drawing hands

ground model

example of model that unites, conceptually and physically, buildings and terrain as a matrix of chipboard ribs. primary facades are coplanar with ribs [or are part of the rib itself] while secondary facades and horizontal strips for roads provide lateral bracing. basswood and wire [mess + piano] are introduced for emphasis of design elements. [model from ALAR801 spring 2009, malda]

urban camping

another take on urban camping from OWI // office for word and image

mapping paths

diagramming density and flow of sound and people relative to path through barri gottic in barcelona [2006]

and separately coded to model of city. yours would be integrated into layers of a drawing…

mapping examples

examples from spring 2009 arch102 mapping exercises:

consider line of travel as one of several edges of experience

and incorporating photographs not as scenes but as textures and environments

space frontier

from ny times about a de monchaux studio at berkley that, coincidentally, used GIS in a similar way as we will in ARCH202 for project 2 [especially part 2.2] mapping and reappropriating neglected city space in charlottesville:

There’s a staggering glut of empty space around the country right now, unused space that’s not doing anyone much good. That in itself isn’t new; what is unprecedented is our ability to visualize that data in an entirely new ways.

turn from tents

decent take on another situation in which rapid deployment of shelter is critical. although what still needs to be made explicit is that the language of “temporary” and “permanent” depends on clearer terms of engagement. relief shelters can be more than just protection from the elements: homes and business incubators and infrastructure and…

Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

live the skeletons

project archives from coloco, operating from paris.

The skeletons are structures without frontages. These buildings testify to very diverse anomalies in the good progress of the operations of construction.
Given up, unfinished or partially destroyed, their silhouettes point out the destruction as much as construction.

drawing the ground

an intensity and rigor of documentation and invention that lets you enjoy the white space.

section as record of measurements [notice "datum" and relative "x" and "y" positions as structuring lines of the drawing] and using lineweight [read: hierarchy] to distinguish between ground and building – a distinction intentionally blurred here to suggest an integration of the two. something that your drawings, if not your shelters, should likely aspire to:

from pamphlet architecture 28: augmented landscapes, smout allen.

drawing potential + operation

using lineweight + linetype to diagram range of potential conditions, operability of rainwater collection “bladder” and structuring “arms”

from pamphlet architecture 28: augmented landscapes, smout allen: