Workshop 2 Blog: Draw It

Studio Week 1 Task: Orthogonal Drawings of Merged Houses

 The first task in this workshop required us to produce different types of drawings regarding our merged house structure from workshop 1. To complete this task we had to manually measure and calculate distances for the drawings. Having made a more simpler model within workshop one made my task slightly easier as my views in which i had to draw were quite simple. This task allowed appreciation of the various architectural drawings which are required before a structure can be built. Through representing the merged houses through multiple views and types of drawings including plans, sections and isometrics we were able to visualise our 3d model, therefore communicating a structure which goes beyond paper.


Studio Week 2 Tasks

Task 1: Shading Negative Space

 In this studio exercise we were required to replicate drawings shown through powerpoint but by shading the negative space. By shading the negative space we would therefore point out the positive space and reinforce the main focus of each image. Through this exercise it was demonstrated how drawings can be created in various ways including abstract methods such as shading the negative space. It allowed us to visualise images in a different way and understand how our brain can interpret images and communicate them to us; enabling a more abstract understanding and way of thinking which i previously struggled with.


Task 2: Blind Sketching

 Within this studio task we were to sketch a context without our vision; using only our hands to draw it and our memory and judgment to aid us. We were allowed to stare at our context for 5 minutes to absorb as much image as we could and then had to sketch what we remembered. For this task I chose to model the side of the Red Centre Building but this task appeared harder than it looked. Through this task I realised how much I depended on my eyes for hand coordination when drawing; that without my eyes to guide me it was incredible difficult to replicate an image I saw.



Studio Week 3 Task: Perspective Drawings

 To aid us with our major submission for this workshop we attempted to create perspective drawings of 3d shapes. Through this task we created various perspective drawings with alternative horizon lines, views and angles to become familiar with this type of architectural drawing. It was quite difficult to understand how to set up a perspective drawing and the idea of station points and reference points became confusing but once organised one could produce truly amazing drawings with a sense of real life proportion.



Take Home Major Submission: Bangalay House (1:200)

 The major submission for this workshop required us to replicate various types of architectural drawings of a specified building at the scale 1:200 including plans, elevations, sections, perspectives and an isometric. These drawings were also to be rendered in a way which explores a chosen specific theme within the drawings. The building I had to replicate through drawings was the Bangalay House and due to the rectangular shape of building great thought had to be put into the layout of the overall composition.

 The drawings themselves took an immense amount of time to draw; especially the perspective drawing since we could not replicate but had to create this image ourselves as done in the isometric. My explored theme through my drawings was structural integrity and so therefore I highlighted through bolding all beams, columns and support structures which were essential to holding up the overall structure of the building. Through this rendering technique it was shown that the building required very few structural components for its existence; that the thin walls and many windows around the building did not aid the strength of the building but were there to aesthetically please, emphasised through the sectioned isometric.

 Overall workshop 2 proved simpler and more straightforward than workshop one as it required less thinking and was more repetitive in the skills required. Workshop required a lot more time though than the modelling in workshop one but was a lot easier to correct if errors were found. I felt more comfortable with drawing as I have had previous experience through a graphics drawing course in highschool and believe with no doubt that this enabled me to pick up on task requirements quicker and achieve greater results.