Architecture learning portfolio

Learning portfolioMAURICIO GUEVARA ARCH20 GOGGLE SKETCH UP WORK TEACHER:

JERRY LUM

Table of content: exercises and

projects

week 10.1: dog house pg. 3-9

Week 11: circular stair pg. 9-18

Week 12:Malevich model pg. 19-27

week 14:finding ,intersect, sand box studies pg. 28 -42

Week 15:interior studies pg. 43-54

Week 16:photo matching gallery pg. 55-67

Week 17:cabin home pg. 68-100

Week 10:Dog house

In week 1 we started with the dog house

which was simple and easy project to form

and make but it had challenges. This week it

allow to explore some tools in google sketch

up and to have fun building dog house for

various kind of dogs.

Week 10.1: dog house

Dog house

STRENGTH

• Push/ pull tool: this

was a fun tool to use

and easy to mange.

• Rectangle tool: this

tool my base to make

the has helped to

build the base to

make a solid to start

building.

• Import from 3d

warehouse: I

imported the dogs

from there which was

easy.

WEAKNESS

• tape measure/guides:

this week this tool got

me a little confused

on how to make the

guide lines going with

the red axis and blue

axis.

• Scale tool: this tool

was easy but

sometimes it was

hard to switch the

object t o the other

side.

CHALLENGEThis week challenge

was to make a doghouse

an some of the

challenges that I learn

to beat was to rotate

and use the tape

measure guide to make

the door opening for the

dogs and also to

duplicate a lot the

square as I had as

foundation and to fit the

dogs right in place by

scaling them. Also

making circles shape

were hard.

SLO 1: Create accurate drawings that communicate

simple architectural design intentions. 8

Apply graphic conventions and standards appropriately

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Relate each drawing within a set to each other to

fully describe significant aspects of a design from the general to the specific

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Demonstrate a correspondence between the

design intentions to be communicated and the

graphic representations produced to communicate them

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Produce drawing that are readable and meaningful to others

8

SLO 2: Analyze the specific intentions communicated

by analog and digital modes of graphic

communication.

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Identify the intended message(s) behind the graphic

communication, whether produced by analog or digital

means

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Assess the integrity of the message(s) – identify the

strengths and weaknesses of the represented

intentions

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Assess the efficacy of the related graphic representa-

tion(s) 8

Propose enhancements to what is being graphically

communicated 8

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SLO 3: Apply use of scales, line quality, graphic

conventions, and drawing systems and techniques. 8

Create clear and appropriately ordered hierarchies of

visual information 5

Compose elements of a drawing in a clear organized

manner that relates visual information on each drawing

and between sets of related drawings

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SLO 4: Demonstrate an understanding of the purposes

of various architectural graphic techniques. 8

Identify the similarities and differences between: 8

Orthographic projections: plan, section,

elevations, and details

8

Paraline drawing: isometric and oblique8

Perspective drawing: 1-, 2- and 3-point3

Compare and contrast the graphic systems describe

directly above6

Demonstrate an integrated use of analog and digital

tools in the process of developing a set of design

intentions

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Week 11:circular stairs

This week we work in stairs. This was very fun but

sometimes got really challenging.it was a medium level

project. In this project I had many challenge and learn how

to do a spiral stair by scratch which was really easy but

then it got a little difficult when I did the other steps such

as Making the stairs and each tread of it, then rising them

spirally. The rails were really fun to builds. In this week I

had the chance to do build one and experiment with

making stairs for any future projects and also learn new

tools which were really interesting, that can help for any

project in sketch up and to amply my design knowledge to

make it more efficient.

Week 11: circular stairs

Week 11: strength

.one of my strength was the circle tool which was really fun and easy to use, which gave the opportunity to learn that a simple shape can be anything and be base for a building..

.another strength in this week was that “make component” which helped worked with the 24 treads to move the up to make them into a spiral shape stairs.

.line tool was really fun and good to helped make one the treads so that I could make it a origin tread for the others.

.shadows was really easy and it helped make a more realistic and convincing presentation for any other projects.

weakness

.I had hard time struggling with making a radius

inside my original circle to make treads.

. Another struggle was the rails and follow me tool

which when I tried to use it didn’t work or it didn’t

the way I expect it to go.

.the rotate tool was in the beginning hard to use to

make the rest of treads which was not my favorite

part of the project but necessary to make it into a

spiral stairs.

Challenges

.One of the many challenges was to move up each of

the treads up so could build the stair, it was

challenging because it was time consuming and it had

to go certain way.

.Making the hand railway was very challenging because

I had to select the many objects and use the follow me

tool which was not easy and fun but it got good results.

.Final challenge of week 1,was the wedges form which

was I had hard time to do because I got stuck in some

steps into making this shape for the tread.




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Week 12: Malevich model

Malevich model was really inspiring and artistic

project to do in sketch up. This project was

inspired by a painting move to a Malevich template

in the software. It has a hierarchal complex style

this building, which come from Russian

constructiusm. This was really fun and easy to do

and it wasn’t so difficult at all. There were few

challenges but overall it was fun experienced to

build this in google sketch up and play around with

tools.

Week 12: Malevich model

Malevich model

Week 12: Strength

. One of the strength for the Malevich model was importing

the file with the image into google sketch up which permitted

me to make the building and get pieces to make something

monumental and that defies gravity.

.the push and pull tool was fun because I got pieces and

design them to make a building that heroic and to combine

pieces of the painting that I wanted .

. The line and 2 point arc tool was very useful in this model

because once I lay down my the image I got to trace pieces

if the painting that I wanted to make what I have in my

images.

.also using the x-ray style was big help to see through the

painting while I was tracing and pushing the pieces I wanted

to make my building.

.finally importing, the blue sky backroad image was fun and

also a thing I learned that I can add a background to the

project/model and this make it more realistic.

Weakness

.Making scenes was one of the weakness I had

because it was new and also I had to get good shot of

the scenes.

.rotation: the rotating was kind hard in this case

because sometimes I rotate it the wrong direction and

other times I had to play with this tool to learn how to

rotate it to position I wanted and to fit the image.

Challenges

.One of the challenges I had was tracing and doing

as approximately as each piece ended and

guessing where they ended.

.Layering each group and this building was another

challenge, it was new and I didn’t know how to use

this tool but it gave a chance to use it.

.Finding a design for the building was hard and

difficult and I had to play around with these

building to make it heroic, monumental, and

complex structure element.




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Week 14:folding, intersect,

sandbox studies

Week 14 we work on using tools such us

folding, intersect and the sandbox studies.

This were tools that were challenging to

use and fun at the same time. Also, it added

to my sketch up knowledge new tools that

I can use and play around. This week I learn

a lot, as adding landscape and other new

things. We work in making paper airplanes

and putting them in sketch up virtually and

also making a building block with style and

a stairs going around.

Week 14:finding,intersect, sand box

studies

Week 14: Strength

.duplicating was easy and good tool to show

how I did my paper airplane and the process

it took and also to make my original airplane

and copying it to make an army of airplanes.

.another tool that was my strength is using

guide lines which help determine were I

should precisely fold each piece my airplanes

and give the guide to make it into an airplane.

.the group tool was really easy and helped

duplicate one airplane into many airplanes

.fog was unique feature that enhance my

model to feel really realistic.

weakness.one of the weakness was using the

rotate tool in this week because in the

beginning I was rotating the airplanes

into wrong direction and had to figure

it out and play with it to make my

airplane into the right direction.

.the mirror tool was a struggle in this

model because I had to figure out in

the beginning how to make the half of

the airplane exactly as the mirror one

and it took along time to use it.

Challenges.a challenge this week for me was folding and the

reason is that I had never used this and also it

took me awhile to get used to folding the airplanes

and sometimes I got stuck and folded into the

wrong direction.

.Another challenge was reversing faces so the line

couldn’t been seen of the airplane and it would

been a solid faces hic was time consuming

reversing each faces of the airplanes and at

certain point it got stressful.

.repeating the process wasn’t fun and it was

sometimes a challenge, remembering each step

and the measures were the guide lines had to go

and were to fold exactly.




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Week 15: interior studiesInterior studies was a cool challenge and a

fun week because I learn a lot how the light

through a widow can make impact to

environment and this project help build

windows, skylight and various rooms to

show this impact. Also it this week I learn

how the colors can impact a room and

other materials. This was really fun

experienced and I could apply different

materials that I could used. There were a

lot of challenges that helped improved and

play around building this model. I have to

say overall this was a learning week.

Week 14 :interior studies

Week 15: strength

.One of the strength was this week is using the

offset tool which permitted me to build the outside

walls with thickness and add a design with

windows.

.Guidelines were really helpful in this project to

make each of the windows equally sized and to

make a door with windows that contributed to

make the environment fill with sunlight.

.group tool was a big help to create the right

opening to put my windows and add sunlight a

peaceful environment.

.square tool was a fundamental help to create the

base of my rooms an with it w.as the push an pull

weakness

.A weakness that I had was using

layering which still was hard to get

used to.

challenges

. A challenge was in this week was making the

skylight in the roof because sometimes it didn't

went through to make sunlight come to the room.

.making the windows were kind of difficult and

time consuming of all the details I had to paint and

push and pull and other steps I had to take to make

it visible to see through and to see the room.

. Another challenge I had was that sometimes it

stop and took a while to load which slow me to

finish this model.

. The windows opening was really hard to make.




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Week 16:photo match gallery

In week 16, we work in photo match gallery. This

project was hard and I had to apply a lot of tools

into bringing to life this building from a picture. It

was fun and I learn new things such as from a

photograph I can make the exact building that is in

the picture. This help improve a lot on the use on

tool in sketch up and use my horizon line because,

including practice on layers which was fun. This

took a while to build it in sketch up because I had

to guess how approximately were each line finish.

Overall this help learn a lot and got the chance to

play around with tool and the design of the

building.

Week 16: photo match

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Week 16: Strength.On camera>match new photo was and easy

step and also useful to transport and image

work in the image and also position the

image.

.windows>styles>edit was a good tool that

help see where each lines went and making

it to translucent help me see if my lines

were going parallel edges so they can

create a solid.

. The orbit tool was big help to see the how

was my building was going along and if I

had to fix anything and see the whole

building.

weakness

.scale tool was a hard tool in this building

cause I had to scale to a size in which I

could trace my building to make it into

solid and also from the picture, the model

had to be like the picture.

.using the match dialog box was really

confusing and difficult. It was new tool and

in the beginning I didn’t know how to use it

but then a became a good element to

resized my photo.

challenges

.tracing was a challenge in this project because I

had to make the lines parallel to the edges and It

had to snap to crated a solid surface which was

my objective.

.making the stair s were really challenging in this

building because I had to guess aproximately how

the measurement of the stairs were and it had to

connect so it would be visible and walkable.

.The rails in the stairs were time confusing and I

had hard building the to make it and so it can add

life to the building and be more realistic.

.waiting was a challenge because sometimes it

had and slow me down to complete my building.




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Week 17: cabin house This week was really exhausting and challenging. I

worked in cabin house that I had to design and it

was fun experience but sometimes it got really

challenging. This project, I described as using all

my knowledge that I learn from the previous

models and using all the tools that I know and

learn through this class and make a nice cabin.

While working in this cabin I was thinking who do I

want to sell this and I thought and a couple with no

kids. In words, I would decried my cabin: modern,

unique, and from the inside very custom made. It

wasn’t easy it took a bunch of hours to design this

and work in this. I had my weaknesses but overall

it helped learn more about what kind of designer I

am and want to be.

Week 17: final project: cabin

house

Week 17: Strength .Guidelines were a big help to create the design

of the exterior were my windows were going to

come in and also it help make the doors to the

house.

.the sandbox was a fun tool and playful. I got to

play with it and decide how I wanted my house to

go and how I wanted my landscape to go.

.stamp and drape was easy going and it help create

a path for my home to the stairs.

.importing a image as my background my favorite

part because I it got a sense of environment into

the building and felt like a real cabin and look like

one.

.group tool was a help to move the whole cabin.

weakness.ladder was stressful making it and

also it was ha hard in the beginning

to find how I was going to form it and

make it to life.

.the roof was hard to find a design

that suit my building and to fit in for

the style of building I choose for my

cabin.

.organizing the animations were a

weakness and took a lot of time to

make them into story.

Challenges.The windows were a challenge because I did them

from scratch and sometimes I had to go the interior

to make it visible and see through the house.

.the beams were hard to make, even I had to go to

YouTube to see videos tutorial on how to make the

beams.

.finding a design was one of the biggest challenges

I had in this project because I wanted something

unique modern with old style cabin feel.

.sometimes sketch up stop and I had to wait a lot

to get back to work on my cabin and once it got

stuck and deleted some of the work I had done on

my cabin and had to redo it again the next day

which was really stressful.




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