Day: September 28, 2020

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A3 | Mapping | Noora

In-class exercise drawing clouds. The value of the cube in spatializing the mappings was a key take-away.
A plan of Beaty Biodiversity Museum. This is not an analytical map, but it’s a simple record of structures, entrances, and circulation routes.
An axonometric evaluative map, communicating how the museum’s placement and signage are potentially confusing due to their relationship with Main Mall as a primary circulation route. The map also raises questions about the mysterious greenspace hidden behind the museum.
An axonometric analytic map of circulation through the museum. The relationship between the building, the underground collection, and the roof garden are shown. The experience of moving from the well-lit atrium to the dark collections is suggested in the circulation.
An evaluative plan of how the outdoor passive space (seating & greenroof) is largely unshaded. The shade from tree canopy couldn’t be shown at this scale, but their shadows are also notably cast away from the seats.
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A2 | Adding Dimension | Noora

There are many approaches to drawing a cube: starting by drawing the axes, drawing the outline in a single stroke, drawing each face individually…
Lineweight, shading, and hatches helps to communicate depth. Leaving faint guidelines also helps communicate dimensionality.
Drawing household objects is a different exercise from drawing spaces. The scale and level of detail is different. I found using a bounding cube as a guide to draw curved objects (like the wireless mouse) an interesting and helpful process.
Attempting to understand the space outside Beaty Biodiversity Museum using drawing. Diagramming the space as a series of cubes helped think more abstractly about how things come together.
(I ended up developing this further in the Assignment 3 mapping exercise, but completed this drawing before the mapping lecture)

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