Portfolio The American University in Cairo Department of Architectural Engineering Arch 250/2512 Foundations of 3D Design Fall 2023 Dr. Aly Kandil Malak El Tayar
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5 Year Plan
THE AMERICAN UN
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Bachelor of Scienc
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NIVERSITY IN CAIRO
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Syllabus
Table of Contents 01
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Introduction to 3D Design
Rectilinear Volumes
Curvilinear Volumes
Recti-Curvi Volumes
Fragments
Planar Construction
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Lines in Space
Midterm 1
Break the Rules
I-Selfie
Group Project
Individual Project
01
Introduction To 3D Design
HW 1: ECS Assignment Objective:
Professor’s Feedback:
Create a cube and a sphere using
The compositions were good. The sphere
electronic waste.
is made using creative materials.
Personal Reflection: I enjoyed experimenting with this new and interesting material.
Grade:
02
Rectilinear Volumes
CW 1 Assignment Objective:
Professor’s Feedback:
Create 4 rectilinear compositions
The compositions had good axis.
using 3 elements each.
Neatness was good but could be better.
Personal Reflection: I enjoyed the assignment but found it difficult to create different compositions.
Grade:
HW 2: BNB Assignment Objective:
Professor’s Feedback:
Create a functional bird house
The composition was 3 Dimensional and
using rectilinear geometries.
colorful and the execution was good.
Personal Reflection: Composing the bird house into an abstract shape made it interesting.
Grade:
03
Curvilinear Volumes
CW 2 Assignment Objective:
Professor’s Feedback:
Create 4 curvilinear compositions
Neatness was good.
using 3 elements each.
2 models had a similar approach.
Personal Reflection: The different curvilinear elements were interesting to composition.
Grade:
HW 3: Typography Assignment Objective:
Professor’s Feedback:
Create a letter or number using
The composition was good and very
curvilinear geometries.
colorful.
Personal Reflection: All the curvilinear shapes complemented each other well.
Grade:
04
Recti-Curvi Volumes
CW 3 Assignment Objective:
Professor’s Feedback:
Create 5 recti-curvi compositions
Neatness is good. The linear composition is
using more than 3 elements each
creative. The grid has good sized elements.
Linear
Radial
Personal Reflection:
Grade:
Using the element arrangement types made the compositions very interesting.
Centralized
Grid
Clustered
HW 4: Geometricity Assignment Objective:
Professor’s Feedback:
Abstract a map and turn it into a
The composition was 3 Dimensional and
recti-curvi 3D composition.
colorful and the execution was very neat.
Personal Reflection: Using recti-curvi shapes in this assignment made it more interesting.
Grade:
05
Fragments
CW 4 Assignment Objective:
Professor’s Feedback:
Create 5 fragment compositions from
The compositions were neat, and
a cube, cuboid, sphere, cylinder, cone.
fragmentation was used creatively.
Personal Reflection: The approach of fragmentation made the compositions more interesting.
Grade:
HW 5: Filler Assignment Objective:
Professor’s Feedback:
Apply filler to an object to make
The filler affect was good. The choice of
into a 3D composition.
the rubrics cube was creative.
Personal Reflection: The compositions were neat and creative.
Grade:
06
Planar Construction
CW 5 Assignment Objective:
Professor’s Feedback:
Abstract 4 words using planar
The compositions were neat and most
compositions.
of the words were abstracted well.
Tok Tok
Submarine
Personal Reflection:
Grade:
I found that paper makes compositions more interesting and creative.
Monorail
Uber
HW 6: Biomorphic Assignment Objective:
Professor’s Feedback:
Create a Biomorphic abstraction
The composition was very nice and neat
using claque paper.
and looked good from all angles.
Personal Reflection: I enjoyed creating the spirals and using them as a composing unit.
Grade:
07
Lines in Space
CW 6 Assignment Objective:
Professor’s Feedback:
Create 20 wire compositions
The compositions were good.
abstracted from music soundtracks.
Personal Reflection: I found abstracting music into compositions interesting.
Grade:
08
Midterm
Midterm Assignment Objective:
Professor’s Feedback:
Create a Biomorphic abstraction
The keywords were abstracted well, and
using claque paper.
the execution was neat.
Float
Sink
None
All
Personal Reflection:
Grade:
I found abstracting the words difficult but successful.
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