Can't upload more than 5MB unless I want to pay

So, the e-portfolio site I've been using doesn't allow me to upload any single file that's over 5MB. Only a couple of my portfolio files (except ones pre-Penn State) are below the limit. So, this marks the end of my usage of weebly.com... Apparently there's some sort of thing that Mac provides that's better. I'm not exactly sure. Anyways, I can upload them to this site at least. Here are the final drawings for VisCom, followed by an extra from a while ago:

So, the assignment was to choose any building (had to be approved by the prof) and do a study on it by examining existing plans and pictures of it. I chose a house called the Villa Shodan, designed by Le Corbusier. It's located in Ahmedabad, India. I was browsing through greatbuildings.com and I came across the image that I reproduced as a drawing on the upper part of this page. What struck me about it was the amount of 90 degree corners and how it seemed so structural, yet I was still pretty confused as to what was inside and what was outside just by looking at the plans, and that piqued my interest.

The plans here might confuse you at first, and I was no exception even after an hour of flipping through the plans and sections. I shaded the parts of the second and third floors that were open to below. There's also a diagram of the grid of rectangular posts that I picked up on quickly during my reproduction of the plans.

Here's the elevation and section of the Villa Shodan. If you look at the plan, the elevation is of the facade on the right side. I tried to shade where it seemed like the walls receded back, to give a sense of order and depth to it. For the section, I noted where it cut through each of the plans. There's also a diagram where every vertical support can be seen.

Here's a little shadow study assignment that also was for VisCom, but due a few weeks ago. Thought I'd just put this in here as well.

Finals week

Sorry for being boring and not posting anything recently. I've been really busy, and I do have scans of my work, but I don't have all of them yet, so I'm waiting until I have all of them before I put them on my e-portfolio site (I'll give you that site after I upload the scans). To keep this from looking really boring, here's some sketchbook scans!

11/21/09; IST Building (kinda); 2:35 p.m.

11/21/09; Notre Dame Paris, France; 11:50 a.m.









11/21/09; D.C. Airport gate D15; 12:22 p.m.

11/21/09; Flight SCE->Washington D.C. United Express; 9:45 a.m.

11/21/09; Fallingwater inspiration; 3:09 p.m.

Semester coming to a close

Well, the semester is coming to a close, and my crit yesterday went better than expected (although I was expecting the worst). Section 1's professor was extremely rough on a few people from section 4 on Monday, and we were with him yesterday, but it wasn't so bad. Here are the plan and perspective of my model:

I also have pictures of my art history term paper drawings. I did a paper about a fictional Gothic cathedral that I created for the assignment.

There's still much to do for other classes, but at least I don't have to worry about studio for the rest of the semester.