..Tying it all together..

This image shows the comparison of a 5'8" person so you can get a good image
of how big the desk is.

Scale is very important in architecture and design. In both drafting and perspective/communication class we focused on drawing scale figures. Both showed different views. In example, in Suzanne’s class we looked at how different scale figures could be drawn, and explored how being able to draw scale figures could help us. It later did come into handy when in Stoel’s drafting class we were asked to draw a scaled figure to represent the scale size of Pat’s Chair. This shows that when you have a scaled person it can give you an idea of how things will be in reality. However I feel that in history class scale isn’t about actually seeing something and getting a picture in your head of how big something is, but instead it symbolizes something else. When reading Blakemore, we see how Egyptians built different structures at a different scale and each used a different material. Small-scale structures were considered houses and palaces, which required a material of mud. On the other hand their large-scale structures required large timber. (Blakemore 2) This shows that in architecture in order for something to work out you need to look at the different sizes to decide what kind of material you would need to make it firm. Also, I feel that throughout the week talking about male and female and looking at Khufu and Hatshepsut the scales of these structures don’t really matter. They have the same importance and the way Hatshepsut is more planar and Khufu is more upright doesn't change the meanings.

When drawings this image it shows how all techniques learned where applied.

Unity is combining several parts into one. In Suzanne’s class we combined everything we had learned in her class from drawing vignettes, figures, foreshortening, quick contour, watercolors, composition, colored pencils, illuminating and writing. When we combined all these we were to create an entourage. We were to draw people and their surroundings using all these techniques put together creating a unity. In history we talked about another type of unity, two different types of structures that have the same purpose yet one looks less inviting then the other. Overall I feel that all architecture in history is unified because in different parts of the world we see similar kinds of architecture with similar characteristics as others.

This is a drawing of the site plan of a house. The darkest line shows a boundary which also shows were the property ends.(limit)

Boundaries is somewhat of a line which divides something and sets a boundary/limit. For instance in Theory, according to Blakemore something that was used as a boundary would be the river which was critical in ancient times. The river was often used for transporting indigenous building materials, communication and also trade with other regions. (Blakemore 1) Roth talks about boundaries in a different sense. " To Romans I set no boundary in space or time. I have granted them dominion, and it has no end".(Roth 249)This shows how the Romans had no boundaries in creating so many different things in the space that they had available.In all Iarc classes we have boundaries. Except these boundaries are like expectations.Also we use boundaries in drawings to show where to stop or where something ends. We are given certain expectations that have to be met. However, another boundary would be when drawing a vignette. You end as it fades away creating a boundary. Overall boundaries can signify different things.




Section is cutting something at a certain place and showing more in depth. In drafting class we designed pats chair and made several drawings to illustrate it at different perspectives. Top View, Major Elevations and Section. When doing the section drawing we pochèd the area that was cut. This drawing is useful because it reveals internal details. However there are many other types of sections. In history, space planning is what is divided into sections. A megaron is comprised into three components: a hall, a storeroom at the back and a porch. (Blakemore 31) However in palace setting this was different. Megarons were constructed independent units and served as apartments. These megarons consisted of a porch, an optional anteroom and a hall. As we talked about in class we now know it as a porch, court and hearth. Like Blakemore says this is now how regular residential houses are. They include a porch (entrance), court (living room), and a hearth (bedroom). Another place I saw things divided to create sections was in the Khufu and Hatshepsut structures. The temple has many more sections that are created by the windows whereas the pyramid is one section itself and has 2 other pyramids and its surroundings.



Vignette are drawings that briefly illustrate the main points of something and begans to fade away towards the end. In Suzanne’s class we drew different vignettes to show conversation and to get the environment around people. Like our prior projects the vignettes where not completed causing a fading background which was then emphasized by watercolors to make it look even more unfinished. A vignette in history could be like Blakemore says an incomplete picture from the evidence available when trying to reconstruct the definitive Greek residential interior. (Blakemore 33) This could perhaps be the structures that has overtime started to erode and is left with an unfinished look. This creates a frame around it causing a vignette.


Overall these words all fit together to form a vignette.Architecture is still incomplete. However sections of structures from all over the world are somewhat unified. They are unified because even now when you visit certain Boundaries/places you can see different characteristic are similar to many other things we have seen . Everything put together is basically a section that has been unified but has certain boundaries.