REPRESENTATION // GRAPHIC WORK
Throughout my years so far studying Architecture and Graphic Design, I have been actively developing my representational skills both in class and in presentation. Below are some of my class specific representation projects.
INITIAL EXPERIMENTATION W/ REPRESENTATION & LINEWORK
This class aimed to push students to begin understanding the importance of graphic assemblage through the development of orthographic and perspectival projection diagrams. Using Rhino to create a series of Make2D projection linework series, we then experimented with the possibilities of graphic representation in Adobe Suite to develop legible and well designed drawings of our assigned machinery system.
FALL 2021
Genetic drift
The Representation project, Genetic Drift, introduced us to the program, Grasshopper. Given, four adjectives, we used a Punnett Square to produce four variations of pairings of the adjectives. Utilizing both Grasshopper and Vray, I produced genetic variations of form, quality and color. The result is a “family” of four genetic cousins, one of which is inserted into a real life scenario (shown above).
FALL 2022
site lines
The Representation project, Site Lines, encouraged me to practice my rendering skills as well as my representational skills, while introducing me to the program, Vray. The goal of the project was to understand how to represent larger scale concerns, while considering techniques for grounding and staging through the use of different scales and vantages to broaden the reading of the work.
Using the territory, Venice, I started at a larger scale with my line map, and worked my way down into the city as I created my drone and experiential views. I experimented with color, opacity, and depth to achieve the views I felt happy with in order to create views that read effectively.
FALL 2021
What lies in the unexpected
For my Fall 2023 studio project, I was assigned the 21st century job of the “Fart Sound App Maker”. To briefly put it: this studio was based in absurdity.
For further explanation, I drew this character out of a hat on the first day of class and was left shocked, hesitant and fearful for my future as an architecture student.
Looking back, this studio allowed me to create a fairly imaginative project. However, I am grateful I got to explore a topic that pushed me out of my design comfort zone. During this studio, I practiced my designation of metaphorical thinking to design which subsequently allowed me to experiment freely with my representational skills.
For the first half of the semester, we developed a research document. I started my research questioning the meaning and depth of 21st century humor. Most memes and jokes make us laugh due to their sheer absurdity and unexpectedness.
By embracing these unexpected antics, we are able to enjoy things for their lack of meaning and assign our own meaning to what we find funny or entertaining.
You may access my final book here: What Lies in the Unexpected
