Experimentation: Developing Skills

This post will show me developing my skills by making a prototype of my building. Currently, I have completed my elevations and site map. Because my building is round, creating a concept sketch using the two point perspective will not be ideal so in order to create my concept sketch, I will take a picture of my prototype and work on a light pad (or work digitally) to achieve the result. 

This is the drawing I worked from

 

I started by sourcing an object to act as the dome for my building, the object I chose was an old Christmas decoration which I then painted white.

The materials I used for the prototype were pieces of paper which would imitate the petals of the building and glue for sticking them on. I cut out paper in the shape of a semi-oval and folded them into petals before gluing them to my object

At this point I had realized that the design of my dome takes a more oval shape than a circle so I pressed the object to form an oval shaped dome. I continued adding the petals while referencing my original drawing

      

                                                                            

Once that was done, I trimmed it down to an appropriate size for the dome I was using and these are the final results

 

This exercise was very helpful for me to be able to visualise my drawing not only to help create my concept sketches but also when creating my 3D model. I have learnt how light can affect my building and environment when creating the concept sketches and how to show it on my drawings. The prototype is also great for me to communicate how my building should look when starting to create the 3D model. Although it is not an accurate representation of how the building would look. For instance the petals are too close together and the dome can barely be seen, these are all corrections that will be done in my concept sketch and 3D model