Studio Exercise 1: Comparative sketching

As noted during the studio, this exercise was all about the errors and problems in interpretation when trying to work to a final result from insufficient information. Each tutor-led group was provided with a portion of the information that would make up a typical document set, and asked to produce a set of 3D views of the whole project. The information sets were:

• Group 1 - Vinh Nguyen
• A set of the plan drawings (including roof plan) only
• Group 2 - Wesley Benn
• A text description of the building form and a limited set of photo snippets (showing only portions of the building, and no overall images)
• Group 3 - Stephen Peter
• A set of the elevations and sections of the building only

No group had access to any 3D information, and (hopefully!) there wasn't any cross-pollination between the groups. You will have seen the different types of drawings coming from each group, and why different types of information will lead to different results.

Here's what it in theory should be looking like (3D overview and exploded 3D plans)...

So...

Please scan and upload your sketches to your blog, and include a comment (minimum 150-200 words) on the exercise. Describe what could be easily understood and what could only be guessed at, and comment on  what this shows in terms of ths issue of any specific type of information. In other words, why can we not just design and build from a set of plans, or from a set of elevations and sections, etc.

This blog post must be online prior to the Week 2 lecture.

If you have problems with scanning, or anything related to your blog itself, please let me or your tutor know.