LEHIGH UNIVERSITY |A|A|D| ARHITECTURE 043 F 2020
PART ONE
1. Exercise One: photo study…circle, square, and triangle
2. Exercise Two: 9X9 Black and White study using
Column One: Straight lines at right angles or parallel
Column Two: Diagonal lines
Column Three: Curved lines
Objective: to make a total composition by slowly building up a visual vocabulary on a black field (white strips of paper on a 4″x4″ black field)
Materials: two pieces of pure white artist paper 16”x 20”
five pieces of foam core (1@15”x15”) (4 @ 8”X8”)
3. Exercise Three: Pick two squares from the 9 and enlarge them to 8×8 squares making white on black and black on white reversals
4. Exercise Four: Using your 8×8 square build a cardboard 3-D form as a translation of composition. The construction cannot be higher than it is wide. You will begin this investigation by doing several axonometric sketches on 18”X 24” bond paper by hand.
Objective: to translate and transform your 2D plans into 3D constructions in space.
Materials: 5 sheets of 24”x36” Chipboard, C-glue, number 11 Xacto knife, Mat knife,
5. Exercise Five: Translate your final sketches into SketchUp and do several iterations of your 3D construction, including renderings.
Rhythm and Growth
6. Exercise Six: Pick a square from the 9×9 and subject it to 4 symmetrical (reflection, translation, rotation, extension) moves on tracing paper or on SketchUp, resulting in several compositions.
7. Make a cardbrd model of the final composition you feel is the strongest, one that demonstrates the particular symmetrical principle most. You will also manipulate your chosen tile in Sketch-Up computer program.
Materials: two sheets of 24”x36” chipboard, C-glue,
8. Invisible Cities: Using a tile from your 9 Sq. grid trace in axon a series of 3-d interpretations that will eventually form a system of solids and voids. Derive a narrative from the forms and continue your formal/imaginative city. Prepare a written text.
8a. Using a blueprint of your drawing and masking techniques, using spray paint create assorted backgrounds into your drawing to enhance the character of your imaginary city.
Materials: One piece of Mylar or Vellum 24”x36”, 2B and 6B pencils
PART TWO
At this point we have gone through a complete series of exercises that constitute a transformational design process. We will now re-manifest these ideas into a new kit of parts to begin the process of design that will lead to an architectural construction.
OPTIONAL: Perform all the following exercises on an appropriate computer program.
1. Take a tile from the nine square grid and extract 3-D elements that form an interwoven solid. From all sides pull forms as well as 2-D tracings of solid and void. These will become the constituents of a new formal language of design.
2. Make a visual inventory of each element on several sheets of Mylar in plan, elevation and axon.
3. Build them out of cardboard.
4. Assign architectural program