Part 4

The last leg of this assignment will focus on presentation and display graphics. I mentioned many times on tuesday about thinking of your renders and how they would relate to different forms of information on the printed sheet. I encourage you to look at the renders as ways to pull drawings and diagrams together, not cloister them apart. On thursday I want to have a discussion as a class on all the issues dealing with graphics. Therefeore each of you will post on their blog an example of your presentation boards. You are required to post a minimum of one image at 1500 pixels wide, 72 dpi. This example should be polished and completed. All line drawings should be taken into Illustrator and cleaned up. All renders should be complete with post-process techniques. There will be no placer boxes, where information will go. Remember that we will be discussing all issues of your board, the indvidual pieces of the layout, and the layout as a whole.

You will do the same for your portfolio. Submit 3-4 sample pages at 1000 pixels each, 72 dpi. These should also be finished, not working pages. This is your last chance to discuss with me in a classroom setting your graphic designs, so show me your best work so that we may learn as a class.

DUE on THURSDAY, NOV. 20th
on your blog MIN. 1 PRESENTATION BOARD
on your blog MIN. 3 PAGES FROM PORTFOLIO
all work will be complete, no placeholders!

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I forgot about this thing but recently rediscovered it when searching for arch competitions. The great benefit of this resource is an excellent precedence for board layouts and rendering techniques. Check out this work, especially the USA submission from 07. Link

Part 2 successes

top to bottom: Strickland, Serrano-Piche, Ladewig, Drennan, Redington, Hemmelgarn

Part 3

Many of you have failed to submit your work for Part 2. Before you submit Part 3 for tuesday, I suggest you post Part 2 on your blog.

By tuesday you should have 2-3 views that our almost done. Now is the time to begin adding on levels of information to your renders. Evaluate the work you have so far and question what could be added to explain your design ideas even further. Levels include

• wire frame underlay to show details of construction


• color overlays to highlight parts of your building


• subtracting parts of your render to bring other parts forward


• heavy outlines


• scale figures to show function and potential use


• written descriptions to call out details of your design


• photoshop texture overlays

Use your own discretion to make these renders as beneficial as possible. Remember at all times that the purpose of these renders is not only to give the reader a sense of your space, but also to communicate your design and your concept. Focus your renders on your structure, your spectacle, and any of the really interesting elements that sell your building.

DUE on TUESDAY, NOV. 18th
on your blog 3-4 RENDERED VIEWS
that make use of post-process techniques

Part 2

For thursday I need to see progression in digital modeling. I want each of you to take a stab at a style from a precedent. This means looking at a render and deducing out how they accomplished this look. We will have individual crits to discuss process and techniques so have something to discuss. You must decide quick on which views you choose to use and how you want to make these views sing. We looked at many different examples on tuesday and below is the source found by Strickland. I highly encourage any civic minded students to share any spectacular links that may be helpful to the class as a whole. Remember, there is a comment section on thes blog.

Johan Berglund



DUE on THURSDAY, NOV. 13th
on your blog 2 RENDERED VIEWS

Tuesday

For the next class we will be meeting again on the 8th floor. Have all your stuff completed by the time class starts so that we can have a smooth class. To the left I posted a new list of links to set you in a direction for the next assignment. Remember though, that the library is still the best unrivaled resource for this kind of assignment.

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