Module 1- Form and SpacePage

Introduction to Form and Space

Drawing of a fantastical city nestled in a mountain valley, black and white, Creator Boullee, Etienne-Louis, 1728-1799 Title Project for City of the Dead set in an Ideal Landscape Plan: Date 1780 Subject Architecture:Artist--France--18th C. A.D Collection ARTstor Slide Gallery Source Data from: University of California, San Diego

Boullee, Etienne-Louis, Project for City of the Dead set in an Ideal Landscape Plan, 1780

Welcome to Module 1-

Form and Space

 

This module takes place:

  • Week 4- Lecture, M1- Form and Space Design Assignment introduction
  • Week 5- Lecture, Model and drawing demos
  • Week 6- Work Time
  • Week 7 -M1- Form and Space Design Assignment Review

 

In this module we will:

  • Learn about the basic components of architectural form making 
  • Learn techniques for analog drawing and modeling
  • Create a 3D physical model exploring form
  • Create 2D orthographic drawings from our models
  • Explore a design process and present our ideas and projects to the group

 

The assignments for this module are:

M1- Form and Space Design Assignment

M1- Form and Space Module Quiz

 

 

The readings and resources for this module are:

Architecture Form, Space, Order by Francis D. K. Ching (z-lib.org).pdf

OPERATIVE_DESIGN_A_Catalog_of_Spatial_Verbs.pdf