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Marbel Noguera

ARCH 20Instructor Jerry Lum

Fall 2015

Table Of Content Dog House

Cube Arrays in Space

Using the Push Pull & Follow Me Tools

Campidoglio Inspired Piazza

Floor Patterns

Malevich Inspired Construction

Pavilion with Folded Canopy

Dog House

ReflectionStrengths:• Successfully got to designed the

interior of my dog house. With the help of 3D warehouse I could install a fireplace, a chandelier, a food tray, and of course a bed.

• At first it was kind of difficult to start using the offset tool, however, I got it down and successfully created the triangle part of the roof.

• Also, playing around with the shadow, helped me create a more sophisticated look.

Weaknesses: • It took me a while to create the

windows and making everything be accurate.

Front View

Right View

Back View

INSIDE

LOOk

Fire Place Side Window, fireplace, Chandelier, Bed

Back window, Chandelier Bed, Food Tray

Crazy Cube Arrays in Space

ReflectionsStrengths:• Successfully create cube,

transformed it into a component, and replicated multiple times to create complex arrays.

• Zoomed into the array, turned my shadows on, and placed several human figures for scale to create dramatic shot.

Challenges:• I need to learn how to use

rapid visualization techniques to hand draw something similar to what I produced in sketchUp.

Plan View Plan View in Perspective Elevation View

Perspective View Within Array

Using the Push Pull and Follow-Me tools.

Top View Side View

Front View Back View

Front View Top View Back View

Left Side View Right Side View

Reflection:

StrengthsI successfully got to convert these exercise into a building with added features which turned out to be a more fun and interesting piece. I plaid around with the painting bucket which helped my piece look better.In both pieces I successfully used the follow-me and the push pull tools. Also, i copied the same shape more than twice with no trouble.

OpportunitiesThis project was very fun for me. It was more of a freestyle kind of project and I can say it really helped me out a lot by getting more familiar with all the tools. When the semester first started, I would always fall behind when trying to follow instructions. Now I am to say that I can stay on track with what the instructor is directing me to do. I played with my imagination and created something totally different, with of course, the same kind of idea.

WeaknessesWhen the follow me tool was first introduced in this project, I had a very hard time trying to figure out how to use it. However, I got it down after a few tries. Another issue I had was using the rotate tool. It was hard for me to keep the button on the ground so I could rotate the stairs in different directions. I then learned to use the “shift” button so that it can get locked to the ground. This became easier to do later on but I know I still need a little bit more of practice.

Campidoglio Inspired Piazza

Steps

1 & 2 3 & 4

Steps

For steps 1 & 2, I had to use use a variety of tools to help me get the shape I wanted. In step 2 I copied and paste the first inside circle and made it be times 11, so I could get 12 inside circles. The reason I only colored half was so that could avoid doing twice the work. Then it follows to step 3 & 4.

For steps 3 & 4, I cut the whole circle in half so that I could avoid, like I said, doing twice the work for coloring the whole circle. Instead of coloring the whole circle, I colored half of it and it cut the circle in half. That leads to step 4, where I copied the circle and flipped it around so it could make the wholeround circle again.

For the final step, all I used was my pencil tool to draw the outline of the stairs and the follow me tool to have the stairs be around the whole circle. Also I added 2 arcs on the sides where the stairs were also built.

The final look was a statue on the middle and of course, a few people to make it look a little bit morerealistic.

Front View

Top View

Side View

Reflection

Strengths

I was a little bit more familiar with the majority of the tools that I used on this project, so that helped me managed my time better.

I easily got to play around with 3D warehouse and finding the right images I wanted to use to make it look a little more realistic.

I believe my creativity is improving due to SketchUp. It is really helping me be more creative with what I want to do next.

Weaknesses

Despite all my successes, I definitely had more more challenges. One of the tools that I got stuck on for a while was “Follow Me.” I could not get it to work. I tried so many times and that made me fall behind a bit.

Also, getting all the measurements right was a little bit hard for me, I kept forgetting what measurements I was using, which also caused me to fall behind. However, I did not let this beat me, I came to writing every measurement down.

This project has so far been one of the toughest for me because of the many challenges I faced. But at the end it all came out exactly how I pictured it.

Floor Pattern Study

Room 1 & 2 Room 3 & 4

Room 5 & 6

Reflection

Strengths

This project was by far one of the simplest task for me. Since I was already familiar with the tools I used, that made it way easier for me in general. I successfully got to duplicate 5 more rooms to show the many types of floors I created. I also learned how to use the “layers” tool; with that I made other rooms disappear so that I could have a better focus on what I was doing. After coming up with the many floor patters I decided to create, I successfully played around with the paint bucket to get a more sophisticated look.

Weaknesses

I have to admit, getting creative with the floor patters was a real challenge for me. I had never had to think about floor patters since to me floors are always pretty simple. However, this challenged me to be more creative on everything else that I work on.

Opportunities

Like I said before, this helped me be more creative with the simplest things. Now I can say I am becoming more passionate about my work and I hope I can reflect this with the outcomes of my current and future work.

Malevich-Inspired Construction

ReflectionSuccesses-This project was quite fun. I had to get real creative with tracing the image and making it into a 3D design. -I successfully built a 3D design with many different types ofshapes. -I added color so it can have a more sophisticated look. -I also added some tress so that the environment would more realistic. -Finally, I got even more creative and added Godzilla.

Weaknesses-It was a little hard to get creative with the buildings I was trying to create. I didn’t really know what to add, or even what color topaint them. However, I believethe outcome was a great success.

-The tress were also hard to to place; not a lot of tress wereneeded, but I failed at realizing that and basically filled up thewhole ground with tress. Later on that became a waste of time because I had to delete many tresssince they were on the way of the building view.

Pavilion with Folded Canopy

TOP FRONT BACK

INSIDE LOOK

ReflectionSuccesses-I successfully, duplicated more of the folding pavilion to create a sealing for the building. -I created openings through the walls, so that it won’t just be solid walls. That made the piece have a better flow. -Through warehouse (my favorite place), I had the chance to add some items to the piece could have a more warm feeling. -I created some stairs that go around to the side of the wall.-I also created some railings in the other side for safety.

Weaknesses-Using the Rotating toll was still a bit of a challenge for me. However, I believe I am getting better and that I will just continue to grow more knowledge and experience.