Ella Robertson: Architecture Portfolio

Architecture Portfolio

By Ella Robertson

PROJECT 1

Pavilion Exhibition

For our project we were instructed to make a pavilion. To start we made five different rooms that all held a different number of ceramics. Then, when making the overall pavilion you had to put the rooms together in order to hold a total of hundred pieces. When building my model I decide to use foam and keep the shapes solid. I only carved into it to represent the windows and doors. I really wanted to demonstrate the geometric shapes in my pavilion.

Spatial Sequences

I felt fine with the idea of keeping my physical model solid because I had the spatial sequence views. These are all different cuts into the model to show theoretically what the inside space would be. When choosing what where I would cut I chose the spots that gave the most information. For example, the one with the bench shows the rectangular room, the fourteen sided polygon, the twenty object cylinder room, the five object pyraamid room and finally the extra exit room.

These two images explain more about the landscape my pavilion rests on. In the site plan you can see the section lines that show where in the site plan I cut for my site section. eseque

Exercise3-VolumeandForm

Physical Models

Elevations

For exercise three we started with making collages out of black paper using geometric shapes. Each shape is strategically placed and has a set of rules to go with it. Then, we all traded the rules and tried to follow them the best we could; however, we all had our own interpretation and that was fine. Then, taking the primitive figure I made physical models by extruding, twisting and overall just playing around the shape. For the next part we had to draw the elevation of our model. This allows you to compare the physical model with the elevation.

Physical Models

Elevations

After completing the elevations we once again traded our files. I got four new files. With these files we had to apply several different commands such as mirror and extrude. This allowed the shape to become three-dimensional as well as different from the elevations. These models also had a set of rules; however, it is mainly just a list of commands set in a certain order so you know what to do first.

3d Models

Exercise 2- The Cube

For this exercise our task was to create a cube.In the unrolled cube on the next page you can see the path I made. The path touches all six sides and intersects back at the start. The path I designed has the rule that it can only move one unit at a time, but has to move ninety degrees each time. Then, I cut out one side of the cube and folded it back together. After adding the wood that showcases my path I added my voids. The cube needed to have two voids, but other than that one had a lot of creative freedom when figuring out which parts of the cube were solid vs which were holes After adding my void I had a lot of empty corners so I added in slanted pieces. They went from the top corner to the bottom corner.

Physical Model of Cube

Unrolled Cube

Unrolled and Axonometric Drawing

Orthrographic

Plan, Section, and Elvation of Sunglasses

Finally, for my first exercise we had to make an inanimate object animate. I chose a pair of sunglasses. I started off with drawing a plan, section, and elevation of them. You can see them on page thirteen. Then, I had to figure out how I wanted to move the sunglasses. I chose the movement of taking off your sunglasses and closing them. When displaying this movement I used my section drawing.