PROJECT 1:
DESIGNER'S JOURNEY:
ELEMENTS OF DESIGN
TASK
In this assignment, students were to produce an A5 accordion booklet. The content will consist of elaborations and explanations on the design elements observed from black and white photographs, photograph by ourselves. Other than that students were also required to produce one A3 sheet of analysis from the painting Guernica.
MY REFLECTION
WEEK 9: PROPOSING A DESIGN + FLOOR PLAN
With the requirements in mind, I started off this assignment by designing my proposed chalet, taking furnitures from Ikea.
The furniture used are recorded down to be included in the furniture list in future weeks.
A draft of the floor plan is drawn with drawing conventions learned from the previous assignments to be shown in next week's class.
WEEK 10: ELEVATIONS
After obtaining feedback on my floor plan, I move along in drawing the elevations. I have decided to draw 4 elevations if I had extra time to do so.
WEEK 11: SECTIONS + SITE PLAN
For this week, I did research on the roofing and ceiling details.
With the information from the internet and also from times, I drafted out the section of my chalet.
WEEK 12: REDOING ELEVATIONS + INKING
The elevations are redone during week 12 with a 1:80 scale instead of 1:40.
After all the drafts are done, I started inking my drawings with different line weights.
WEEK 13: INKING
Week 13 was purely focused on inking and getting the drawings done.
WEEK 14: FINISHING AND COMPILING
I added a name and description to my chalet.
Lastly, a furniture list is provided for us to fill in all the furniture used, with links, names, and pictures.
All the drawings along with the list is then compiled and submitted through google drive.
REFLECTION
1. DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE
I was given the opportunity to learn about different roof structures and standard dimensions for room openings. I learned a lot from my father, who is a constructor as he taught me the basic requirements of constructing windows and doors.
2. THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
Other than drawing conventions, I had to think critically the placement of the furniture. The design of the chalet went through a few trail and errors.
MY REFLECTION
3. DIGITAL LITERACY
Due to Covid-19, I was not able to go measure the site. However, Google maps provided tools to virtually measure the site.
To conclude, the complexity of the drawings increase as I progress from assignment 1 to the final assignment. Considerations need to be made with careful thinking to construct a chalet. I learned that I have to prepare for every week;s tutorial by writing down all my questions beforehand.