This module
introduces fundamental skills for the appropriate communication of
architectural design. It engages different means of visualization and
expression of space and spatial ideas through architectural drawings and
modelling to prepare students with the skills required in Design projects.
These skills are taught through a series of freehand, constructed drawing, and
architectural modelling held both outdoors and in the studio.
For our first Design comm assignment, our lecturers gave us a little warm up exercise first. We are required to draw out 8 drawings; the first 4 are site sketches that include 2 exteriors and 2 interiors, another 4 are hatching practices that include single hatch, cross hatch, stippling and scribbling. I got to admit sketching and hatching aren't my traits, but there's always room for improvements.
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| Sketches |
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| Hatches |
After that exercise, it's time to get into the world of architecture drawings. First off, the lecturers introduced us a very iconic man named 'Ludwig Mies van der Rohe' and one of his famous works, the 'Farnsworth House'. Interestingly our lectures gave us a custom plan of this building and told us to redesign the interiors, which all drawings will be in a orthographic projection.
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| Orthographic Projection |
Up next is axonometric projection. Using back the measurements from the orthographic drawings above, now we can make it as 3 dimensional through architecture drawing guides to enhance the understanding of space from the above proposal. Just like playing The Sims, it's like you can visually understand the space with imaginary people inside doing imaginary stuffs.
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| Axonometric Projection |
Lastly we have perspective projection. It may look like a typical perspective drawing by using one point or two point rule that I've learned in foundation, this particular assignment stepped it up and add in another rule: plan and elevation measurements. The guidelines accurately defines which part should be drawn accordingly through the orthographic drawings so the perspective drawing will look solid.
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| Perspective Projection |
