FURTHER SKETCHES

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DEVELOPMENT SKETCHES AFTER TUTORIAL


After my tutorial, I made more sketches to enable me to develop my final project idea. The concept is based on social housing hence when I was developing these designs I kept at the back of my mind that it has to be easily accessible and realistic since it is going to house over a 100 people. I was able to develop two main designs. 






                                    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INSPIRED DESIGN

For this first design, I wanted to fuse a natural environment theme with an ultramodern theme. The main inspiration for this was the Monad Terrace by Jean Nouvel. For this, I used a light board as well as an H Pencil and a 30 cm ruler.





I wanted to create a staircase-themed building where each floor keeps receding till the final floor. To do this I used the isometric technique where the building is placed at a 30-degree angle. The building has three floors hence I drew three levels for the main design.







Afterwards, I began to add in the details by starting with the ground floor. I decided to use grey for the main colour of the building. With a sliding glass door that leads to the balcony. To do this, I used markers for the main building as well as Indian ink pens to thicken the balcony lines.








The next thing I did was finish the ground floor design then I moved to the second floor. I made a creeping plant design which spans from the left to the right directly on top of the ground floor. I then drew plants on the ground and the path way leading to the entrance. 










This is the finished outcome of the nature-themed apartment. I also included creeping plants on the 2nd and 3rd floors to complete the exterior. Not forgetting the wide windows which is a mature modern feature of apartments. I also added plants to the balcony on the ground floor. I am happy with this design but the right side seems a bit off because it is not proportioned well. 





                                                       THE  SECOND DESIGN I MADE 




For this design, I tried to recreate a high rise apartment. I don't really like this because it looks brutalist and I am not a big fan of that kind of Architecture. The base looks bulky and out of place as well
I did not complete it because I didn't see myself working with this as the main design for my project. 
On that note, I decided to work on a final design and whatever outcome I produce will be the main design for my project. More details with regards to this will be in my next blog













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