Two Point Perspective Concept

1 point draft

2 point draft

Final

For the final product of this perspective I implemented my views of how the Elements of design reflect upon my concept.  The space is laid out so that it highlights the main objects, and the objects stay true to form in smaller proportion adding to their similarities to the concept.  Lines are both crisp in the objects, and elegant in the border drawing on the best of both worlds in how I imagined the concept.  Color is lacking due to project constraints, but the values I believe show off the general shape of the concept and the inherent light within the space.  Contrast is well represented between the border and the main shapes by the values and the line characteristics.  For the form and shape I wanted to not stray too far from the concept.  When polled several people couldn't tell what the objects represented, but when told it was immediately noticed.  This way of seeing the objects caught my attempted feeling perfectly for I wanted to capture the object without being overly literal.  As for the texture I wanted again to stray from the usual feeling of a teapot and become a bit unusual with it.  While the typical teapot is seen as smooth and polished ceramic, I wanted the surface to still be smooth and polished yet made out of wood to better appeal to the exploded block forms.

Overall I am pleased with this composition.  I see myself as being the client on items such as this where although there are restraints I am free to do as I wish.  Others may not be as pleased with it as I am, but for my own personal growth I heed what they say yet look toward myself for my own satisfaction in my work.  For being the second project after a long break I can tell how much I did retain from last years lessons and I am ready to go onto the next.

Perspective Concept: Tea Pot

Today we drew out of a container what our concept for the upcoming perspective project would be.  Mine was a Tea Pot.  Although this item will be a bit tricky for making into a composition I believe I already have an idea of how I want to proceed.

The elements of design reflect this concept in the following ways.  I have adjusted them for this project to fit my needs.

Space: Small.  It will need to be a zoomed view.

Line: Clean, bold, and elegant.

Color: Typically varies.  For this it will be fairly dull.

Value: Contrast will be low, except for the lines.

Form: Blocky, with an exploded appeal.

Shape: Container-esque, spout, top.

Texture: Smooth, polished, possibly unusual for contrast against concept item.

Draft Diagram: Weatherspoon Art Museum

For this look at the museum and how someone moves through the space I wanted to take on the perspective of disability and how it may affect the experience.

This first attempt at capturing the movement through those circumstances was sketched on site.  In this I wanted to represent a rough layout of the space and show mainly only the places which were clearly accessible.  Highlights in this and the other diagrams are the handicap ramp and the elevator.

This second rendition was drawn from a floor plan located on the Weatherspoon Art Museums website.  Although the plan isn't exact, it shows what was necessary for my purposes.  Here is also a rough layout of the travel habits/restrictions of the space, which is fully revised in the final diagram.

In this final draft diagram I have color coded accessibility.  Green areas and pathways mean that they can be traversed by anyone, blue means that it may be difficult for wheelchairs or those with movement difficulties to traverse, and red shows where only those with full ambulatory capabilities will most likely travel.

In retrospect this look at the space tells me how much we as designers need to consider when doing anything, from the smallest aesthetic to the major build.  Consideration needs to be a major part of our process.

Writer's Retreat - Final Presentation

At the end of this semester it is obvious how far both myself and our class has come.  We have many things that have improved and still many more to work on.  With this final presentation and the portfolio, I hope to have a good start toward my career.  Now without further delay I present my Writer's Retreat proposal.



The layout during final presentation day.



Plans and sections of my proposed space.  Added an extra section not only to
   show more of the space, but also to help balance out the composition on paper.

Perspective of living room and loft space.  This view is similar
 to one of my sections, because I wanted the space to be understood more
and I thought it was one of the most compelling aspects to the design.

These two perspectives are two renderings of the same view.  I decided
to do this upon a suggestion by an instructor who wanted to see multiple
materials/light effects of spaces, but no one was doing those so I decided to.

Another extra I was able to complete was the binding of my progress work.

In reflection there are some things I wish I had added, but I stand by my design.  Simple contemporary, basic materials, a blank page envisioned for the writers.  I'm now looking forward to next year and on improving my skills.

Comparison Composition

An abstract comparison composition between Monticello and Fallingwater.



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The Sea Ranch Condominiums express how in this section all styles of design and architecture are simply trying to find their own balance between form and function in search of 'modern'.

Explorations brings together the entire world to showcase what each country and culture has to offer as history marched forward into the next century.  New ways of thinking and styles of doing make everyone question:  What is the correct way?

With the worlds fairs booming around the end of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century many new ideas and innovations helped drive the contemporary in both technology and design.  These fairs and expositions were funded through both government and big business means.  The race for best showcase brought forth many new products, educational tools, entertainment methods, transportation forms, food, and ways of thinking.  In a personal contrast I would call this the Internet of yesteryear.  Some of the major worlds fairs took place in Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Paris, and London.  With 262 worlds fairs in total every country has had the opportunity to leap forward in the global society.

Some new design theories and forms of thinking came about from these interactions.  Arts & crafts (whether they be hand made or by machine) was an American hark back to the old ways of design.  Classical revival says exactly what its purpose was, to renew the old from the old world, as does Medieval revival.  Other forms such as the English free architecture movement focus on the aesthetic of movement.

After the worlds fairs started to dwindle there was a major search for 'modern'.  Post impressionism, fauvism & cubism, expressionism & futurism, destijl, art nouveau, and art deco, modernism/international style, and brutalism to name a few of the styles which battled each other during the 20th century.  Some of the major contenders in this fight were Cezanne, Duchamp, Gaudi, Picasso, Braque, Horta, Van de velde, Wagner, Olbricht, Hoffman, Eliel Saarinen, William van alen, Shreve, Lamb, Hood, Mies van de Rohe, Fellheimer, Loos, Corbusier, and Wright.  The multiple 'modern' views we see pinnacle with the modernism and international style which brought out many obscure and non user friendly rules.  The people will conform to the building instead of making the building purposeful in a useful sense; aesthetics above function.

Whilst these arguments were traversing each other there was a major movement for interior spaces and how they should be designed.  A few of the important early interior designers were Elsie de Wolfe, Syrie Maugham, Rose Cummings, Dorothy Draper, Eleanor McMillen Brown, Jean-michelle Frank, Ogden Codman Jr., Rex Whistler, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbons, Billy Baldwin, and David Hicks.

In reflection we looked at how technology, history, and locality played in certain structures.  With technology we see advanced ways to support structures or how to celebrate the way things are made: Wexner center, Hong Kong and Shanghai bank, & lloyd's of London.  Historic implications help to preserve or reinforce history laiden areas: Monticello, louve pyramid, & starwood residence.  The locality of a place can change not only how it looks, but how it functions: Sea ranch condominiums, Vanna Venturi house, & atheneum.

What forms of the contemporary will we deal with in the future?  It seems that next step is up to our generation to discover.

Photo Credit: (http://www.searanchescape.com/homelistings/oceanfront/moorecondo9.html), 

RR13 - Brutal Emplacement

Photo Credit: (http://www.cornell.edu/collections/), (http://www.flickr.com/photos/43355952@N06/galleries/72157622938313552), (http://architecture.about.com/od/greatbuildings/ss/peicornell_9.htm), (http://ithaca.different-day.com/2005/04/08/herbert-f-johnson-museum-of-art/),