to further my understanding in representing architectural ideas.

Elevations and Section:

This week's in-class task and take home exercise of drafting and completing the elevations and section of the Rose Seidler house was similar in experience to drafting the plans. It furthered my understanding in the house itself, where the windows and openings in the house was positioned. Most of all it was a process which helped me improve my inking techniques and thus as I drafted the elevations and the section, the task became easier and quicker.

Rendering Introduction:

The study into rendering techniques to add texture and illustrate the architectural concepts was an invaluable process which taught me the effectiveness of rendering in increasing the appeal architectural drawings.

Experimentation with the use of pens and pencils allowed me to put my understanding in different forms of architectural communication in action. 

The rendering on the elevation allowed me to test different forms of rendering techniques and their effectiveness in adding texture in the building. Adding texture into the drawing resulted in a conversation between the precise measurements in a 1:200 scaled representation and its environment being established. We are able to see the building in a more realistic context as the building's use of different types of materials and a grounding of the building onto a site (not just a floating object) is established.

The exploration of light and its effect through the building, detailed by the use of graphic pens allowed me to show the building as a living environment where the relationship between the spaces and light is very real.

Draw-it Workshop 2 Week 1

Draw-it Workshop:

This workshop, on first impressions, seems to be very straightforward; a simple series of 4 weeks to introduce and improve our drawing techniques and how to represent architectural buildings and ideas through reproduction of the drawings with our hands.

In-class Tasks:

Using the simple house model constructed in the 'Model-it' workshop, we learnt to represent a building through a series of drawings. This simple exercise allowed me to see the relationship between representing a building through a precise manner and representing through a more artistic approach which can help convey different ideas and concepts encompassed by the building.

 

Take home Task:

After the in-class introduction into drawing plans and elevations, reproducing the Rose Seidler House was somewhat more approachable. However, becoming accustomed to the level of precision and drafting the plans in scale proved challenging.

Drafting the plans was a process which allowed me to learn the techniques involved in using an architect's tools - that is your own hands and the graphic pens and pencils. 

I was pleased with my results, and have learned to represent the different elements in a house such as the walls and windows though the use of different thicknesses in pen lines.

My main tools were: 4H pencils for sketching, and a combination of 0.05mm and 0.1mm thickness graphic pens.