u3254938 ARCH1142 Communications 1 Ainslie Murray: Final Works: Mario Botta House 3D

This is the final Product of my assignment in Architectural Drawing in ARCH 1142 Communications course.

Explanation:
i arranged the Plans, Sections, and Elevation in a clockwise manner down the left hand side of the A1 page. it is supposed to complement my 3D drawing, in that it corresponds to the orientation from South view, to West to North.
These Plans, Sections, and elevations alone are quite hard to understand. Most people would think that the house is just a rectangular box, with a bridge entrance at its top level.
i tried to give a more special perspective to this house: that it is NOT just a house that looks like a box with P shaped openings on its walls for windows.
So, in my 3D drawing, i made an "exploded axonometric" (as my Lecturer called it) to show:
1. its box exterior
2. the living spaces inside it as well
3. how the walls interact with the interior spaces.
4. putting some interpretation into the complex plans, sections and elevations.
5.linking the Plans, sections and elevations together in a synergetic manner.

Most people in my class only showed the exterior nature of the house, so i chose this design to not only show some elements of Exterior but as well as Interior.
i ended up subtly linking those two, to show their relationship(like how the light might shine through the P shaped openings), at the same time seperating them.

My Lecturer(Ken) told me that this design would take ALOT of time.
i already expected that, but went ahead and learned Google Sketchup in the weekend 2 days before submission. Google sketchup was the key factor in my 3D drawing, in that i had to accurately interpret the plans, sections, and elevations, and imagine the spaces inside.
(i made mistakes, and mid way in my first try at the final product, i realised that the South West of 3rd floor was empty. you can see my 'failed version')

only then i could design the spaces in Sketchup. thank god its so easy to learn.
All images are in Photobucket, so you just have to click the images to view the full version.