ALTERNATIVE ENDINGS: In Detail Representational Techniques and Physical Modelling Eleanor Dodman TERM 1 - Weds, AM SESSION – 0900 -1200 (BST) (This course runs in Term 1 only)

Buried deep in the bowels of the AA is the archive - a collection of projects and artefacts - documenting its numerous pasts. Together we will build on this past by producing an unseen moment of an existing drawing from the archive, in the form of a physical model. We will question how models are used as means of representation within architecture whilst delving into the history and cultural context of the existing drawing. This year we will focus on the scale of the detail. An architectural detail, although only showing you part of a building can sometimes embody the character of the whole. By zooming into the existing drawing we will produce a 1:20 or 1:10 detail model using paper and card. This model will be photographed with a single viewpoint in mind. The detail should unveil to the viewer something previously unknown. Core learning: Basic Rhino skills, understanding of scale and spatial constraints, model making, Technical Requirements: A3 grey and white card, basic model making tools (UHU, scalpel, ruler, pencil) A4 printer, Digital Camera/good phone camera and Rhino - a phone clamp if possible.

WEEKLY SESSIONS: Session 1: Wednesday 7th October/13th January Introduction to the course Introduction to the archive over Zoom ( Time TBC) Moment - You will choose a moment within the existing drawing to focus your attention on. What can you learn from the existing drawing? What do you want to unveil about the project? What do you want to hide? Session 2: Wednesday 14th October/20th January Workshop on details and scale in model making. We will look at historic and current details and models and through a series of drawing and collage exercises start to draw and design our own based on the existing drawing. Scale - We will work in different scales from 1:20 to 1:2 to look at detail and resolution. Detail - you will choose a detail or element to explore in more detail. Session 3: Wednesday 21st October/27th January 3d CAD model (Rhino) We will look at tools within Rhino to help you make physical models including unrolling and manipulating geometry. Scale - will play an important role as these models will be made by hand. Frame - throughout the course we will consider the frame. How will you frame your model, will you produce the corner of a room, or the detail of an architrave? Session 4: Wednesday 28th October/3rd February Hatches, line weights and textures workshop. Central to every detail or drawing is resolution and hierarchy. We will look at how hierarchy is used in drawings and models and how it can be translated and used in different ways to create different representations. Individual tutorials OPEN WEEK Session 5: Wednesday 11th November/17th February Model making - we will translate the digital model into a physical model. We will start to construct the models using techniques explored in the previous weeks. Individual tutorials Session 6: Wednesday 18th November/24th February Finalising the model - Individual Tutorials. Session 7: Wednesday 25th November/3rd March Model photography workshop. What kind of lighting will be used? How will the photograph be processed? Will the image form part of a triptych or sit alone? Post-production of model photographs - Workshop into the post production of model photographs. Session 8: Wednesday 2nd December/10th March - // AA MEDIA JURY DAY Final presentation For the final presentation you will present not only your final image or a series of images of your model but the process work, multiple tests and iterations as well as workshop outcomes. Submission requirements You will be required to submit a document detailing the process and models made during the course. You will also be required to submit your final image.

Eleanor Dodman is an architect and a graduate of the AA. Her London based practice focuses on residential and cultural projects. She currently teaches an Experimental Unit at the AA.