Pat's Furniture

Pat's Furniture

These are my elevation views for Pat's chair.

These are the section cuts.

Quiz

[P] Week

Periphery

It is the external boundaries of a surface.  With the portal project we did we had to work with the boundaries of other objects on the wall and by not going into the boundaries of other portals.

Portfolio

A portfolio is a collection of all the work we do in a well-organized carrying case.  In is a good way of storing work that you will need later on.  If you are going to an interview for a job, it allows the employer to see the employee’s ability to complete certain tasks.  It should also be in order and have things labeled.  

Process

This is a continual action of work that allows progression to happen in a forward motion.  The process of something is a well-organized plan that one goes through to get to a certain point or place.  The process we did starting with reading a fairy tale then ending at building a portal took careful planning and thinking.  The different projects we made and designed in between were part of the process of getting to how the design our portals.

Perspective

It is the angle in which you view an object and the depth of an object.  Last semester we worked with perspective a lot and learning to see things with depth.   We drew four perspective drawings.  I did an interior one point, an exterior one point, an exterior two point and a one point looking above something.

Professional

For something to look professional it needs to be well crafted and well presented.  When mounting images on a board there shouldn’t be any awkward spaces and the proximity of images should be thought out carefully.  If words are needed on a board then the architectural lettering should be very neat and readable.  Also, using guidelines will help.  This week our groups for the building projects were to put all our images on a board.  My group carefully thought about the background color, the size of each image, and the placement of the images.

Portal 114

Macro to Mirco

Porch/Court/Hearth

Within the Acropolis you can find a porch, court, and hearth.  The porch is the main entrance way.  In the Acropolis, the Propylaia is considered the porch.  "Entry is through a propylon gate into a court." (Roth, 218)  The court is the main area of open space. In the Acropolis, the area between the Parthenon and the Erechtheion is the court.  The hearth is the area that is private and only allows certain people in.  The Parthenon is only for priests to allow them to worship. 

Diagram

A diagram illustrates more about what happens with each part.  For our buildings we were assigned, we took a look at each the context, function, circulation, and hierarchy for the building then to diagram them using a key.  I looked at the function of the building.  I outlined in blue the parts of the building that were private, and outlined in orange the parts that were public.

 Impression

Impression is the image you see when you first look at it.  In history we studied the different cathedrals types.  I looked at the Amiens Cathedral in France and the impression it gives of being such a tall piece of architecture shows its importance. "Churches and other religious buildings emerged as the preeminent architecture." (Roth, 298)  They built the cathedrals making the interior a mystic image of heaven.

Detail

A detail is something that is something so small that is actually something big.  In drawing class we have been assigned a building on campus to study and draw and our last assignment was to pick a detail from that building that lets people know what building it is.  I chose to draw the arches made with brick.  Arches could be seen a lot of places, but the bridge, linking Curry and Ferguson buildings together, with the arches underneath lets people know what building you mean. 

Composition

The composition is how the different parts make up the whole.  I think a good composition that works well is one that the page is balanced out and has equal movement, context, and color.  At the beginning of this semester we were asked to draw five things that illuminate us.  I think that the image below is a good composition I did because I thought out where the objects would go on the page before I just drew them.  The text is written around the object it talks about and I think that the orange works well and there isn't too much of orange or black used.

[FOUNDATIONS] unit summary

   Sir Henry Wotton said, “In architecture, as in all operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The end is to build well.  Well building hath three conditions: commodity, firmness, and delight.”  Commodity is if the building has all the needs and being utilitarian.  Firmness is being able to stand the test of time.  Delight is the beauty and if the building is well pleasing to the eye.

The Egyptians were a big influence for the foundation of architecture.  The pyramids were built to have commodity firmness and delight.  The pyramids in Giza were designed to keep people out by building them to look like polished limestone so that the sun would reflect on them.  They were used to store and hide objects of value, and also some were used for burial.  Time was very important to them, they tried to make the buildings outlast the people.  They were also designed to set out from their environment.  Hieroglyphics were written on the pyramids to tell their stories.  The Temple of Amon’s architecture empowers the civilization and commands the common people to worship the gods.  Hierarchy is shown in both the Khufu and the Hatshepsut.  Both are built differently but still show it in different ways. 

The Greeks were trying to achieve the ideal and perfection.  They wanted the ultimate and had the most influence on America.  They used the post and lintel system to build temples and portals.  They built the temples for priest and leaders to use for worship.  To illuminate statues, the openings around and between post/columns allowed light to shine in.  In the Acropolis, the Parthenon is most important structure; this is shown by making it the biggest.  Also, when you enter the Acropolis it is set at an angle to emphasize that. 

The Romans were influences to build to make spaces for the people.  The most famous piece of architecture they built was Flavian Amphitheater (the Colosseum) in Rome.  They were designed to hold sport events and other entertainment.  The arches allow it to be firm and last the test of time.  The look of the Colosseum is very delightful because of the arches and the use of different column orders on each level. 

I think that this unit of foundations was very important.  It told us where designs have come from.  I think that commodity, firmness, and delight are important because they are what make the building a piece of architecture and not a sculpture which would only have delight.