On a 24x36 Photoshop Page at 100 dpi create a layout with a minimum of:
· Scale drawings: Plan, Section or Elevation, Site Plan
· Diagrams: Formal arrangement and qualities diagram – hand drawn, your work.
· Images: 3 images capturing the quality of the exterior, interior, and site context. **Note: This may require more than 3 images, you should use no more than 7 images.
· Text: 250 words (+/-) describing the project as you interpret it. Describe the location, date, scope, purpose, materials, and design concept.
On this assignment, you are going to need to do a bit of digging. Find (at a minimum) plans, site plan, a section or elevation, and at least 3 relevant images of your architectural project for the semester. All images found need to be sourced (meaning everything on your board should be sourced/sited/referenced), and technical images (plan, section/elevation, site plan) need to be at an architectural scale. Site plans can come from Google Earth, floor plans and elevation or section from web-books-etc., and images (ideally color) should be at a high enough resolution to print clearly. Your diagrams should be a-MAH-zing k. Spend time on these, they will be leading you into the next iterations of your work. They need to represent formal qualities more than literal realities. Your 24x36 is going to fold – in a very specific pattern (see Photoshop file), make sure that your layout accommodates your fold with your name, the class name, date, the architect and project on the outside of the fold. Your layout should be clean and well organized – avoid “scrap booking” and excessive use of Photoshop to try and make things look “groovy” (this would include boarders, drop shadows, filters, etc. – lens flares however are totally epic and highly recommended (no, please don’t – the lens flare thing was sarcasm)).
Deliverables:
Print out your board, and place a digital copy of your board on your website. I will be using both to deliver your project grade.
Studying your diagram drawings from assignment one, we are going to turn those into virtual 3d geometry for fabrication. We are going to intentionally make two passes at this process, using two different pieces of software: FormIt and Rhino.
Pass one: FormIt.
Use FormIt to model – real world scale (in other words, if you are modeling something that is 10’ tall, model it 10’ tall virtually) your diagram. Be precise with your form, but remember that we are not trying to replicate your building, we are making a representation, physical, three dimensional diagram that will essentially become something of a toy. Export the model to the appropriate fabrication software and print. Take three pictures of your fabricated model part and post everything to your website. Also - we are going to use this base model as an introduction to Twinmotion:
Pass two: Rhino.
The part of the process is going to come in two phases. First, you need (may need, probably need) to revise your 3d print. Make it work, make it play, make it happen. This can be done in FormIt, or in Rhino. We will be doing in class play tests of your prints - if they don't pass the test, they must be reworked.
Next, you will be building an in-class Rhino file of your diagram to push into Twinmotion. The week of the 24th to the 28th will largely be dedicated to our Rhino workshop. This will be to introduce you to the software and its concepts - but we will only achieve a basic introductory understanding of the software. Your out of class work this week will be to establish a basic setup in Twinmotion - and set up your workflow to study in process, and final output from the Twinmotion software.
Process:
Deliverables:
On your website:
This one is all about the LASER!
Utilizing what you know so far about your building precedent, select a detail that we can begin to develop for use in your final visual representation file, as well as use for fabrication with the laser. All details should be approved, and the class methods should be followed:
Deliverables:
On your website:
ONLINE ADDENDA!
Ok, so no laser. Also, no animation from Twinmotion - we covered this in class, but it will serve us better on another project. So - model your detail in either FormIt or Revit (Revit if possible), export your file to Twin for texturing and rendering. Update your website with a new page for project three: Designing Schematic Realities - include a screen shot from your model in either Revit or Formit, and at least three views from your model in Twinmotion.
The assignments from here on out are going to become more ambiguous – largely because each project is going to become very specific to each student’s precedent study. In this assignment (phase one) we are going to take the basics of Revit: Custom Massing, walls, doors, windows, and migrate this information into Twinmotion to replace the diagram model with the early test version of the precedent study.
Deliverables:
Due on your website - April 15:
More information and “how to’s” are on the way at this phase of learning Revit. With this knowledge comes an understanding of why Revit is relevant as a modeling software: While generating the 3d model, we are also developing plans, elevations, sections, and perspectives. This phase of work is about building and exporting working drawings, refining the drawings in Photoshop, and understanding the differences between technical drawing and artistic representation (and the course over between the two forms of architectural communication).
Deliverables:
On your website - create three presentation ready drawings: Plan, section, and elevation - for bonuses, create a series "thumbnail perspectives" by using the perspective camera tool, and exporting each view as *.jpg file. Each drawing should show further completion of your model in Revit. Line weights, shade and shadow, and additional details are all important in terms of communicating your design. DO NOT ALLOW REVIT TO DRAW FOR YOU!! Take control of the software, and add in the elements that need to be in each view using the detail line tools, hatching, and masking regions. If you are working in FormIt - i will have a different set of requirements for how you present - reference the video that will be online soon! Make sure you include basic room labels, a north arrow, and titles either on the drawing on within your web page.
Put it all together – finalize the model in Revit or FormIt. From here, you need to find your path to final presentation. Ideally, you are pushing the model to Twinmotion, but you can also complete the assignment from Revit or FormIt. On your website to complete this assignment there should be:
A final page designed to present your precedent project including:
Deliverables:
On your final home page you need to have: