ANSWERS: Project No. 1: 2D PRIMARY ELEMENTS: POINT, LINE AND PLANE

…to be able to recognize the basic elements of form and space and understand how they can be manipulated and organized in the development of a design concept,..
Francis D.K. Ching

Project No. 1: 2D PRIMARY ELEMENTS: POINT, LINE AND PLANE

1) READING
Architecture – Form, Space and Order, Francis D.K. Ching
- Primary Elements: point, line, and plane

2) VOCABULARY
- Design concept or “parti”, visual weight, spacing, overlay, design process, and abstract thinking

3) SUPPLIES
Drawing Pad Paper, Triangle, T-square, Tracing Paper, Lead Holder and leads.

4) INTRODUCTION
The point, a position in space, center of a field, intersection, two ends of a line. A line, a point extended, length dominating its width, joins and surrounds. A plane, a line extended, length and width dominates depth. When arranged within proximity of each other on a field, how these basic design elements relate to one another depends on location, direction, and weight.

Over the next few classes, you will explore the arrangements of these basic design elements and their ability to produce an evocative two-dimensional image.

5) ASSIGNMENT
On an 11” x 11” sheet of drawing pad paper (field), you are given a 5-1/2” x 7-3/4” rectangular box (envelop), closed on three sides, by lightly drawn pencil lines. You are directed to first place a point somewhere within your field. Next, the field is to be subdivided by a vertical, medium weight line, into two zones (one thicker than the other). Finally the composition is to be further articulated by the addition of two horizontal planes, thickened lines, into three separate layers. The final composition will become the base for your next project.

6) SCHEDULE
Week One
08.23.10: Discuss syllabus, introduce Project No. 1, ORID, assign pins.
08.25.10: Class Project No. 1 prelim pin-up and discussion, Introduce Favorite Place
08.27.10: Class Project No. 1 Final Due, introduce Project No.2,

Week Two
08.30.10: pins due, Favorite Place Final Pin Up, Project No. 2 prelim pin up / desk crits
09.01.10: Project No.2 Final Due and Introduce Project No 3
09.03.10: Project No. 3 prelim pin up and desk crits.