3D

The American University in Cairo

Architecture Portfolio Spring 2020 ARCH 250/2512 Foundations of 3- Dimensional Design Dr. Hoda Shaheen

Lara Akram 900191752

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SCAVENGER HUNT 4/2/2020 Concept: 8.2/10 Rules: 8.1/10 Grade: 8.15/10 Percentage: 2.45/3%

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Scavenger Hunt - CW Description

Analysis (Rules of composition)

In our first class, we were asked as a group to look for materials within our campus and create a composition with a concept.

Opposition: contrast. (there are curves and recti forms)

Line of continuity.

Concept and Idea Our concept was life’s obstacles so we tried to search for objects to show this concept.

Inner paper board of the toilet paper to show how pass through these obstacle

wooden boxes to represent life obstacles in our life

These negative spaces creates Tension

Comments

Rhyme These two blacks create balance.

The boxes are too bulky.

There were no colors at that time to create contrast in colors between the objects so it looks poor.

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Scavenger Hunt - CW

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RECTILINEAR 11/2/2020 Concept: 8.5/10 Workmanship:7/10 Rules: 7/10 Grade: 7.5/10 Percentage: 2.25 /3 %

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Rectilinear (composition 1) - HW Description Choose a general statement, then create 3 sub statements supporting the main idea and think of a word that can describe each stage to take it as a statement for each composition.

Analysis & Axis Z

Concept and Idea

X

My concept is “Types of Fatherhood�, where there are 3 types; support, balance and distance.

1 . Balance : the father who tries to balance between his family time and friends time. Thus, the children are a little bit closer to the mother.

I tried to leave part of the subdominant out to that the rest of his time is with his friends

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The father is wedged through the mother to show that both of them are connected to support their children.

Comments

Balance

Subordinate (Children)

Wrong connection for subordinate.

dominant (Mother)

Inspiration

Subdominant (Father)

Bad Workmanship (no sharp edges).

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Rectilinear (composition 2) - HW Concept and Idea

Analysis & Axis

2. support : is the father who cares more about spending time with his children and wife. Thus, his family is very connected to him.

Z

Y

Inspiration

X

support

Subordinate (Children) Subdominant (Mother) Dominant (Father)

The father is always their to his family so his relation with his children is strong.

The mother is pierced and the children are all connected to the father

Comments

The model is symmetric

The connection of the subordinate is wrong

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Rectilinear (composition 3) - HW Concept and Idea

Analysis & Axis Z

3. Distance : the father who left his family because of the circumstances so the connection between him and his children is weak and what connects him to his children is the mother.

The children are away from their father and there is no strong relation between them

X Inspiration

Y

distance

Subordinate (Children)

The mother is the only person who connects the children to their father

Subdominant (mother)

Comments

Dominant (father)

Wrong connections to all the elements

Bad Workmanship (no sharp edges).

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Rectilinear - HW Concept board

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APPLICATION 1 18/2/2020 Concept: 7.90/10 Workmanship: 7.8/10 Rules:7.90/10 Function:7.7/10 Grade: 8/10 Percentage: 4.0/5 %

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Application 1 - HW Description Take one of my compositions from assignment 1 and enhance it according to the comments given to me.

Concept

The Building I chose to do is a modern house, hence I chose the concept distance from my previous homework. As a house symbolize a family and unity. Also, it is the place where people live.

Inspiration Pictures

The pictures inspired me to make this part of the house glass in order to give it a modern look

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Application 1 - HW Analysis and Axis The children are pierced through the mother to show how connected they are to their mother more that their father Subordinate (children) Dominant (Mother)

Comments 2- The place of the entrance is inconvenient

7-These two shouldn’t be the same height

5-make use of the roof to be a lace for people to sit in.

Subdominant (Father) 4- Instead of using cork ,I should have used a smoother texture material.

Function of each part Chimney made of wood living room and reception are made of cork bedrooms are made of wood kitchen made of wood

6-As I chose the concept distance, this part (the father) should be far apart more

3-The place of the swimming pool is inconvenient

1-There should be more windows

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Application 1 - HW

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CURVILINEAR 25/2/2020 Grade: 7.76/10 Grade: 7.43/10 Grade: 7/10 Total Grade: 7.5/10

Grade: 2.1 /3 % Grade: 1.6 /2 % Grade: 1.5 /2 % Total Grade: 5.2 /7% 24

Curvi ( composition 1) - HW Description

Analysis and Axis

Think of 2 opposite statement and represent both statement using curvi linear forms in white plasticine and place them on a board .Then, choose one of these statement and represent it using different materials.

The path to success is the cone which is the Dominant

Concept

The sphere is the subordinate

My concept is “Success VS. Failure�

The cylinder is the subdominant

Concept: 8.1/10 Workmanship:8.0/10 Rules: 7.2/10 Grade: 7.76/10 Percentage: 1.6 /2 %

Comments I showed success as something pointing up

To represent the trophies the successful person gain.

To show how people around this person is always supporting him.

increasing to emphasize on when someone is succeeding he is always in a process of development

The cylinder should be elongated

The cone should be elongated 25

Curvi ( composition 2) - HW Analysis and Axis

Concept For my second composition, my concept was “Failure”. The idea was to show that the person who is failing in his life, has passed through a lot of obstacles which made him lose hope easily.

Concept: 7.9 Workmanship:7.2 Rules: 7.2 Grade: 7.43/10 Percentage:1.5 /2 %

The leaning cylinder is the Dominant The leaning cone to show that he is hopeless is the Subordinate The semi-sphere is Subdominant

To show that when someone is failing ,he is hopeless

To show that every thing in the world is falling apart for the failures

Comments

Workmanship has improved

Should be pointing downwards to show hopeless.

I represented “Failure” as something pointing 26

Curvi - HW The model with materials I chose to make the model success into materials due to being a major goal for every person life .Thus, I used different materials to represent success. Also, I chose shiny colors to represent the trophies that a person gain when he succeed .

Materials used

Comments

Concept: 7.1 Workmanship:7.0 Rules: 7.1 Grade:7/10 Percentage: 2.1 /3 %

The path to success is the cone which is the Dominant

Good choice of material.

The sphere is the subordinate

Foam ball colored in yellow Foil and the cone points up to show the hope in someone’s life that he will succeed.

Change the green cylinder color to be a darker color to represent the struggles that a person face to reach success

The cylinder is the subdominant

Foam cylinder and covered in paper that is colored green.

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Curvi - HW

Failure

Success

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CURVI-RECTI 3/3/2020

Grade:2.6 /3 % Grade: 9.1/10 29

Curvi-recti - CW Description

Analysis and Axis

Using plasticine, try to make a model that combines between curvi forms and rectilinear forms into one model that represents a specific concept.

Concept

My concept was adventure .Where, I choose different forms like cuboid,cone,semi sphere and cylinder to represent adventurous life where they show the travels and the obstacles an adventurous person faces

Subdominant Dominant : To represent the Subordinate

risk in the adventurous life

To represent the obstacles that the adventurous person discovers To represent the world that the adventurous person discovers

Subordinate

Comments

Perfect use of forms curvi and recti.

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Curvi-recti - CW

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FRAGMENTS 10/3/2020 Concept: 8/10 Workmanship:8/10 Rules: 7/10 Grade:7.6/10 Grade: 2.3 /3 %

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Fragments - HW Description Using plasticine, try to make a model that is fragmented from one shape like cone, cuboid ,cylinder and try to divide it into irregular forms that represents a concept .

Analysis and Axis •

I chose a cone to divide it into fragments to represent my model Subordinate Their leader

Concept My concept was Indigenous cultures, where I tried to represent their life through my model. I tried to show their leader as they are divided into tribe and for every tribe there is a leader for it

Dominant :the shape of the hut they live in The traditions they re saving Subdominant :they are following their leader

Comments

The model looks almost linear The workmanship in this part needs to be improved This part looks as if it is a left over 33

Fragments - HW

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Application 2 17/3/2020

(Light fixture) Grade: 10.2 /13 % Grade: 7.85/10 35

Application 2 (Draft 1) - HW Description

Analysis

Choose an artwork for one of the artists who where explained in the lecture and try to transform his art work into curvilinear forms or rectilinear forms.

Subordinate Transparent Yellow color as the artist tend to use transparent colors Dominant

Concept

I used foil as the artist tend to use materials like foil to make his sculptures

The artwork that I chose to do it’s name “Construction A II” for the artist Moholy-Nagy. My concept was changes and struggles in our life. While the concept of the artist was to represent different architectural forms.

They are looking opposite to each other to represent the various changes we face Subdominant

Comments Bad workmanship.

It should look more like planes not 3D blocks.

Choose another material better than foil.

The proportion is wrong as The boxes were very bulky so the scale is wrong and should be leaning bit like the painting.

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Application 2 (Draft 2) - HW Description

Analysis and Axis

Try to transform the artwork that you choose into a light fixture that would make good shadows using the forms in the painting and try to connect electricity to it.

Yellow color as the artist tend to use light colors in his paintings.

Concept

Dominant

Subdominant

My concept was changes and struggles in life.

Subordinate

Changing planes to show the changes and struggles in our life

Comments Change the color of the cone to be more reddish Place a translucent plane Change the color of the box 37

Application 2 (Final) - HW Description

Analysis and Axis The yellow plane in the painting

To improve your light fixture by adding new objects and apply the comments given to me from the previous lecture.

The red circle in the painting

Concept My concept was changes and struggles in life.

The black plane in the painting The translucent block in the painting The background of the painting

Comments

Should be having different axis

The place of the white board was inconvenient 38

Application 2 (Final) - HW

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Application 2 (Development) - HW

Painting

Draft 1

Draft 2

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Planar 31/3/2020 Concept: 8.6/10 Workmanship:8.4/10 Rules: 8.5/10 Grade: 8.7/10 Percentage: 2.6 /3 %

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Planar - HW Description Choose a picture that shows movement and create a planar inspired from the picture.

Inspiration “Water Movements�

Analysis Visual continuity Dominant Subordinate Subdominant There are negative spaces which created tension

Comments

Visual continuity Change the color of the paper to be blue

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Wires 7/4/2020 Workmanship:7.5/10 Rules: 875/10 Grade: 7.7/10 Percentage: 2.3 /3 % 44

Wires - HW Description

Comments

-Create a composition using different types of wires. You can use 4 curves and 2 straight lines -Wires must be in different planes -Visual continuity

Analysis and Axis

Subordinate Dominant

Subdominant

Too much curves

No visual continuity

Workmanship could be improved

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Wires - HW

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Bonus Assignment Concept: 9/10 Workmanship:9/10 Rules: 8/10 Grade: 8.5/10 Percentage: 1.7 /2%

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Bonus-wires Description

Comments

-Create a composition using different types of wires. You can use 4 curves and 2 straight lines -Wires must be in different planes -Visual continuity

Analysis and Axis Directional

Dominant

Workmanship could be improved

Straight Neutral Subdominant Reverse

Should make the straight line more straight

Accented spiral Subordinate

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Bonus-wires

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10 Application 3 (Necklace) 14/4/2020 Creativity: 7.5/10 Concept:8.1/10 Workmanship:7.4/10 Rules: 7.7/10 Grade: 8.5/10

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Necklace: Draft #1 Description

Analysis

We were required to create a necklace and be inspired by a picture.

Inspiration I was inspired by the pattern in the the picture .

Subdominant Subordinate Dominant

Comments

There is no relation between this part and the rest of the necklace The necklace is symmetric

The necklace is two dimensional

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Necklace: Final Analysis

Dominant

I tried to show the pattern in the necklace.

Subordinate Subdominant

Comments

Workmanship need to be improved

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Necklace: Final

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Final Part 1 21/4/2020 Creativity:1/2 Concept:7.72/10 Workmanship:7.78/10 Rules: 7.03/10 Grade: 7.8/10

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Final Part 1 Description

Analysis and Axis

Subdominant

Dominant

Use a 1 liter milk and transform it in a way to make a threedimensional object with interesting spatial characteristics.

Inspiration I chose my inspiration to be the curves in the dress and tried to design a pavilion with negative spaces.

Negative spaces

Comments

Subordinate I used the bottle cap to design my model as if it is a fountain in the pavilion that the people can sit around it.

There is visual continuity This part is linear Instead of putting one long strip, I could have divided it to be more curves

There could be more negative spaces 55

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Final Part 2 Final project grade : 19.6/25%

28/4/2020

Grade draft 1:1.4/2% Grade draft 2:2.1/3% Grade final :8.2/10% Final: 7.8/10 Final grade: 11.7/15%

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Final Part 2 (phase 1) Description Chose any topic in life and try to design a trophy for it and in phase one we were asked to represent our model with simple materials to show our trophy.

Inspiration I chose my topic to be about wave surfing and I decided to design a trophy for it.

Analysis and Axis Dominant I added wings to the surf board to represent the emotions of the surfer while surfing

Subdominant Subordinate The surfboard

Comments

Remove the wings as it doesn’t look good with the composition Try to show the man in your model Try to make a relation between the surf board and the waves.

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Final Part 2 (phase 2) Description Try to represent your model with more mature materials to show your trophy.

Analysis and Axis The plastic of a shampoo bottle Dominant

Development

Wires Subordinate Wood Subdominant

Comments

Good choice of material The model looks literal and need to be in an abstract way I represented the man in a literal way

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Final Part 2 (Final phase ) Concept board

Analysis and Axis Dominant I tried to combine the man and the waves together by creating a hand closing on the surfboard that made the model look abstract Wood Subdominant Subordinate Paper

Comments Great improvement and good abstraction The fingers which represents the wave could be thicker The connection between the hand and the ribbon around it could be improved

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Final Part 2 (Final phase ) Development

Inspiration

Phase 1

Phase 2

Final

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