Category: 02

Assignment 2 – Cynthia San

Throughout the site, the varying qualities of the built topography and its materiality strongly suggests direct movement of rainwater towards drains.

The ground slightly dips and rises depending on its adjacencies to built forms and infrastructure. I observed how the narrow indented spaces between tile pieces created little streams as water accumulated, while the tiles themselves created stiller puddles. This relationship of the “in-between” and the built form can be seen at a multitude of scales and starts to question the holistic system of urban design.

1:200 on 36″ x 36″ artboards

Assignment 2 – Cube Method

Assignment 02: Cube Method 

Individual – Delivery Time 1 Week 

 

In this assignment, students will observe & record open space and built form.  

 

Objective: Practice your ability to critically interpret and view a site through a variety of tools and methods. Capture the flow of information at all levels of a site (below, on, above – around).   

 

Process:  

  • Visit, investigate, observe, and draw a given site at UBC at a 1:200 scale. Include buildings, open space, and elements for scale comparison, such as a car.  
  • Study and draw the infrastructure of the site (e.g., electricity, water, gas, internet, roads) using the “Cube” method to investigate, observe and record. See https://blogs.ubc.ca/axonometric/. 

   

Deliverables*: 

  • 1:200 Site Plan & Section 
  • Cube axonometric demonstrating your understanding of the cube method 
  • Photography/Collage documenting your site visit 

Ensure the scale of your drawing is clear. Include a scale bar and north arrow when appropriate. The deliverables can be drawn analog, digitally or as a combination of both.  

 

Please submit your work to the blog by Tuesday, September 19th at 11:59 pm.   

* In general, the number of deliverables is flexible for this course. We encourage students to make their own decision about what drawings are needed; the deliverables are a suggestion.  For example, students may wish to alter the scale or add additional drawings to explain their observations.  

 

References:  

Required: 

City Protocol [cityprotocol]. (2013, July 17). City Protocol – anatomy of city habitat [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs_sNEfzvVY  

Lehrman, B. (2018). Visualizing water infrastructure with Sankey maps: A case study of mapping the Los Angeles Aqueduct, California. Journal of Maps, 14(1), 52–64. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2018.1473815  

 

TED Conferences [TED]. (2017, November 30). The biggest risks facing cities – and some solutions | Robert Muggah [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5QitqbxJw  

Recommended:  

Salazar Miranda, A., Fan, Z., Duarte, F., & Ratti, C. (2021). Desirable streets: Using deviations in pedestrian trajectories to measure the value of the built environment. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 86, 101563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2020.101563 

 DES430 2022 Student Examples: 

Bea Benidy: https://blogs.ubc.ca/des430x2022w1/2022/09/20/assignment-02-bea-benidy/ 

Ghazal Torkamaniha: https://blogs.ubc.ca/des430x2022w1/2022/09/20/a2-ghazal-torkamaniha/ 

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