Representation - 2D to 3D Translation

The very first day of this program, within three hours, they told us we would be assigned a project that would be due at 5pm. I panicked, seeing as I'd never worked on studio projects before, thinking I'd be an embarrassment and horrible. Luckily, I learned shortly after that, despite the fact that there were some undergraduate architecture students in my section, there were many other students in the same boat as me, with zero studio experience.

The assignment was simple.

The purpose:

• study the relationship between 2-dimensional drawing and 3-dimensional construction, through model making and precision hard-line drafting
• Develop spatial intelligence and visual thinking stills
• Understand drafting conventions, dimension, and scale
• Introduce basic tools
• Develop craft
• Understand intuitions and purposeful decision making skills
• Translate from 2D into 3D

 The instructions:

• Every student cut 4 identical pieces of foam core sheet
• Then each student was allowed to make 7 cuts on the original sized sheets to make them unique
• Then we were to combine them and form some kind of structure/model

It seemed easy, but when it came to assembling them, it took me at least 3 tries before I was even somewhat happy.  But here's what I came up with:

The final part of this assignment was translating what we constructed into 2-dimensions by sketching a section, a plan, and an elevation of our model. And here's what those looked like:

Overall, it was quite a day of work. But I managed to get by without anyone telling me I sucked, so I would call that a success! (They actually complimented my steady hand on shading in my drawings. Woo!)

Hokay, good bye.