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.

Thanksgiving break

It's Thanksgiving break now, so I get a whole week at home! This doesn't necessarily mean that I get a whole week away from doing work.


There's still the Art History term paper, which I'm creating a second generation Gothic style chapel for. The assignment is to create a fictional building that would have been built during one of the time periods we have covered.


For studio I'm going to make a plan and perspective of my model along with notes about my client and the inventory of the collection of measuring instruments. Here's a picture of my model:

There's the person that's six feet tall in there, so the room isn't that big. I exaggerated the ceiling because it's flat in reality, but I wanted people to see what would be painted on the ceiling. It's tough to see in the picture, but I made it look like the columns and wall supports continued far upward when the model is viewed from a certain angle. This goes back to the sidewalk artwork that looks like there is something there, but really it's just a flat surface. Photos of the plan and perspective will be put up by Saturday.

The next week and a half...

So, the next week and a half are going to be extremely busy. The reasons I haven't been posting quite as often are as follows: trying to cope with the amount of architecture work I've been given, playing soccer a little bit, eating, sleeping, and Tetris (don't laugh, it gets my mind off of my list of things to worry about for a few minutes of the day). I'm still thinking about how to fit laundry into the schedule, but it's taking a back seat right now (don't worry now, I'm still wearing clean clothes, I'm just running low on them).

For studio, I've been working on another cardboard and balsa wood model like the one I posted pictures of last time, and it has to be finished by class today. This one is more "final" in that the design stage of this project is over. It's pretty much off to the races now to make that model, a mock-up of a part of what the real final model will look like with all the correct materials such as bass wood, glass, etc. That will be due on Friday. Then, a week from Friday will be the due date for the model accompanied by a plan of the room and at least one well drawn perspective.

Good for everyone who's reading these, that means that there are going to be more pictures! Also, I found where to scan my work that I've done on paper, so higher quality images of those are to come, which means that they will be going on my e-portfolio site!

Studio work

Well, studio has been pretty busy for the past couple days (I was up until 5:00 a.m. Wednesday morning!). My section's current professor can be kind of vague when outlining the project, so it wasn't until a couple days ago when I finally came up with what the room might look like for my collector of measuring instruments. Here are a couple pictures:

Above is the plan of the model. To be honest, I think this looks pretty cool with the perspective behind it.

Hectic week

So, the entirety of last week was full of working on the annual first year architecture Halloween Parade with a friend of mine, studying for Art History, and trying to get some studio time in between. If you're interested in how my Halloween Parade went, here's the video (I'm from the land of red and white). I still have to work on studio models and my art history paper, so there's still much to do.