DESIGN COMMUNICATION
THIS IS WHERE I LEARN TO DRAW STUFF
ABOUT DESIGN COMMUNICATION
It is also known as DComm to our batch. This module introduces fundamental skills for the appropriate communication of architectural design. It engages different means of visualization and expression of space and spatial ideas through architectural drawings and modelling to prepare students with the skills required in Design projects. These skills taught through a series of freehand, constructed drawing, and architectural modelling held both outdoors and in the studio.
ABOUT MY DCOMM CLASS
MY TUTOR IS MS ALINA
SHE HAS AROUND 20 STUDENTS UNDER HER
AND I LOVE HER CLASS
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PROJECT 1: ON SITE SKETCHING AND TONAL VALUES
We are required to engage with the site by experiencing it through a spatial sequence of our choice. While moving in sequence, we are required to record our observation and perception of the spaces and the human habitation of these spaces through free-hand sketches. This sequence must include both exterior and interior spaces.
We are required to capture/emphasize the following aspects of the built environment within the site to demonstrate our understanding of space:
Solids and voids: Form, Skin, Structure
Opening/Aperture; openness/enclosure; inside/outside; light/shadow
Rhythm in architecture
Details
Textural effects/Materials
Landscape/Setting
Scale and proportion (Relation to human and other surrounding built environment)
We are encouraged to use pencil as the medium of presentation and using a range of hatching types include stippling, cross-hatching, one-directional (hatching) and scribbling.
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PROJECT 2A: ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS
In this project 2a, we will include sufficient evidence to show that we are competent in a range of architectural drafting skills.
The following evidence should be presented for project 2a:
Site plan
2 house plans
4 elevations
2 cross sections
The project evidence may be produced in pencil at first, and ink it up for the final submission. We are to incorporate the skills developed from the workshop exercises (hand-lettering, orthographic and paraline drawing, plan drawing) into this assessment.
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PROJECT 2B: AXONOMETRIC PROJECTIONS
Axonometric drawing is an excellent method of communicating and expressing an architectural idea – be it as a diagram at a fairly early stage of the design process (ie. conceptual expression) or as a presentation aid upon finalization of our design. Axonometric drawings are a visually instigating and exciting way of expressing an idea clearly with minimal words if executed well.​
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In the production of the work for the Orthographic Projections assessment, we would have, by now, a fairly in-depth understanding of the architectural detail and spatial value of Ex of In House.
In the next exercise, we will learn how to execute an axonometric projection by generating partial of an external and a sectional (internal) axonometric of the house. These projections will be generated at a scale of 1:75 on A2-sized butter paper (for construction) and finally inked on an A3-sized & an A1-sized trace.
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PROJECT 2C: PERSPECTIVES
This assessment introduces perspective as a mode of communication in architecture. We are required to construct firstly, one exterior (two-point) perspective followed by one sectional interior perspective (onepoint).
In constructing both these perspectives, we are to demonstrate the ability to express spatial idea in 3-D form, understanding of 2-D and 3-D relationships in architectural graphics, skills in drawing and composition, creativity and complexity of drawing. Also, our selection of space and exterior form is significant.
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PROJECT 3: FINISHING AND PRESENTATION (AN INTEGRATION WITH STUDIO I)
This assessment is integrated with the final project for Design Studio 1. We will apply the skills and techniques mastered from Assessments 1 and 2 accordingly and appropriately to our skills and to best represent and communicate our final design idea. Asides demonstrating our abilities and skills, we will also learn to manage and plan our time effectively and work efficiently.
TAYLOR’S GRADUATE CAPABILITIES (TGC)
Throughout this module, I have learnt a few things. First of all, I learned how to put theories into my practices, for example I learned how to draw a perspective drawing through books. I also learned how to think critically and creatively, especially when I need to draw a sectional (internal) axonometric of a house that I have never seen or been to. This needs a lot of imagination.
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Next, I have also learnt a new way to communicate, which is through architectural drawings. If we want to present our design and ideas but the client could not imagine it, this is when we can communicate with our drawings in order for them to understand us. Then, I also learned how to manage oneself and be self–reliant. We all need to be self-reliant and explore how to do the things that we do not know how to do because not everyone knows how to do it since it is all our first time doing all these stuff, stuff that we have never seen before in our life.
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Lastly, I have learnt how to work with ICT and related technology. I have learned how to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to re-scale our drawings and also how to re-scale it with a photocopy machine.
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE
THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
INTRAPERSONAL SKILLS
DIGITAL LITERACY