Arha Nachiket Pandya

CFP001

U21234

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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Building elements and materials - This slide includes section of a building and model of the same.

How things work - This slide shows exploded view of a book torch explaining the functions of individual parts.

Gauging sizes - The street section on the top left was drawn after gauging distances between different elements found on the road as are the other images on the slide.

Deciphering and ordering principles - The slide focuses on identifying the ordering principles and also on how to observe the surroundings.

Mapping and data representation - These maps represent my neighborhood and show the specifications of my locality.

Technical models - These models were made through surface development of the solids.

Technical drawings - These drawings were drafted using the composition of these three matchboxes showing different views.

Sketching - These sketches were made using micron pens.

Freehand drawing - These drawings were the base of this semester helping an individual to draw complex drawings free hand with utmost accuracy.

Color theory - This exercise involves some of the famous works of V.S Gaitonde and also the color themes through assemblages.