Aaheli Das

CFP001

U21001

The Monsoon semester focuses on equipping students with various techniques to visualise, draw and represent. The students also start to engage with existing buildings to identify various building elements, basic construction materials and methods. They practise and work intensively to perfect their freehand drawing and perspective drawing, to visualize and draw complex compositions. They also learn to make technical drawings using orthographic projections, surface development and the exploded view of a complex object. A series of exercises in sketching will enable the students to sketch freely in order to observe, document, imagine and improvise.The exercise on gauging sizes will develop the habit of estimating sizes using one’s body and through it the students will begin to engage with the concept of anthropometrics. Through the exercise on building elements and materials the students will start to engage with existing buildings to decipher their building elements and materials and understand the sequence of construction. In the last exercise the students will go through the process of documenting an existing building and making a set of architectural drawings.


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Free hand straight lines and solids with subtractions. Free hand 2 point perspective and isometric assemblage comprising of solids with subtraction.

Perspective view of a subtracted matchbox composition made in AutoCad and hand drafted plan, elevations, sections and isometric and axonometric views without subtraction.

LHS - Hand drafted surface development of solids. RHS - Models made from the surface development.

Hand drafted exploded view of a manual hand drill and the names and working principles of the parts. On the right is the real image of the same.

Plan and elevational sections of bedroom and toilet, Plan and elevations of various kitchen appliances and an urban street section, all made by gauged measurements based on human body proportions.

Drafted wall section of the balcony with all the materials labelled and on the right is a 3D model of the same.

1 point and 2 point perspective and isometric assemblages digitally coloured with different colour schemes. Digitally made colour Pellet of Le Corbusier and a mood board for the word 'adventurous'.

Design principles identified in the plan of Guggenheim Museum, NYC.

Sketches made using ink & kitta, charcoal and micron pens.

On the left is a photograph made in photoshop and photographs on the right are drafted in AutoCad.