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top 2 images scanned from "Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian Homes" by John Sergeant, published by Watson-Guptill
After some initial unrewarding attempts to use the massing tools to create the buttressed roof form of the Sturges house by Frank Lloyd Wright i decided to use another usonian home the Winkler-Goetsch house. It is built on a simple 4x4 grid is single story and has 2 flat roofs. The MASSIVE chimney proved to be problematic, both from the standpoint of its construction as well as implications for the roof plane. I used masonry walls to construct it, but had to offset the base of one wall up above the 1st floor view in order to keep it from showing on the plan, also i had to cap the closed section of the chimney with a small roof, though in hindsight i could have placed a short wall segment at a level 1-2' below the top and then used it to fill the gap. I edited the standard roof to a zero slope inorder to make it flat, and then edited the bounding lines to make the overhangs. I discovered through trial and error that rather than creating a roof plane that was articulated to follow the walls it was more efficiant(at least wit the flat roof) to make a simple rectangle and then make vertical openings that blocked out the unwanted portions. Another challenge was the patio stairs, I used 3 floor planes to create them, as the stair tool was not appropriate for this use. Plotting proved problematic, but i managed it via exporting jpg. to photoshop then printing.
The resources i've found most usefull in this class are the GTFs inclass workshop, which im my opinion could use more time. It may work better if its possible to have some full class time workshops, with the (very informative and much welcomed) guest lecturers and other class disscusions/activities all being done on the other class day in the week. The onlie and offline help/hot_help is excellent.
I think i'm most interested in exploring the use of the massing tool as well as the importing of simple sketchup massings for in model editing of planes into walls roofs floors. This could be a huge time saver for those already familiar with skp, and seems to follow the real world aplicatio of revit. I would also like to use these revit-ized skp files to import to ecotect.
To be honest one of the more unusual/uncomfortable ellements of this class is the blog, i can see it has potential but am as of yet not a bloger nor do i think its something i will pursue outside of the class, although i did frequent BBS in my youth i'm not yet sold on the digital diary...but this may change should it prove useful.
Tristan,
ReplyDeleteYour writing is really informative for helping your teaching team do a better job to serve your needs. I need to get out of the way more, just set the stage, provide the resources and give more time to the GTF's.
You can delete the blank posts by finding Posts > Quick Edit > Delete
How about if you change your image links to link to the Amazon listing for John Seargeant's book rather than the high-res images? That way it is more of an ad for his book than competing for its market. (In the editor, click on the image, the little picture icon and change the link). You don't own those beautiful images to give away on the net.
Instead, post your own images: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soGzlG_iUEc
If you keep it up, your blog will be a good record of your efforts, results and learning.
Tristan,
ReplyDeleteThis looks good. You did a good job of getting the details in for each room, though it looks like some of the stuff remained as model lines.
Admittedly, in the hard-copy I would not be able to tell because it's all black/white, but in these color images you can see the lines are green.
It seems like the proportions are a little off. Did you draw a grid like FLW always used on his plans? It's a safe bet without really studying it that it's on a 4'x4' grid.
One little thing is most of the doors look like they're the same size, while in the original they varied in size on different parts of the exterior.
Anyway, overall a good first foray into modeling pre-measured stuff.
hello,
ReplyDeletei'm a french architecture studen (you see my english...) i would ask you if you can give me the measure and the plan who help to realize this: because my teachers would this for a model: and I find only the situation plan
Thank for your help