ARCHITECTURE 20 HAZANNE SIDNEY LIKWONG

ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHICS

PROFESSOR JERRY LUM

MARCH 11, 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Week One: Dog House Study

Week Two: Circular Stairs Study

Week Three: Malevich Study

Week Four: Sand Box Study

Planes Study

Shapes Study

Week Five: Interior Studies

Week Six : Photo Match Study

Week Seven: Cabin Study

WEEK ONE: DOG HOUSE STUDY 1.0

First Attempt:

WEEK ONE: DOG HOUSE STUDY 1.0

Second Attempt:

REFLECTION:

This was my first time hearing about the software, Sketch-up. It was

intimidating at first, because I was surprised on how diverse the tools were. I was

just used to drawing things by hand, but when we experimented with the

program, it actually made my drawings cleaner and more precise. It brought my

ideas to life. The professor also introduced the basic tools that one might use in

every sketch-up project, like:

The Pencil Tool where lines and edges can be drawn with

The Shapes Tool where basic shapes like rectangles and circles can be drawn

The Arc Tools where one can draw an arc

The Push and Pull Tool where you can push or pull a face drawn in your project

The professor also introduced the Axes and Point of Origin where it

is used as a guide for all projects. He taught us about the Pan,

Orbit, and Rotate tool to navigate our way through the software.

He also introduced the Different Views that you can set when

working on your project. He assigned us to do a simple dog house

for our first project as an introduction to the course. He guided as

well along the way in case anyone is going to fall behind.

REFLECTION:

First Attempt:

WEEK ONE: DOG HOUSE STUDY 2.0

WEEK ONE: DOG HOUSE STUDY 2.0

Second Attempt:

REFLECTION:

The professor had us practice our new acquired skills from the last project. He

had us do another dog house, but with more complex shapes and structure than

the previous one.

The professor also taught us about elevation through stairs

He had us practice using the Line Tool and we created layers that soon

created height differences

He also taught us how to make a dome by using the Circle Tool

We also used the Guide Lines to aid us in this project

The Push and Pull Tool also played a major role in this iteration and we learned

how to add and subtract structures by using this tool.

REFLECTION:

From the first iteration, I am started to feel less intimidated about

the course and saw the pace that this class goes through. I had to

adjust to this pace, which wasn’t as troublesome as I thought it

would. I also had fun with applying colors to the structures’ faces.

We also got to download objects from the 3D Warehouse as the

professor introduced it. I thought to myself that this was very easy

and more time conserving than drafting and building models by

hand. This course is more suitable for me.

WEEK TWO: CIRCULAR STAIRS STUDY

First Attempt:

For this week, the professor had decided to practice more on

different tools. He had assigned us to create a staircase, with his

guidance. At first I was confused on the process of making it, but in

the end I managed.

The Professor had instructed us to use the Circle Tool with 24 sides

We also used the Push and Pull Tool to give depth to our stairs

As for the railings, we use the Line Tool to create the basic shape, but we

also use the Follow Me Tool to complete the railings itself

REFLECTION:

The professor had then instructed us to create our own stairs

inspired by our own designs. It was quite challenging for me

because, for me, I had never thought about designing stairs in my

life, but this iteration has completely changed that.

REFLECTION:

WEEK THREE: MALEVICH CASE STUDY

ATTEMPT:

For this iteration, we had to work with a painting. We had to

create a project based on Malevich’s painting, where we

incorporate some (or maybe all) the forms in the artwork and bring

them to life. We used the same tools such as: Push and Pull, Shape

Tool, Line Tool, and Guide Lines to complete this iteration. The

professor also introduced the Animation in the previous iteration

and we had to incorporate it to this particular project.

Through the Camera Tool, we had to create scenes that will

revolve around the structure to highlight certain parts of the

project and showcase it to your audience.

REFLECTION:

This particular project is actually a project I also did for my other

class Architecture 101, thus I had some idea on how to tackle this

iteration. But design wise, it also required time and imagination to

create a different structure for this assignment. It was actually fun

to explore the Camera Tool, because it feels like you were actually

making a movie or commercial to show off to other people. This

iteration was particularly interesting.

REFLECTION:

WEEK FOUR: PLANES, SANDBOX, AND SHAPES

PLANES ATTEMPT:

SAND BOX ATTEMPT:

SHAPES ATTEMPT:

The professor has introduced a new tool and has asked us to

work with it. For the first part, we crafted “paper airplanes” through

Sketch-Up. We studied how we folded airplanes in real life and we

applied that knowledge into making the airplanes by “digitally

folding” them. We were also asked to create shapes and

manipulate them by combining them to produce more shapes

through subtraction and addition.

We used the Rotate Tool to “fold up” the paper airplanes

We used the Sand Box tool to create terrain for our structures

We used the Shape Tool to make shapes and combine them to

achieve more complex shapes

REFLECTION:

This week was particularly challenging for me because of the

new tool, Sand Box. It’s a fairly simple tool over all if you look at it,

but the only part I struggled with was the Drape Tool. The professor

has asked us to create a path for our structure that was raised up

on a terrain we had made, he also demonstrated to us how to

create a path. I was always having trouble mimicking the steps he

had done, thus I just moved on into making the iteration.

REFLECTION:

WEEK FIVE: INTERIOR STUDIES