P1
Architectural Graphics, Sketching and Tonal Values
Individually, students will produce a set of fundamental architectural graphics as a medium of communication that demonstrate their understanding of space and basic principles of architecture. Students are to observe and sketch spatial types in architecture and how the building form compliments the site context. Subsequently, expressions of different building details, texture, proportion and landscape setting of built environment. Subsequently, students explore visual composition.
We were given 4 initial tasks to complete (A3) and then we had to combine the skills we learned from those tasks into one final A3 which is P1.
Take a look:
T1:
Self Expression
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We were asked to draw anything, literally anything that is related to us. I decided to draw this.
Growing up in the UAE under the wings of Islamic parents, I loved Islamic art. Everything about it, the details, the geometry and accuracy, the harmony of all the shapes and colors and how they come together to form a breathtaking masterpiece. My drawing is a mixture of Islamic art (the main section) and detailed zentangle drawings on the LHS pointing all the spotlight towards the center, and finally the 2 leaves covered in light green and a small amount of light blue representing both peace and freedom, which are key elements in the human life.
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T2:
Hatching
We learned 4 hatching techniques and were asked to apply them on a sphere. I, however, tried to be a bit unique and did it on a cone. This is the result
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After finding out that architects write in their own separate and unique ways, we had to write the lyrics of a song using our own special letters. Not my proudest work.
T3:
Architectural
Lettering
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For the last task, we had to draw a specific floor plan, which was given to us at a 1:100 scale, at our own desired scale. I chose 1:75 but soon realized that it made the floor plan too small. Also not my best work out there.
T4:
Scale and
Coloring Media
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By combining all the 4 skills which we learned, we had to create a movie poster about anything. I love table tennis and I've always loved it, so I decided to create this
P1:
FINAL
MOVIE
POSTER
Personal Reflection
Overall fun and entertaining project that is the perfect start to this module and Sem 1 of architecture in generaal.