Exercise 7

For this exercise I further developed my skills in Form Z by creating a realistic model of a bay in the linear gallery of the architecture school. My intentions for the perspective were to give the model a human scale by adding scale figures, show that the bay is repeated in the linear gallery by shrinking the perspective and repeating it along the axis of the gallery, and show the context of the gallery by showing the relationship of the room with the exterior.

Exercise7

Exercise7

Project 1 final

Through analysis of a gothic typeface, specifically the letter O, I have created a composition that describes the formal make-up of the letter and utilizes a three dimensional model to tie in my discoveries to the original two dimensional base. The letter is made of two identical pieces that are split at the line of the stress of the letter. If one of the pieces is rotated and shifted it completes the origin letter. The two dimensional pattern is a diagram of that rotation, and the three dimensional model is an extrusion of the parts of the pattern so that the individual parts are rotating up and around a central tower; of which, the cross-section is composed of the letter O.

Exercise 6

For the exercise, I have edited the previous project. First, I spread the O towers apart so that the viewer can understand the space in between the model. The model deteriorates into hidden frame instead of the less clear wireframe. A ghosted close-up perspective is on the right and on top is the progression from the base letter to the pattern. Light dashed lines connect a series of the base letters so that the rhythm of the progression is clear.

Exercise 6

Exercise 5

For this exercise, I continued to show the symmetrical quality of the letter O by breaking the letter into two equal parts and rotating them. Still using the 2d pattern created on illustrator, I created a different 3d pattern than the last exercise. This new model better shows the rotational quality of parts of the letter because they spiral up and around the base form, which is highlighted in orange. The bottom of the model disintegrates into the wireframe, revealing the spiral on which the part is rotated. On the left side of the image, is a series of images that show the process of creating the form, starting with the letter, moving to the pattern, then the model.

Exercise 5