Worksheet Exercise

This was an exercise off of a worksheet given to us. Here we practiced drafting and using the poche' technique. I learned that it was better to poche' on the backside of the paper.

Hatching with Ruler

I enjoyed this exercise and approached it much differently than I did on my other drawings. Here I took a small ruler and used it to draw straight edges or lines wherever I needed. I found that it was much more effective and the drawing turned out alot cleaner than just some ragged lines and cross hatching. The straight lines brought out more of the vertical hatching technique as well and made objects look defined. Only a little bit of hatching seemed necessary to define each object, otherwise it seemed to over power it.

What a Messy Mess

The First drawing of the semester thus far, and quite messy too. I was not too pleased with the drawing, because the lines and proportions got thrown off a couple time, and considering I used pen instead of pencil I had to just work with my mistakes which led to this. In the future I would look into coloring the drawing, because it has a nice cartoon-like feel to it and the colors would really help in defining texture and shade as well.

Leaf Layout

Other energy sources

Geothermal Energy- The energy comes from steam, which was around during the early part of the 19th century. The geothermal liquid is injected into an underground chamber where the heat is recycled throughout the house. Since it is underground then the water stays at a constant temperature, so that the house stay the same. Some geothermal plants are around the world and they burn clean and are completely safe for the environment.

Wind power- This energy source is becoming more prominent, because it is completely clean and produces alot of energy. The wind pushes the turbines which in turn causes the electrical generator to produce electricity. This wind mills are usually located in large farm and help power large cities and grids. I feel as if this would be one of the most renewable sources of electricity that we can get. I mean wind, we get that all of the time and it completely recyclable.

HNTB Architecture Site

Website: http://www.hntb.com/

Only one word to describe this site here: plain. When I came to the site I just wanted to automatically click the back button so I could find a better one. Because to be honest here, I didn't have much to say about it, I didn't even know where to start. I guess the navigation of the site was alright, didn't feel special or anything. The tool bar on the side is nice, but they could be more innovative than that. I did like how they had career highlights for young architects though. I mean I guess if I were working for them I would feel somewhat special just being reviewed at the bottom of the page. Its nice to know a company cares for their employees. The site needs more work, I'm sure its not that hard to get innovative with a site considering you might have thousands of designs and concepts to choose from.

Suzane Reatig Architecture

Website: http://www.reatig.com/projects/metrochurch.html

The site doesn't really appeal to me, but I do like the organization within the site itself. When you first arrive at the site you see a couple pictures and they link you to the design that you are looking for, whether it be worship or townhouse. The feel of the site is not much different than browsing the Internet on Google. There isn't much motivation in the site, and I really hope that doesn't show on the company themselves. I could see alot of potential here and maybe through time they will develop a much better site.