Digital Watercolor
print, 8.5″ x 11″
Elevation The subject of this series of drawings is elevation and another type of drawing which is typically associated with elevation: the one-point perspective. In the days when architectural presentations are mostly dominated by realistic computer renderings, elevations are a type of drawings that was considered more like technical drawings and less appealing and interesting. The goal of this series of drawings is to clarify and showcase a form of architectural graphics that typically focused on elevation drawings, which we found exciting and contains a special character far different from realistic computer renderings.
Architectural drawing “The distinction between the art of architecture as object, a completed building, and the art of architecture as process, the act of design, is crucial for any discussion of architectural artwork” (Schaller, 1997, p.19). We define the word “architecture” as the act of studying or executing the design of buildings. It is hoped that this series of drawings will help to clarify both the interdependence and independence of disciplines including architecture, architectural studies, and fine art.
Revisioning the Design Concepts in Color, Form, and Space through One-point Perspectives
print, 8.5″ x 11″
Abstract Today, interior perspectives in various formats are used expansively to explore and illustrate design concepts. One point perspective is a drawing method that shows how things appear to get smaller as they get further away, converging towards a single ‘vanishing point’ on the horizon line. It is a way of drawing objects upon a flat surface so that they look three-dimensional and realistic. This drawing technic is well developed and widely applied in the drawing of built environments both indoors and outdoors since the Italian Renaissance.
This project showcases a series of interior renderings in a unified one-point perspective format with techniques, texture, and color palette inspired by hand-drawings popular in the early 20th century. The drawings are attempts to “merely” depict the most essential design elements in the projects done by a design firm based in Blacksburg, Virginia. The rationale for formatting the perspective and drawing technics is to encourage the designers to re-explore the most fundamental design elements in a specific interior setting. The focus was placed on the interplay between the spatial form and organization of surfaces and objects.
We argue that the use of a one-point perspective as the primary presentation format encourages the designer to rethink the design with a focus on the proportion and composition of different colors, objects, and spatial forms. It works as a reflection of design thinking and provides the designers a chance to revisit their previous designs and rethink the relationships between all the elements proposed in the settings. It also shows a different method of visual presentation of interior spaces with controls on what to show and what not to show.
