NYIT School of ArchitectureVisualization 1 AAID 140_M23_Fall 2011

Michael L. Filardi

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SHAPING LINES

Circles and tangents

Wehadtodrawonan81⁄2”x11”sheetofbondpaper,usinga4Hlead,wehadtodrawalight,9squaregridof21⁄2”squares.Wehadtousethisma-trixasaguide,anddrawonapageofcloselypackedcirclesandsinecurvessothatthecircularsegmentsareperfectlytangentandcontinuous.

Wehadtodrawonan81/2”x11”sheetofbondpaper,usea4Hleadtodrawalight,9squaregridof21/2”squares.Ineach,wehadtodrawanevenfieldoflines,1/16”apart.Filleachoftheninesquareswithsimilarfieldswiththefollowinggrainororientations:horizontal,vertical,and45degreeanglefieldsinbothdirections.

Horizontal,Vertical, and straight Lines

Horizontal,Vertical, and straight Lines

Onan81⁄2”x11”sheetofbondpaper,wehadtousea4Hlead,drawalight,9squaregridof21⁄2”squares.Ineach,withafirmerline,drawatleast4additionalsquareorrectangularshapes,usingavarietyofleadstypes.

ASSIGNMENT 1B - FIGURE GROUND

5 x 5 Grid, Figure ground

Onan(81/2”x11”),wehadtodrawalight5x5squaregrid.Wehadtosubdividethesquareinhalfandagaininthirdsandthenaddoneadditionallineineachdirection1⁄4”distantfromandparalleltoanyotherline.Theresultinggridwillhave4linesand5bandsineachdirectionandbeasymmetricalaboutitsprimaryaxes.

Level1 Level2

RIBbONS

Level3 Level4

Level5

ASSIGNMENT 1B - GROUND TO SOLID - VOID - AXONOMETRIC PROJECTIONS

Void axonometric

Wehadtoimaginethateachofthe5compositionsrepresentsalayerina5levelcube.thenwehadtoAssigntoeachanorientationandaplaceintheseriesfromtoptobottom,andaheightequaltoitsrespectiveband(1through5).FinallywehadtoplananObliqueProjection(Axonometric)(81/2”x11”)wehadtotapedownthefirst(top)tileata30/60degreeangle,andthenforeachblackarea,wehadtoprojectdown,vertically,thedimensionthatcorrespondstothewidthofthefirstband.Repeatthisexercisefortheremaining4tiles,usingeachlayerscorrespondingbandwidth.

Solid axonometric

ASSIGNMENT 1.3 - Sectional plan, sectional axonometric, and exploded axono-metrics

Cutting-awayandexplodedviewsareusefultodesignerstodescribethecomponentstoadesignandtheirinter-relationships.Aseriesofdiagramscantellastorythathelpsustounderstandcom-plexcompositions.Diagramsoftenutilizefollowsimplesetsofconventionsandgraphicnotations.

Sectional Plan

SectionalPlanSectionalviewsareusedtorevealaproject’sinterior,andmakeiteasiertounderstandwhat’sgoingonstructurally,andtoseethedifferentFoundationplans,Floorframing

plans,Roofframing/Ceilingframingplans.

Axonometric Sectional

Axonometric Exploded

ALVAR AALTO

HOUSE AND STUDIO

Year of completion 1936

Location: Helsinki, Finland

First Floor PLAN

First Floor FOUNDATIOn plan

First Floor public space plan

second floor plan

second floor foundation plan

second floor public space plan

second floor private space plan

front elevation

rear elevation

exploded axonometric

cut sectional

sectional

site plan

1 point perspective