Types of Representations

WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN: PLAN, AXONOMETRIC, & PERSPECTIVE?

AXONOMETRIC

PERSPECTIVE

g, nd 24

Design Drawing, Francis D.K. Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1998. pg 175

AXONOMETRIC

PERSPECTIVE

Drawing Shortcuts: Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Todays Technology Jim Leggitt, AIA. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2002, pg 49

Drawing Shortcuts: Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Todays Technology Jim Leggitt, AIA. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2002, pg 25

Axonometric Drawings

AXONOMETRICS are good at explaining information

Jesus Vassallo - Individual/Serial: A New Architecture for NYC Parks; Fall 2006; GSD Architecture Options Studio - Stephen Cassell

Chi-Yan Chan - Bombay Studio: Urban Adjustments Negotiating the Kinetic and Static City; Fall 2006; GSD Architecture Options Studio - Rahul Mehrotra

AXONOMETRICS can convey programming

AXONOMETRICS can explain building typologies

Emily Pearl and Alexandra Weeks - Lisbon: European Atlantic Capital; Spring 2008; GSD UPD Options Studio; Rodolfo Machado

Perspective Vignettes

WHY USE PERSPECTIVES?

PERSPECTIVE VIGNETTES provide a glimpse into the proposed character of your project. Sketchup provides a good framework, and photoshopping in addiitonal people, trees, and more realistic textures can add more life to an image. - USE PERSPECTIVES TO TELL A SPECIFIC STORY!

Christina Belton, Taewook Cha, Brenda Curtis, Lia Kelerchian, Gentry Lock, Erika Matthias, and Shachi Pandey, EDAW-NYC | Competition Entry - Intersections: Grand Concourse Beyond 100 | http://gallery.grandconcourse100.org/proposals/4

TYPES OF PERSPECTIVES

One Point

Two Point

Three Point

Design Drawing, Francis D.K. Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1998. pg 225

TYPES OF PERSPECTIVES

One Point

Two Point

Three Point

Design Drawing, Francis D.K. Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1998. pg 225

TYPES OF PERSPECTIVES

One Point

Two Point

Three Point

Design Drawing, Francis D.K. Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1998. pg 225

TYPES OF PERSPECTIVES

One Point

Two Point

Three Point

Design Drawing, Francis D.K. Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1998. pg 225

TYPES OF PERSPECTIVES

One Point

Two Point

Three Point

Design Drawing, Francis D.K. Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1998. pg 225

TYPES OF PERSPECTIVES

One Point

Two Point

Three Point

Design Drawing, Francis D.K. Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1998. pg 225

CHOOSING THE HEIGHT OF VIEW

Perspectives: An Effective Design Tool l, James E. Hiss, ASLA American Society of Landscape Architects, Washington D.C., 1985 , pg 16

CHOOSING THE ANGLE OF VIEW

Perspectives: An Effective American Society of Landscape Architects, Washington D.C., 1985 , pg 16-17

COMPOSITION of your perspective is important avoid placing the horizon in the middle of the frame

YES

RULE OF THIRDS - place the focal point at grid intersections

NO

YES

http://www.photography101.org/basics/photographic_composition.html

Jill Allen

COMPOSITION of your perspective is important

Notice how key points of the image align almost perfectly with the rule of thirds grid

East Bayfront Precinct Plan., pg 19, 21 - http://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/dbdocs//4491a914d1783.pdf

Don Lands. Waterfront Toronto http://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/gallery1.php?id=46487d2417ec7

West 8 - http://www.west8.nl/projects/parks/governors_island/

Notice how the curved path draws your eye into and across the drawing

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX: breaking outside of the frame is another way to create a more dynamic composition

http://blog.miragestudio7.com/wp-content/uploads2/2007/07/urban_ design_photoshop_backdrop_perspective_architecture_architectural5. jpg

Daniel Hadley -Fort Point Channel Perspective, Intro to Urban Design Techniques - Spring 2008

THE SKY doesnt always need to be blue; to help dissolve the frame of an image, try leaving it white

an image can break outside of the frame along one or more edges

http://gallery.grandconcourse100.org/proposals/4

ADDING PEOPLE adds life to an image and helps convince people that your place will be inviting
but if you add people, make sure to scale them properly; if a perspective is at eye-level everyones heads will fall on the horizon line regardless of how far away they are

Jill Allen - personal photo

The space might be big, but its not as big as the very tiny people in the back imply! Theyre too small!

Lisa Su - Pier 26, GSD Arch. Studio Spring 2007, Julie Snow http://studioworks.gsd.harvard.edu/browse/studioworks.html

all heads should line up here

theyre too small!

Lisa Su - Pier 26, GSD Arch. Studio Spring 2007, Julie Snow http://studioworks.gsd.harvard.edu/browse/studioworks.html

PEOPLE can be realistic or silhouettes

Jesse Zeien - Dwell Reburbia Design Compeition http://www.re-burbia.com/wp-content/uploads/842/Flyinguebia2_klein.jpg

COLORS can be used to emphasize features & relationships; they dont need to always be realistic

Craig England, Reburbia Design Competition, Dwell - http://www.re-burbia.com/2009/08/04/pure/

There can never be too many people in an image!

Workflow example: photoshopping a perspective from sketchup

original sketchup image

Jill Allen - Perspective, Intro to Urban Design Techniques - Martin Zogran, Spring 2008

Jill Allen - Layering the Landscape; Aquidneck Island, RI, Core Studio. Spring 2008

original sketchup image

Large-scale Perspectives and Axonometrics

AXONOMETRIC VIEWS are good to convey quantitative information

PERSPECTIVES are more effective at showing qualitative aspects

Drawing Shortcuts: Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Todays Technology Jim Leggitt, AIA. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2002, pg 45

Jill Allen, Layering the Landscape - Aquidneck Island, RI - Core Studio. Spring 2008

original sketchup image

Siqi Zhu - Gillette Site Proposed Axon. Intro to Urban Design Techniques, . Spring 2008

DIFFERENT MEDIA create different effects

Jill Allen - Overall Perspective, Intro to Urban Design Techniques - Martin , Zogran, Spring 2008

Drawing Shortcuts: Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Todays Technology Jim Leggitt, AIA. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2002, pg 31

Seaport Public Realm Plan

Fort Point Channel - Watersheet Activation Plan