​P2C | A LIGHT STUDY: DRAWING FROM MODEL

​PART 1Blueline SketchesPART 2Polymer Clay SculptPART 3Design Drawings

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PROJECT OVERVIEW

Working backwards off the object created in previous assignment (P2b),
students are to evaluate the form through it's two-dimensionality.

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GETTING STARTED

Unlike in the previous project where we intentionally created an object free
of a right or wrong side up, in this study, you will now have to make a critical decision as to how your form relates to the ground.

Using the Sun, no interior lighting, the Sun, generate at least 3 "drawings";
two orthographic and one perspective with shadow. Remember, orthographic views are Top, Side, and/or Front Views, or in architecture these are indicated as a Plan, Elevations, Sections, while the perspective is 3-Dimensional.

Assign, using professional designer lettering, a physical built form application for your study. Examples may include a bus shelter, an Olympic village folly, a proposition for a bridge, or some other somewhat medium-to-large scale intervention.

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DELIVERABLES (See Schedule for due date)

2 - orthographic views—ie Architectural Elevations, Plans, and/or Sections—  create outline drawings. Establish an architectural "scale" and provide overall height, width, length dimensions, AND include human scale, entourage. Consider a simplified background/context, building skyline silhouettes and/or trees.

1 - Perspective view, create a tonally rendered drawing using a soft lead (HB or softer, ie. B leads) graphite. No dimensions.

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REFERENCES, INSPIRATION, SUGGESTED READING

Orthographics >>> See the sidebar for more explanation on orthographic systems.

Architecture: Form, Space and Order. Ching, Frank. New York
[u.a.: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979. Print.

Visible Signs: An Introduction to Semiotics in the Visual Arts. Crow, David. Crans-pres-Celigny, Switzerland: AVA, 2003. Print. pp. 178–220; 320–370

Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition.
Elam, Kimberly. New York: Princeton Architectural, 2001. Print.

Universal Principles of Design: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design. Lidwell, William, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler, and Kimberly
Elam. Beverly, MA: Rockport, 2010. Print.

Inspiration

Olympic Archery Range by Enric Miralles & Carme Pinos. AD Classics online

Architecture Follies. Examples:

Bernard Tschumi's Parc de la Villette

London Olympics Coca-Cola Beatbox Pavilion

London Olympics Anish Kapoor Tower