Chavda Vrushank Manubhai

CFP001

U22201

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,


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Two isometric assemblages with one rendered and others in perspective view drawn in 'Freehand Drawing' exercise.

Surface development of a cylinder, a hexagonal prism, a cube, and a cone using subtractions.

Models of different forms made with the surface development method.

An illustration of an exploded carburetor with names and descriptions of its parts.

Floor plan, reflected ceiling plan, and roof plan of the Gandhi Ashram's "Sewa and Sadhana" building.

Building and site sections of the Gandhi Ashram's "Sewa and Sadhana" building.

Model making of the Gandhi Ashram's "Sewa and Sadhana" building.

An isometric view of Ghats of Varanasi with activity, from Hanuman Gadi to Trilochan Ghat.

Sketches made with different mediums showing the activities done under the trees of the ghats.