Download - Portfolio 9
Introduction
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This portfolio has been created to demonstrate knowledge and skills of architectural representation and creative thinking.
The content of this portfolio is categorised by projects thus providing structure.
All content in this portfolio is original.
Welcome
Projects(Academic Processional Practice.)
Photography(Topics of natural beauty.)
Hand Drawing(General drafting.)
Port
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Visual Dictionary (Composition of images.)
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Projects(Experimental.)
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Painting(Western watercolours.)
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David J. Craggs# Portfolio
Photography(Photo Textures.)
3.1
CAD Drawings(Elevations, section and details.)
2.1
Proj
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Proposed building Site; Black Berry Crag, Jesmond Dene, Newcastle. On the right concepts, on the left the chosen and developed concept Diablo House. Please see architectural walkthrough via YouTube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJSkJcgY7OoPlease see Project Site Analysis; “LINK”
Professional Practice Black
Berry Crag
Proposed change of use, Site; Guild Hall, Quayside, Newcastle. On the left conceptual drawings, and on the right developed visualisations. This particular assessment was a group project, working with multi-disciplines, using BIM was necessary to centralize work efforts and keep the team up-to-date. Masses of drawing information were produced, as contained in below websites.Please see existing building “Link”Please see new building “Link”
Professional Practice Guild hall
Newcastle
See concept 1
See concept 2
See concept 3
Change of use project, Site; Pockerley Manor, Beamish Museum, Durham. This building was surveyed, plotted and redesigned into a restaurant, there are multiple concepts (on the right) and photomontages (on the left), there are also two videos available one of interior walkthroughs as follows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uMXs_xeCvsand one of exterior orbits as followed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozrnn2d8BjE
Leonardo Design Project Beamish
open air museum
Dynamic Architecture,
Turning Tower
Interactive House,“we self build our
dream home in oak”
Austrian wine garden
CAD project, selection is an important factor, to demonstrate skill one must pick a challenge, visualising a common building is simple because their static, as opposed to being dynamic, thus became inspired by David Fishers, Dynamic Architecture. Please see the video; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REH3Evw0vkE
Movie Storyboard
Interactive House project was based on the selection of the article “An Oak Frame Home on a Replacement Dwelling” from June 2009, Homebuilding & Renovating magazine. The choice of building is important because by choosing a well photographed building like this there is a photo reference and that reference can be used in the assessment of the skill to transpose the information into a digital building model, the floor plans and photos did not match up in original article thus more information was requested, the designer to their credit did provide accurate CAD drawings, however the information was to late. Please see the video; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXgN41cPjww another video was created to demonstrate visual potential of real-time rendering with VR4Max in an architectural context. Please see video at; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4EIEqDQxh8
This project was very exciting experience, travelling with
Newcastle College to Austria, the assignment was to
redesign a court yard, we surveyed the site, and
produced our own ideas.
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This case study aims to identify the positive deign features of the bending house, therefore enabling the integration into other building designs, much like catalogue designing however the focus is not on product it is on spaces.
Please see full presentation; “LINK”
Building Technology assignment; to pick a building and redesign it to function more efficiently, building of study Northumbria
university’s library.
Please see building assessment “Link”
Metal working, City & Guilds
Building Technology,
Northumbria University Library
Case Study, Bending House
review
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Metalwork supplementary to the study of an engineering course. Mild steel is very mandible relative to other metallic materials, if one can manipulate metallic materials then common materials used for architectural model making i.e. Woods, plastics, etc. are significantly easier to work with.
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Aviation Museum
Collaborative project with a friend studying at Herriot watt university, this building is a proposed aviation museum, functions of the building include, multiuse areas, galleries, archives, restaurants. The mixed structural systems in this building (Concrete & timer
frame with a touch of steel) are the most innovative part of the project. Please see video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFp6jzqOkEs&feature=related
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Residential / Office Project
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Collaborative project with university students, by engaging with the multi-discipline students whom are assumed to be at the cutting edge of research and development with in the construction industry, such casual arraignments induce a revision
of constructability (time, cost and quality) sustainability (hydro-power, double skin façade and Passivhaus standards ) CAD/BIM (software updates are regular) and of course building regulations in general and specific to Edinburgh)
Residential / Office Project
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This project was done in a time of financial adversity, this forced efficient use of CAD/BIM solutions to render and present this project, the solution involved software administration of various Autodesk software (Revit, 3D Max, backburner) and
networking (Six nodes, use of RDP, folder organisation, network renderers), to achieve high-end renders on low-end hardware. This project really brought out my inner geek.
Residential / Office Project(Concept pre-visualisation)
Management Video
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Video shows VFX composition planning, and is intended to invite more
people into the construction industry,
specifically for woman.
Working as a team managing the design
process of a product, in this case a video, two part
assessment individual and group.
The end product is available online, Please see
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5qmrF93Iek
Proj
ect (
Expe
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Sketches (Personal
Collection)
Gallery Room
Organic Room
1.1
Sketching is thinking, this random collection of personal sketches is a statement; that sketching is a regularly undertaken activity and although the drawing quality is not admirable, the power of visual interpretation is very evident. To illustrate this point above focusing on a few sketches that have developed into something
more.
Developed from the personal sketch collection another transformation of a inferior sketch into a full blown video that highlights the power of interpretation. Please see the following
video;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nV8q8e5vBo
Extracted, and developed from personal sketch collection the following Link is a
video that resulted from the interpretation of the personal sketches,
intended to be a Gallery of existing materials compiled into one singular
video that includes stills and animations. Please see the following video;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ZIdCOC1R8
3D Tuition Project
Quick House Project
Project The Crib
Here is a project that was initiated by a friend on a whim, envious of the work in this very portfolio, therefore it seemed only appropriate that by budding up for a one off project it would be a fun way to pass on some of my knowledge in visualisation using, Google, Autodesk,
and Adobe software . After basically a crash course in digital visualisation my friend had produced other interesting graphics. The theme of this project is a tribute to a game called Final Fantasy VII. Please see video on line available at;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95SjKI0PUSg
Classed by the Belbin team role theory as a “Plant” & “shaper” this particular day I was less of a plant and more of a mushroom, this project was the result of a prolonged phone conversation, an hour later this video was created from nothing more than a footprint. Please
see video at; http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=XEmj3pspvvg
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This building model was to include all of the boys toys, an area for the band, pool table, arcade machines, pools, pianos, big TV's
however the build-ability element has little consideration in this play project. Another example of the power of interpretation.
Please see video at; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyoWC4LPOMs
Landscape
Fire & Water
Fire & Water
This is a selection of landscapes that have being created for the purpose of a music video, The song is a cover version of “Lisa's
death” by Akira Yamaoka, the video Includes animated landscapes. Please see video;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ChMU2_JPNoAlso available another music video that includes sketches and animations “When I Said I Wanna Kiss You“ Please see video; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJcY2PdFSC0
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To advance knowledge and skill of digital visualisation, it is necessary to play and make opportunities to do so. Thus the personal challenge was to create a fire and water animation,
using different digital approaches.
Fire animation. Please see Video; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88F7PMGlrRQ
Water animation. Please see video; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RWykJ6A2Fo
Texturing
Digital Painting (GIMP)
Album work
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Left; imaginary wolfRight; Iron Giant
Bottom Right; girlfriends foot (sleeping)
Tutorial for creative content
software, adapted concepts to work in Sketch
up, this is the result
General Photoshop
General image editing, posters, flyers, ideas, and philosophy. Create, calibrate,
communicate.
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Artist “Apanimator” Provides Sketch to be
reproduced in 3D, this is the Pre-visualisation
Google Earth
Google Maps
Google Sketch UpPersonal first model to be
uploaded to and accepted by the 3D Warehouse,
Located in China, Nanjing.
Modelled using photo matching
(Photogrammetry)in Google Sketch Up the concept is
transferable to other creative
content software. 13/06/2010
Chromo-illustration
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1.13D Sketching & Geo-Modelling
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1.13D Sketching & Geo-Modelling
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1.13D Sketching & Geo-Modelling
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1.13D Sketching & Geo-Modelling
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1.13D Sketching & Geo-Modelling
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1.13D Sketching
(Leonardo Design Project
supporting sketches)
The media from this project was in many formats, images, video,
and panoramic views, because of the media was mixed, an offline website was created, made with browser side scripting, featuring, more images, links to videos, and
image maps of floor plans that link to panoramic images of inside
the virtual building
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1.13D Sketching
(Interactive House supporting sketches)
Note this is real time rendering.
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1.13D Sketching
Rendering, and Editing
Concept
Concept
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3D Sketching
Friends house, DIY
Local Pub
School, Edinburgh
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3D Sketching
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3D Sketching
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1.1 3D sketching like regular sketching is addictive and over the past few years there has been a build up
interesting modelsPlease see video at;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2MbTNx-30c
Byker Wall
Zenith
assembly
Digital model of physical models
3D Sketching
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Concept in context
Rhythm of Public Transport
Uni.Assignment
Concept
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3D Sketching
Fire Place
French Water Well
Concept
House-hold Items
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3D SketchingLight
Behaviour Testing
Site-massing
Floor Thickness effecting taller
buildings
Horizontal Circulation,
effecting and Health & Safety
Concept,Sketching ins
thinking
High Rise,Homing in on CAD skills using large sums of data
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3D Sketching
Oak frame
Concept Air-port
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3D SketchingHotel Room, Shang HaiTrain Coach, Beijing
Misc
China is a fascinating place to visit however, its inevitable that, some
times you must wait, out of this waiting came the following
images. I find that photography is a more efficient way to capture
architectural detailing.
Hand
Dra
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ResidentialCommercial
Residential
Traditional building,
renovation to include extern
thermal insulation, and
timber hung suspended
flooring system.
This old building only
has a few remaining
feature that can be reused
such as the solid
missionary wall, and
selected joists leaving the rest of the structure
to be re-specified.
Typical vertical wall sections, featuring brick & block walls, block & Beam
flooring system, to
specification at that time.
Continuous pile driven system to
provide structural requirements of
sub & super structure,
featuring long span heavy metal castellated steel beam, combined
with light composite
flooring systems.
Basement features external
tanking, with drainage system.
Light Weight Steel used for external
fabric of the building therefore achieving
structural efficiency .
CAD
Draw
ing
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CAD
Draw
ing
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Actual planning application
Actual planning application
CAD
Draw
ing
2.1
Black Berry Crag Development supporting material
Please see Project Site Analysis; “LINK”Please see alternative concepts; “LINK”
Building Technology assignment; to pick a building and redesign it to function more efficiently,
building of study Northumbria university’s library.
Please see building assessment “Link”
CAD
Draw
ing
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CAD
Draw
ing
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See web archive “LINK” Guild Hall Refurbishment
CAD
Draw
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See web archive “LINK”
Guild Hall New Build
CAD
Draw
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Project Air-port Museum
CAD
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CAD
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Detail
Detail, with colour
Detail, with colour and scale
An hour with project Dragonfly to visualise otherwise boring un-stimulating floor plan in
bottom right available (software at Autodesk lads)
Concept 1
Concept 2
CAD
Draw
ing
2.1
See concept 1
See concept 2
See concept 3
Developed
All concepts
Midgar (print)
Line work
Colour & scale
Survey & House
CAD
Draw
ing
2.1
Phot
ogra
phy
Image Wall
3
Phot
ogra
phy
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Beach theme, very positive imagery of fun in the sun photos that, reminds one of good times on holiday, interesting rock
formations, animated with clear sky's. (Location; Spain)
Phot
ogra
phy
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An array of images that are all worthy of being painted because of there feeling of scale resulted from their common
depth of field. (Location; Austria)
Phot
ogra
phy
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Photography often described as half art and half science. This is an example of both astonishing scenery and different techniques used to create panoramic views. Random sampling technique was developed on the basic assumption that; to create a good picture, two conditions must be
true, condition one good scene condition two good equipment. Often when an photo opportunity presents itself, one doesn't have decent equipment therefore it’s a case of making the best of what
you have thus came random sampling panoramic views. (Locations; Austria & Turkey to Greece)
Random Sample
Seamless Sample
Strategic Sample
Phot
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Floral theme with a high vibrant contrast of colours that, makes for beautiful scenery and a beautiful photo shot. Summer samples
from, Whitworth Hall Country Park , Durham.
Phot
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Phot
o Te
xtur
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Process of archiving images to be used at a later date, pictures of interesting textures to be edited and used as needed, resulting in a comprehensive
collection of vegetation, masonry, woods, etc. useful as a reference while painting, for texturing physical architectural models and digital models.
Ink painting, cheap, quick, easy way to give impressions.
Pain
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Pain
ting
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First water colour painting since the late 90s, attempted, landscape, sky, water,
vegetation, and building materials. “jack of all trades master of none”
Pain
ting
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Charles Evans, from the series A Brush with Britain was investigating local sites,
and successfully persuaded me to try water colour painting again.
Pain
ting
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Sketch was created using Google sketch up originally, tracing allows one to add,
and remove features to get the best version of the topic.
Pain
ting
4
This to date is the best example of my painting ability, having studied over the
last few weeks. “third time lucky”
Personal reflective commentary; Whitburn is my home town, and it has had many fantastic local artists particularly
watercolour artists, the arts community however now is withdrawing currently, Having experimented with water colour paintings, I feel that this in a potentially
positive area of self development in terms of heritage and my career.
Language of Design
Scale, Rhythm, Proportions, form, material, and colour, are commonly used to describe
building’s therefore it’s important to understand this terminology. The following
collection of imagery will attempt to illustrate the terminology.
Visu
al D
ictio
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Proportions Rhythm
Vitruvius Britannicus
In architecture, a system of relationships of parts to each other and to the whole, often governed by a standard unit length called a module base e.g. On half the diameter of a classical column
Finest Example of Norman architecture,founded in 1093 and remains acentre for Christian worship today, Not Human scale this religious building Is trying to metaphorically reach heavenWhy dose it look big because peopleAutomatically use the chairs for a visual reference.
Uniformed array of gothic arched openings, sizing of Elements can suggest an altered Depth perception.
Architectural Proportions,Aristotle’s concept of measure,(Proportions have no SI unit, it’s a number game)
Scale
Taibei Empire State Building
1,2,3 and 4Vi
sual
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Durham Cathedral
Material Colour
•HSL Hue Saturation Luminance•RBG Red Blue Greens•ACI AutoCAD Color Index
•Specification•Min-max (R-255 B-0 G-0)•Percentage (R-100 B-0 B0)•Hexadecimal(FF0000)•ACI (10)
Form Vi
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Form refers to
the massing of
the building
the shape
Material, describes
collectively colour, texture, transparency,
reflections, etc.