[DComm] Project 2B: Axonometric Projection

Continuing with the same building, Cooper House by Gwathmey Siegel. For this project, we are required to do an axonometric projection. Axonometric drawing is an excellent method of communicating and expressing an architectural idea.

Objectives of Project
In the production of the work for Orthographic Projections assessment, you would have, by now, a fairly in-depth understanding of the architectural details and spatial value of a building (which will introduce to you by your lecturer).

In the next exercise, you will learn how to execute an axonometric projection by generating an exploded axonometric of the house.

These projections will be generated at a scale of 1:100 on butter paper (for construction) and finally inked on A1-sized tracing paper.

Learning Outcomes of this Project

1. Ability to express spatial ideas and architectural detail in three-dimension, in the format of an axonometric projection. 
2. Understanding of what axonometric projections are, how to generate them and how to apply them to the design process and presentation. 
3. Ability to produce legible architectural drawings. 

We can draw our axonometric projections from the plan that was drawn in the previous project. By using the plans, we can extend it to the height of the building giving 3D shape of the building in drawing. With the use of line weights, we are also thought about profile lines to show the whether an object is attached to one another or not. 

The picture below is my Axonometric Projection for Cooper House. 

Axonometric Projection

Reflection

This project taught me how to draw axonometric projections and also showed that how axonometric can show the details of a building in 3-Dimension. It is an interesting project where I get to understand the building more as I see from the axonometric drawing. I could also apply this in my other drawings in the future to show the interesting parts of the building.