SJ 18 - 5 perspectives

Taj Mahal

 One perspective view can be easily seen as the view diminishes at one point. A great example of a one perspective view would be in India. The Taj Mahal is a symmetrical building where poeple will normally take a photo of it straight for the symmetrical effect of the building and also the effect of the reflection of the buildig on the pond before the building.

One point perspective of the exterior of Taj Mahal

  Not only the exterior have a soothing one perspective view, but the interior have a lot of nice one perspective views also. For instance, the repetition of arches that seem to get smaller and smaller have a nice effect and we can perceive it as a continuous tunnel.

One point perspective of the interior of Taj Mahal

There are objects that stands out in the building itself. The two tombstones looks better from a three point perspective as we can see from a bird eye view of the whole object.

Three point perspective of the interior of Taj Mahal

Notre Dame de Paris

  A well known building from the cartoon 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame', the real building itself is a piece of art. The small details of the building creates a masterpiece where we can see gothic elements from the past that still lives in the present. This one point perspective of the building shows the front facade of the magnificent structure.

One point perspective of the exterior of Notre Dame de Paris

The gothic elements can be clearly seen in the interior of the building itself. The distinctive arches of a gothic cathedral inside the Notre Dame de Paris gives a feeling of spaciousness in the tunnel itself.

One point perspective of the interior of Notre Dame de Paris

   We were given the chance to sketch a few pictures shown by our lecturer, to improve on our sketches and she wanted to see our progress on how we can draw compared to the beginning of the semester.

   There are visible improvements in terms of shading and also methods of drawing compared to the previous class when we first learned perspective drawings.

   In this practise, we were given 5 to 10 minutes to draw each picture.

First and second picture drawn

Third and forth picture drawn

Last picture drawn



SJ 14 - Bubble Diagram

SJ 14b

   We were given the freedom to voice out our ideal house to be. The best way to do so, is by sharing the same idea from our heads, in form of words and pictures.

    We were given a lecture about bubble diagram, and we learned the functions of it. Through bubble diagram, we can understand the usage of space within a building and how does each of the spaces connects to each other.

    My ideal house would be very simple, which might seem to be one storey high, but the second layer is actually underground.

Roof and ground floor

Underground floor

SJ 12 - 3 Buildings, 3 Concepts

Petronas Twin Tower

 This building is a Malaysian pride as the idea of this building is distinctive in its own ways. We Malaysians are known in the world because of the very existance of this eye of Malaysia. The concept of this one of a kind building comes from the interlocking of 2 squares which symbolises the Islamic pattern.

Petronas Twin Tower

Burj Khalifa

 The current tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa, is Dubai's new urban masterpiece. The radial and spiral building is evocative of the onion domes prevailent in Islamic architecture when viewed from the skies. The concept of the building was derived from the abstraction of the Hymenocallis desert flower.

Burj Khalifa

Eiffel Tower

 The distinctive French building, the Eiffel tower, which was the tallest building in the world once until the rise of the Empire State building. The Eiffel tower is recognized as one of the symbols for Paris, and the engineering wizardry of the building made it almost air resistance. The concept of the Eiffel tower came from the idea of a simple pylon with four columns of lattice work girders, separated at the base and coming together at the top.

Eiffel Tower

SJ 11 - Favourite Item

Cherished Present

 This was a present given to me on my 18th birthday. A gift that made me know the importance of life and how I must work hard to achieve what is important in life.

A brief description on how the layouts of the present looks like would be it is a simple box with 2 ball point pen with the colours red and blue. Both pen have my name engraved on it.

Perspective view will show how the casing will look like in a 3 dimension form.
The front view shows one of the sides of the box.
The side view also shows the side of the box.
Lastly, the plan view shows the content of the box and also the interior of the box.

SJ 10 - Initial concept

Concepts

   Before choosing a concept for a tower, I have to understand more about my character. Therefore, I did a bit of research about who my character really is, and what are his personalities.

Understanding of my character

   After I understand about my character, I chose the word 'strategic' as a concept. This is because my character have this value in him that makes him known for and I will use this word to make a tower that suits him.

   For the tower, I will apply Japanese elements in the building as the art of ninja comes from Japan. The inspiration of the tower comes from the idea of a bamboo tree covered with shurikens that were threw towards a certain point. Finally, those research materials were used to finalize the structure of my viewing tower for my character, Shikamaru.

Progress page 1

Progress page 2

Progress page 3

Progress page 4

Progress page 5

Measurements for actual model

Measurements for actual model

Presentation board layout

SJ 9 - 3 postcards

Georgetown, Penang

   We traveled around penang for a field trip for our course. It was a great place to see as all the colonial buildings from the past are preserved very nicely.

   These are some of the pictures sketched out from the places that I find interesting and eye netting.

First four postcards

Last 3 postcards

SJ 8 - Proposed location for tower

Proposed Location

   I felt that this tower should blend in with the surrounding, and I wanted it to look similar to one of the elements on site. The tree that grew horizontally was the most distinctive element that I could find on my site, and I chose to use that to my advantage.

   To place my tower on the tree itself, I must first understand a few things about my site as well before continuing this project. I took a bit of information from the previous site analysis to help me understand a bit more about my chosen location.

Proposed location

SJ 7 - Initial ideas for viewing tower

Ideas

I chose Shikamaru as my character to build a tower for. From the words 'ninja' and 'strategic', I started to came out with 3 types of designs for a tower.

First idea

Second idea

Third idea