Devni Haria

CFP004

UIR20037

The first semester focused on developing drawing and representation skills. Continuing in a similar vein, during the second semester, the CFP Studio component focuses on building analytical abilities. Exercises like mapping and data representation engage with on-ground reality, requiring that the students develop their ability to observe, collect data and analyse it, as well as communicate and represent it meaningfully; building elements and materials allows for initial familiarization with these, theoretically as well as through observation of built spaces around; while making and testing structures uses hands-on experience to enable conceptual understanding. Technical drawing II builds on the skills imbibed initially and develops them towards further complexity. All the exercises find their culmination in tackling a design problem, which brings together the skills and abilities while introducing the students for the first time to the design process. These skills will be put to use during L2 studios, and will be discussed in their relevance to the professional practice that designers, architects and urban planners engage in.

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Mapping and digital representation helped me understand my locality a lot better. It also helped uncover certain unnoticed traits and attributes.

This module was quite fun as we had to identify building elements and the materials they were made of. After that, we had to choose a particular wall in our house and do the same after making a section.

The different forces were explored that were found in day to day actions.

Making a cube from reed sticks was quite an easy task but the thought process that went into it was exhilarating. The different joineries, designs as well as conceptual ideas had to be tested so as to make the cube strong. Recommendations were also provided to make improvements.

Technical Drawing helped me understand the plan of my house in a lot more detail, as I measured each and every nook and cranny of the house. Sections and elevations were drawn too to understand the minute details. And a digital section was done and human activities were added to see the liveliness of the space.

Topography helped me understand the site terrain that was supposed to be the land that the house would be built on. The height differences and the tree types and their advantages and disadvantages were discovered.

TADP is the final exercise that we did in Year 1. It revolved around designing a house that met certain specifications and according to the user brief. The entire process has been explained above. Ranging from site topography to the final layouts.

TADP is the final exercise that we did in Year 1. It revolved around designing a house that met certain specifications and according to the user brief. The final sheets have been placed above. The final plan, site placement, sections as well as 3D views are present that show the house designed in its entirety.

Digital Representation helped me make digital houses, along with using Rhino to make 3D objects. The interiors and exteriors of the house were rendered digitally as well.

This semester the entire sketching module was interconnected ranging from making compositions to carving out solids from it, and then making those carved solids habitable spaces. The best part of sketching this semester was drawing from a moving video.