Posted by Paul Malo on December 09, 2001 at 09:12:31:In Reply to: Re: material intuition in architecture posted by Jacques Pochoy on December 09, 2001 at 02:08:41:
I note that the illustration is not computer-generated, but was done by (a fine) hand. I also note (with similar pleasure) that inked, hard-line drawings are not encouraged in your studio. Mon confr¶re, nous nous accordons à celui-ci.
Students ought to learn principles of descriptive geometry,prespective, and "shades-and-shadows," not as a rendering tool, after the fact (and indeed the computer may be a useful tool in this instance) but these fundamental studies are useful as a design tool. Many of us design BY drawing three-dimensional studies--not merely to test the perceptual consequence of an a priori, conceptual notion, but even to derive the concept itself. Do you still employ the term, "parti"? It's essential to design as we approach it here.
On a recent review of student projects the one that I found most engaging was drawn by hand (in pencil) but incoporated two scanned photographs of the site into which a perspective image of the proposal as inserted. They were not merely unaltered photographs, however, but had been manipulated with Photoshop, one becomeing a night scene. Very persuasive. As I'm not easily wowed, I suppose a client would find the proposal irresistable.
I use Photoshop regularly to manipulate not only photos (removing signs, cars, utility poles, etc. when in the way) but to rework scanned original drawings--altering contrast, adding tones, etc. Very useful.
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