Workshop 4: Model It!

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Workshop 4: Model It!

Week 4: Final submissions

Workshop 4: Model It!

Week 3

Workshop 4: Model It!

Week 2

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fig 4

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This week we were learning about process modeling again. However this week task we were asked to make a simple house (fig 1) and then from that house make 4 more houses that had the same section as the first house which for me were fig 2 then 3 then 4. This really made me understand the importance of process modeling as it showed me that you can do anything you like and that can be a design. Unique shapes and interior spaces are generated from process modeling. For me it was a fun but challenging exercise. fig 4 was the last process model that was created from the model fig 1.

The take home task was making a presentation model of the site of fisher house by Louis Kahn at a scale of 1:200.

Workshop 4: Model It!

Week 1

This week we were asked to build two very simple houses separately then join them together in a clever way. This was part of process modeling which i found to be very useful as it opened me up to think more creatively in terms of designing.

Our take home task was to build a presentation model of Ando's "Church of Light" at a scale of 1:200. This was very challenging as we had to be very precises with our model and detail.

Workshop 1: Architectural Drawings

Week 4: Final Assignment

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The final assignment was to draw design/presentation drawings on Rose Seilder House. This consisted of elevations, sections, floor plans and 3D drawing. When I studied the house I noticed many things about the house. The open space of the house is accentuated by many windows allowing a large amount of natural light into the building. It is divided into two main areas, the public/living domain (which includes the kitchen/dining area and living room) and the private domain. The deck and 'playroom' act as a path and mediator between the two. This pathway can even be adapted to suit a situation, with a full height curtain able to divide the playroom and a doorway joining the deck to the master bedroom.


The assignment was challenging but also rewarding. We were able to use the skills we learnt in class. The most challenging part of the assignment was arranging where to put the plans and elevations. Thinking which arrangements were best to communicate the design clearly (however from this blog you cannot tell how the plans are arranged but it is suppose to be picture (a) bottom right, (b) top left, (c) bottom left, (d) top right)

Workshop 1: Architectural Drawings

Week 3

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This week we were required to do two task. First was to follow the instructions on the sheet (a) and draw the required shapes in a two perspective view. This was a bit challenging because initially when draw it looks like it in the wrong perspective however as I got use to which ways the lines vanish to it was clear how to draw two point perspectives.


The second task was to draw the Rose Seidler House onto the university's science lawn. This exercise really forced me to think about the scale of the house since we were only given one measurement to work from. It also made me imagine how the house looks drawn in two point perspective so I had some difficulties with the ramp.