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DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPT SKETCH AND TWO-POINT PERSPECTIVE For my projects, I decided to sketch both a concept and a two-point perspective. Bear in mind that both are still two-point perspectives. This was done in order to view the building from different angles  The first sketch I began with was the two point perspective. I did this by drawing a horizontal line from the left side to the right side of the paper. Afterwards I drew a midsection line which will be the edge of the two point perspective. The next step was to draw on the main structure of the building. which is six floors. I did this by using a ruler which recedes towards the two focal points. Afterwards, I drew in the plants and coloured them in the right side using markers and coloured pencils by layering them. I then paused this in order to begin the main concept sketch I applied the same method I used to make the two-point perspective as they are both perspective views of the building.  The next thing I did was to ...

                    SECTION CREATION  This is the final blog post in the technical series before I branch into the colourful segment which involves, drawings Sketchup and final words ( reflection).  A section is the vertical interior of the building which can be seen from outside. Last term in Art Portfolio, I made my sections by sketching them but for this term, I wanted to produce a more technical section which was computerized. I did this by combining both Arc site and Auto CAD. I will elaborate on the processes below.  First of all I started by thickening the lines compared to the elevations because sections show the inner walls, floors and their thicknesses. I made the floor slabs 0.24 metres by previously conducting research into floor thickness. I then made the walls 0.15 metres thick As you can see above I made the sections simultaneously on the same sheet because this aspect was tricky.  Afterwards, I began t...

            GOLDEN HORIZON BLOCK A                                        ELEVATIONS After completing the floor plans which you can see in the previous block post I began working on the elevations. Elevations are the exterior faces of the building which can be seen from outside. As all the technical outcomes for my project were of block A these two elevations will be of the North view which is the view from the entrance as well as the West view which is the view from the left side.  I began by outlining the dimensions. The height is constant which is 18 metres with each floor being 3 metres high.  I proceeded to draw out the front views of both the terrace and the walls in the North View. This aspect was easy because I knew the measurements of head because I have been working on this project for weeks.  I also did the elevations simultaneously ...

 CREATION OF FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR This post is a follow-up to the previous Arc site blog. In that blog I explained how I designed the ground floor. In this post, I will describe and analyse the process involved in my, designed the first and second floors of residences in block A.  , First of all I began by drawing the required dimensions for both the first and second floor. In the picture above it is labelled 3rd floor which is a mistake. For the first and second floor I used the same processes so I did them simultaneously. The dimensions for the second floor is 22 metres by 20 metres and for the first floor 26 metres by 20 metres. For the first floor, after marking out the dimensions with the onscreen pencil I used the wall tool to mark out the required walls. On the first floor there are two 4 bedroom apartments. One on the left and one on the right with the space in the middle being the hallway which includes the staircase and elevator  The image above is that of the...

3D PRINTING WORKSHOP After drawing the pieces using the CAD software, I had to visit the 3D printing workshop in order to cut out the required pieces using the 3D laser cutter The first thing I did was to login on the computer using my school email address. Afterwards I had to transfer the design to the laser cutting software. This aspect was tricky because the software was not recognizing my design. So I had to login and log out repeatedly but hopefully it finally recognized my design.  The next thing I did was to cut out the pieces in groups. I had over 100 pieces so I could not cut them out all at once. I ended up engraving the terraces which was made out of acrylic. This took about an hour and this was the batch with the longest processing time  Finally, I cut out the final batch which was mainly the terraces as well as the wall. Using the 3D printing workshop was a bit difficult but I was able to get a hold of it and cut out the rest of the pieces. 

 USING AUTO CAD FOR MY 3D CONCEPT  Auto CAD is a software which is used frequently when it comes to model building. It all forms part of the Auto Desk collection of software which also includes Revit which is similar to Sketchup.  As you can see from the picture above, that is the main interface of the CAD software. It consists of different menus you can use to draw shapes.  In order to use accurate measurements I used my scale which was 1 metre: 100cm which means for example 5 metres is equal to 5 cm. In AUTOCAD measurements are in mm hence I converted my measurements in cm to mm. Therefore 5 cm becomes 50 mm since 10 mm makes 1 cm.  In order to draw shapes or lines I selected the line or rectangle button in order to accurately. Once you select the button and tap on the screen a prompt will pop up for you to type in the required measurements. Afterwards, I tapped on the enter button when drawing every shape required. I repeated this process for all the shapes I...

   GOLDEN HORIZON BLOCK A CONCEPT  As part of the plan I set out for my outcomes this term, I was required to construct a physical 3d model of my design. In my final design sketch post weeks ago, I came up with a design but decided to tweak it a bit. This is because I needed space for the elevator and the staircase so I doubled the single staircase design. Without wasting time lets dive into the development process.  In order to obtain these pieces I used the CAD software to draw out the required pieces. I will expand more on the CAD process after this blog. However, below are the pieces I cut out on the AutoCAD software.  In the background, you can see the pieces I cut out at the workshop using the laser cutter. For my 3d concept, I exempted the ground floor and only constructed the first to 5th floor since the apartments are the main focus of my outcomes. The materials I used were punk board and acrylic.  In the picture above I began by gluing the pieces ...