Final

We only have four class periods left in the semester so for the remainder we have will be focused on finishing the models of your design and creating dynamic renders that express key features of your building. This next assignment will be delivered in parts starting with

Part I

Finish your model. Your model will be completed by the next class period: Tuesday, Nov. 11th. You will submit in your server folder by the beginning of class 6 views of your model. These views may fall into the following categories

• interior perspective


• exterior perspective


• section perspective


• birds-eye view


• worms-eye view


• section axonometric


• panoramic

You should pick the views that best express your building and remember to be creative. You have many variables at your disposal such as lens angle and depth of field. We will discuss on Tuesday how to create dynamic views and which angles work best for your project. The render type will be hashed in the style best suited for the view [shaded, hidden line, etc] You will export these views at 72 dpi with one dimension at a max. of 1100 pixels. Name the files A_XXX_Ex5a.jpg. [A is a placeholder for 1-6].

Many of you do not have a great amount of experience in rendering or post-process entourage, therefore I will require each of you to adopt the style of a master. Each student will bring to class a rendering style either from a book or online, do your research. This style will be used as a guide to direct your final renders for your studio.

DUE on TUESDAY, NOV. 11th
in server folder 6 RENDERED VIEWS
1 RENDERING STYLE EXAMPLE

Tuesday

So when you complain about bad reviews just think of this poor girl. Tommorrow I expect improvement in all of your drawings. We will be meeting again on the 8th floor in room 801...ish. Be prepared to discuss your drawings and how they reflect the structure design of your building. I expect to see elaboration in all points of your diagrams. A couple of hints:

• Use a hiearchy of line weights with your max thickness being 1pt.


• Use color in your diagrams to elaborate points[arrows] or fill context[water hatches]


• Text should only be used to explain where a drawing cannot, be smart about this


• Scale figures can be a huge asset to certain drawings


• A thick outline will do wonders to seperate layers of information

I want these to look good and we will keep working on them till you fully understand these concepts. For the diligent students that submitted these diagrams into their server for last thursday, please submit a new file with the _revise suffix. For those that have an empty server folder, submit the files as per the instructions of the assignment.

And heads up, I will be grading soon and some of you may want to look at your blogs. These reflect your progress in the class and should be kept up to date.

POOL

Pool Table by Fresh West.

Diagram Diaries

Once again the above image is taken from LTL. Look at how they use the techniques of exploded axon combined with pulling out details at a larger scale. This may be something you can appropriate for your own diagrams. I was generally impressed with the work in this last assignment, and for Tuesday I want to see it all polished up. Do not stop nitpicking your drawings until they are beautiful. Remember that clarity is paramount. Below are some of the best examples from Thursday:

Ex4-1

Structure Diagramming

exercise goals

To express the structure of a building through clear diagrams. These diagrams should convey the idea of the space without the excessive use of instructional text. Therefore careful attention should be paid to elements such as simple scale figures, arrows, hatching patterns, line thickness, color patches and color choices.

performance procedure

1) Discuss with your instructor the structure of your building. Using you current knowledge of your structure system of choice [tensile, concrete, steel, etc.] develop a system that will work best for your design. Express this structure using an exploded axonometric drawing. This drawing may be simple, but must clearly express your system of choice.

This drawing may be done in a 2d drafting program, but I strongly recommend using a modeling program to manually separate structural layers of your building. Note, the students whose design is situated below grade must show the space from which these building are extruded. This is a very important element of your structural design and must be communicated.

2) With a new found understanding of your structural system of choice, make a new drawing. This drawing will be simple diagram of the loads on your building. Develop this drawing in section and pay careful attention to live and dead loads. The best way to draw these loads is through a hierarchy of arrows. Look at Chin diagrams [or other structure books] to get an example of how these diagrams should look.

For this exercise you will primarily be using Adobe Illustrator. This program is the best for editing graphics, but any ground work for these diagrams may be done by hand, in your drafting program of choice [for example finish sections and plans in autocad, they will be the basis for your diagrams] or your 3d modeler of choice.

BRING ROUGH DRAWINGS AND IDEAS TO CLASS ON THE NEXT CLASS PERIOD, TUESDAY, OCT. 28TH.

3) Use the advice from your crit, and begin to make these diagrams in Illustrator. The program excels at clean and clear graphics, and your diagrams should look the same. Remember that the most important point of these drawings is clear communication.

4) For these diagrams the following requirements should be adhered to:

a) you may only use 2-3 colors (a black, a grey tone and a color of choice)
b) you may only use 2-3 different line weights
c) you must use scale figures, arrows, hatches and/or color patches, but only when appropriate

5) For the final submission you will be required to submit 2 different diagrams, a exploded axonometric of your structure and a 2d section drawing of your structure's loads of your design.

a. A RGB, low res drawing (72 dpi) with a 900 x [choice] image size
required file name: Exxon_XXX_Ex4-1.jpg
b. A RGB, low res drawing (72 dpi) with a 900 x 600 image size
required file name: StrucLoads_XXX_Ex4-1.jpg


The above will be due in your folder on the server and on your blog by the beginning of class on Thursday, October 30th.

BEST SECTION PHOTO

These two photographs enhance the built model/drawing sections. In Leo's shot, good lighting adds that extra depth to the drawing/model and makes the image come alive. Extra care was taken to line up the shot as directly in-front of the section cut as possible. The darkness of the model and lightness of the paper work well together. Greg H's image has an unusual angle that adds interest to the shot. The viewer needs to study the image to gain an understanding of what is happening. The depth of field is well executed and deepens the shot by having some elements out of focus and other elements crisp and clear. The smudges on the plexi (which don't look good in the physical model) give the photo a texture and point of focus aided by the lighting. Both of these images would look good in a portfolio and demonstrate more than a simple picture taken to prove that the work was completed.

Pool Rendering