GEOMETRY & PRECISION as architectural instruments
A
Individual
work.
Work
out the dimensions of the room(s) from the photograph above and draw precisely
the spatial relationships in plan, sections & perspective to scale. Refer
to the entire “Bronx Floors” project for more images. Study details and relate
to other work and references and use to inform drawings to a greater degree of
precision. Allow your working lines, proportional rules, measurements &
geometry to be included in the final drawings as an integral part of them. Make
it a beautiful as well as a comprehensive piece of work, which clearly
demonstrates a creative and individual approach to drawing. Pay attention to
line weights and study good draftsmanship. Challenge yourself and your
colleagues.
portfolio: draw
geometry, scale, architectural spatial sequences & detail precisely and
comprehensively. In plan, sections & perspective. Include actively used
reference material.
time: 1 week
(introduction project+ pin up + final tutorial)
techniques: creative
exploration of working drawings, detailed drafting, manuals & instruction
drawings.
B
Individual work.
Begin a
catalogue of recorded measurements of your own physical surroundings. Use a
camera (camera phone) to photograph anything and everything with a measuring
tape, ruler or scaled string. Organise photographs in types and continue to add
to it throughout the year. Use this record in your design development to apply
and test new spatial, material and constructional knowledge.
portfolio:
to supplement and inform design portfolio and technology submission
time: to
continue through out the year
techniques:
photographic record of measure and material properties & hand
sketches to scale
Indicative
project references:
Bronx
Floors (Gordon Matta Clark),
Le
Bal (film),
Vitruvius,
Cartography,
Life;
a users manual (George Perec),
The
Georgian Town Houses (D. Cruckshank & P. Wyld),
Sewing
patterns.
Traces
Of Dance: Choreographers’ Drawings And Notations.
Borromini
drawings,
Leonardo
da Vinci drawings.
