MEASURING
Project Type:
Hand Drawing sections, plans, elevations, axonometric, & orthographic projection.
Date:
January, 2025
This project, What Lies Between, tasked students to map a space in a campus building while also uncovering a hidden element between divided areas of the space.
I created observational drawings of a sitting area, ramp, and vestibule, using section drawings to highlight the changing elevations and structural elements of the space. I chose to uncover the interior of the air vent between the vestibule and the sitting area using assumptions to gauge what this hidden space would look like.
Through close observation, I gained insight into subtle design choices architects make to create relationships and transitions between spaces.
In this assignment, students were asked to hand-draw a cube with a 9x9 square grid on each face. Then, to extract shapes from each face of the cube, green shading indicating which face they were taken from. After reviewing my drawing, I recreated it in Rhino and touched up the line weights in Illustrator, reflecting on how they read in comparison to each other. For example, I darkened the hidden lines of the shapes and lightened their projection lines, creating a stronger hierarchy in content.
The series of chair and table drawings allowed me to think through the steps of creating orthographic drawings. This has been quite transferable when creating more complex digital drawings, as I understand how to break down each perspective.
Similarly, the sectioned axonometric drawing to the left compelled my brain to visualize what the interior spaces of objects would look like when cut, simply by observing the exterior. This skill helps imagine sections removed from buildings while only using what you can observe.
