REMINDERS! IMPORTANT DATES!

October 31 (Wednesday): NO CLASS!  Happy Halloween!

November 3 (Saturday): Make-up Class for October 31 (Wednesday).  Class will commence at 9 00 AM and end at 11 AM.    9 00 - 10 00 will consist of new material for Rhino 4.0 with Vray.  10 00 - 11 00 will be dedicated to your models.  I will ONLY answer questions to those of you with work to show me. I will not be answering questions if you have yet to start your models.  I will answer questions first to those of you who write down your questions.

November 18 (Sunday): Bonus Class.  Class will commence at 9 00 AM and end at 12 PM.    9 00 - 10 00 will consist of light sources for Rhino 4.0 with Vray.  10 00 - 12 00 will be dedicated to your models.  I will ONLY answer questions to those of you with work to show me. I will not be answering questions if you have yet to start your models.  I will answer questions first to those of you who write down your questions.

November 19 (Monday):  Quiz # 3 (on Rhino 4.0 & Photoshop).  Instructions will be posted soon.  I highly recommend that you practice with Assignment # 3 and that you are able to build, add materials and render it from 3 different views (front, side & perspective view) and arrange them side by side in Photoshop , 11 x 17 Sheet.

December 3 (Monday): Final Portfolio Due by 7 45 PM.  NO late submittals will be accepted.


DISCLAIMER:
I will no longer be answering questions for Assignments No 1-3 in class unless a printed version of work with improvements is given to me.  This may either be answered in class or taken with me with notes to be returned on the following class.

Grades: Mid-Semester

Photoshop Rendering Samples

http://www.archdaily.com/282528/the-london-lidoline-swim-to-work-on-yn-studios-proposal/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

http://www.archdaily.com/282904/cornell-releases-preliminary-renderings-of-nyc-tech-campus/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Assignment No. 5 + 6

Assignment No. 5 + 6 :

1: File - Save as - [Last Name][First Initial]_ARC4058_Assignment_5+6_[image type, ie. Superstudio Objects, Musee d'Orsay Front Perspective, etc.]

2: Photoshop: New File - 11" x 17" - Resolution at 200 pixels/inch - Color Mode at RGB Color - Margins as per the Layout Sample

3: Assignment: Design the building you have selected in Rhino and render them with V-Ray for Rhino.  Then save as a .PNG with no background.  Your requirements are:

• 1 - 300 word introduction to the building, concepts behind the design + relevance of your design.  Do NOT write from first person perspective (ie. "I believe that this is.... I decided on this view because...." etc.).  
• 1 - Exterior Rendering (with it's real-world setting surrounding it). 
• 1 - Interior Rendering (with sun lighting from the exterior)
• 3 - Diagrams Analyzing your building (choose diagrams most relevant to your building's concept.  ie. Sun path, circulation, etc.).  These may be in plan / section / other forms of representation.  Each diagram must have a brief description below (1-4 sentences) and/or a Legend for symbols on the page, yet should NOT need them to be understood.  

• *BONUS 1*  (2 points) : Create an additional Interior Rendering & Exterior Rendering.
• *BONUS 2*  (2 points) : Modify an Interior Rendering + Exterior Rendering to portray one of the following two settings: Dystopian setting or Utopian setting.  There shall be a brief explanation (2-3 sentences) for said settings

Notes:

• each rendering should have 5 people minimum with the proper shadows / lighting.
• proper materials should be rendered as relevant.
• be certain the lighting is done properly in the interior + exterior renders, as lighting is important in each of these projects.  Study sun paths + building orientation for this.
• 1 - 11" x 17" (landscape) page per rendering.  Each Diagram could either be on 1 page, all 3 on 1, or 2 per page if Bonuses were done, etc. depending on your diagrams' scale and type. 
• IMPORTANT!!: YOU MUST work on the building that was initially assigned to you UNLESS you have traded with someone else and I have been informed of said trade by both parties.  A 30% reduction in the grade will be placed per assignment that is done incorrectly.  Assignments 4 + 5 + 6 shall all be of the same building.  If you did the wrong building for Assignment No. 2, do not make the same mistake for No. 4 + 5 + 6 as you will lose credit for each of those!  Ask me if you are not certain as to which building is yours.  

4: Post JPEG on Blog (top-right corner : New Post - Insert JPEG - Publish Post!) ONLY if you have any questions pertaining to the assignment.  You do NOT need to post on the blog for this assignment.

5: Turn in the Assignments with the Class Portfolio.  

Due Date:  Final 12-3-12 (Monday)

Project List:

Last Name A-De

Institute of Contemporary Art : Boston, Massachusetts

Diller, Scofidio + Renfro

Last Name Di-G

Kunsthal : Rotterdam, Netherlands 

Rem Koolhaas / OMA

Last Name H-Ma

Jewish Contemporary Museum San Francisco : San Francisco, California

Daniel Libeskind

  

Last Name Me-Ro

Whitney Museum : New York, New York

Marcel Breuer

Last Name Ru-W

MAS | Museum aan de Stroom : Antwerp, Belgium

Neutelings Riedijk Architects

Assignment No. 4

Assignment No. 4 :

1: File - Save as - [Last Name][First Initial]_ARC4058_Assignment_3_[detail type, ie. Wall_Panel, Interior Ceiling, etc.]

2: New File - 11" x 17" - Resolution at 200 pixels/inch - Color Mode at RGB Color

3: Assignment: Modeled and Rendered Detail.  With Rhino 4.0, model any detail within or throughout your Assignment No. 2 Building.  You shall have a model Print Screen of your detail beside a Rendered detail. The Rendered version shall have arrows or lines pointing out the different components that make up the detail.  There shall be a minimum of 3 components that make up each detail.  The Model Print Screen and the Rendered Model Shall be roughly the same angle and scale.

• 3 different components (minimum) per detail.  They shall be called out (be consistent with font!).
• Be sure that the detail is unique to you building.
• Each 11" x 17" Sheet shall have 1 modeled version (with the different layers separated by colors) and 1 rendered view (V-ray render).  
• *BONUS 1* Do the same thing for another detail (separate sheet).
• *BONUS 2* Do the same thing for another detail (separate sheet).

4: Label Each Drawing - ie. Interior Gallery Ceiling, Typical Exterior Wall Panels, Window Detail, etc. 

5: Save file as PSD (Photoshop Document) - Save file as PDF

6: Post JPEG on Blog (top-right corner : New Post - Insert JPEG - Publish Post!) ONLY if you have any questions pertaining to the assignment.  You do NOT need to post on the blog for this assignment.

Due Date:  @ Final - 12-5-2012
               

Quiz No. 2 Make-up

Recreate the scenario below with the image sample provided.  Create a grid using hatch patterns in AutoCAD and plot as a separate PDF.  Insert said grid TO SCALE according to the dimensions given.  The grid pattern should be 10' x 10' square.  Manipulate the grid so that it works with the perspective.

In addition to this, you will follow the instructions from the original quiz.  However, 3 people will be required in the FOREGROUND now.

Quiz No. 2 Images

sample environment for ratio / scale

object to actually draw and place within the environment

Quiz No. 2

Quiz No. 2 :
 Date: 10-10-2012
Time Limit: 1 hour to be received in email.

Instructions

1: File - Save as - [Last Name][First Initial]_ARC4058_Quiz_2 .  Be certain the JPEG file is saved with this format!

2: Be sure that the PSD (Photoshop) File is an 11" x 17" with the same margins and layout as the Midterm.  200 dpi.

3: Groups: There are no groups for this quiz.  However, the environments + people within each file SHOULD be different.

4: Assignment: 

• Insert an environment as your backdrop.  The 3 options for the backdrop will either be:
• Mountain: 50% mountain (diagonal).  50% sky.  Just like you saw in class.
• Ocean: 67% ocean (2/3 bottom horizontal).  33% sky.  (1/3 top horizontal).
• Dessert: 67% dessert (2/3 bottom horizontal).  33% sky. (1/3 top horizontal).

• Draw the object perspective presented in the image (either in CAD or Photoshop) as they are posted on the blog.  (If drawn in CAD, save it as a PDF and bring it into Photoshop.  There are 2 mandatory lineweights.  That of the exterior (.35 thickness) and the interior of the object (.15 thickness).
• "Reflect" part of your environment on the facade of the drawn object. This reflection may be slightly blurred for a better effect. 
• Add Materials to the Object (I recommend creating a white layer behind the object with the Pen Tool first).  The material may be:
• Concrete
• Wood (Paneling)
• Steel
• The materials will be specified during the quiz.

• Add at least 2 individual people into the environment.  
• Shadows as appropriate for the people + object. (Be consistent with the light source).
• Partly Desaturate the backdrop, people + object to your liking (NOTE: the object and the Backdrop need to have different levels of saturation.  You also need to Filter for effects. This website has some advice of how to give your image a "vintage feel").  You may add multiple filters.  
• Make the final product your own!

5: Save to JPEG - Quality = 8 (if you do not know what this means, try creating a jpeg from Photoshop.  You will be prompted to select the output quality.  Bring it down to 8)

6: Submittal: JPEG file shall be submitted to ecalil@fiu.edu before the hour's end


* Note: if you cannot make it to the day of a Quiz, you may make it up the week after.  A more difficult drawing will replace the one of the original date and the same time limit will be given during class time.  If you know that you cannot make it to class on any particular day, please comment below with the date(s) you will be absent and I will do my best to not have a Quiz on that particular date.  Once the date of the Quiz is posted online, it will not change.

Layout Template for Midterm / Final

below are the sample pages for both the drawing and rendered formats (with and without the descriptions margins).  Whether or not it is necessary for an assignment to have a description depends on the criteria for said assignment posted on the blog.

below is a page sample with the description layout.