Bra The Piggy

Uncle Handsome now explains his interior concept... Porch Once the base is completed, he chose the finishing touches to give the porch a proper appearance. To follow the trend as before this, he used natural slates because of its rugged and tough exterior. The warm brown colour tones of the tile makes up keeping easy and appealing. And if he ever decide to give it a new look all he needs to do is give it a nice coat. However, time does take a toll on this material because in the long run in wear and tear; pieces of slate is chipped away bit by bit. But that is considered out of date. Nowadays, tiles are in trend. These are longer lasting, durable, easily maintained; a definite improvement. Column and Beams Each column and beam on its own, has a bare concrete look. So to clean up the look of the interior and to fit with the theme... He used wooden panels to cover up after he knocked down the center, creating an open counter looking into the kitchen. Fo...

Because this site has already been erected for the past 20 years since my uncle moved here, to help me understand the house better, he walked me from the planning process to the site itself. To start it all off, he began by saying that when it comes to designing a house to fit its owners, with freedom in choices, there still are SOP(standard operating procedures) that has to met. I knew little about the long list of regulations that the contractor has to consider and keep in mind, while they try as much to keep in the interest of the client. Groundwork and its Foundation Anyways, he began by explaining that this house and the area it sits on was developed by the Sunway Group. He went on, first explaining the foundation. Due to the known fact that most of the land in Sunway used to be a mining site, even after the groundwork was done including the piling, an additional ground beam had to be placed. From his description, it was placed from the car porch to as far as the y...

When reality hits you hard; knowing that this could be our possible future. What is it that I'm talking about? If it is not known enough, Interior architecture is really kicking me hard to the point where even my parents are questioning my decisions whether or not to forgo this course. Nevertheless, work still needs to be done until such a time where I make a decision. Hence, let's go. As a brief introduction, for our final assignment in this module we are to go out on our own and select a site visit. This is done to help us understand, visualize and help us connect the information from the lectures to the site. That is why preferably, a house undergoing renovation or construction would be ideal for this task but Ms.Sharon being understanding allowed us to make do. The site my team chose is that of an uncle of mine who lives nearby, within Bandar Sunway. He too, so happens to be working in this line.

From the image above, you can see that this is my result of a variation of contour and hatching techniques. The purpose by which is to expose us to the different styles available as well as the 'feel' it projects. I am familiar with two styles; of which are hatching and cross-hatching as mastering the basics seems to be the priority. Although that may be true, I learnt two new techniques that I have come to appreciate. Number 1 being its complexity in its form yet being so simplistic in the way it is performed.  Stippling is the definition of precision and patience accompanied with all these attributes as a lot comes into consideration when doing it. When people look at art pieces as such, they are amazed at the effort it took to produce such results; it matches the work input too. Everything comes into play when stippling; the line weight and thickness. the spacing between each dot as well as the pressure applied. It all adds up to macro image. The next one I found ...

Perspective! This is the practice sheet that was done in class. I personally like this better than the following. Looks more natural. One-Point Perspective. Honestly the best and my favorite of the two. Two-Point Perspective

Oh how this brings back memories of previous drawings. So much mixed feelings, yet here we are again. Round 2. This is my one point perspective; done based on an image found on the internet. Most of the components within this drawing matched fine. Although my human figure could have been a lot better. Two point perspective. This is truly the definition of mind boggling pain to me,as I have always had the difficulty in seeing it. Thankfully, after many trials and practice runs, i managed to present one that is admission worthy.

Hello vegetables again. I thought foundation would be the end of sketching fruits and veges but little did I know that it would follow me to degree. The reason to why we drew this is because Ms.Aida and Ms.Sharmila wanted to see where each of us individually stand in terms of our skill and our eye for composition. As this were the 2 important criteria necessary before we focus on being detailed. So this is my practice sheet.

Looks like nonsense. I do too, however this was to teach us precision and consistency. As our lecturers stresses on the great importance of Line Weight, Straight Lines and such. So we practiced and practiced until I was literally tired of seeing shapes.

Behold the stuff of nightmares of ones who know nothing of the interior architecture world. On this new assignment, we are given a home concept idea. I personally found it difficult at first because I honestly did not know where to begin, let alone lead my team in trying to finish the model. The part that I thought to be tricky was the mezzanine floor. Where if it were too big or too small, it would be obvious that we ran of course. Above, is the 3D modelling of two sections in the house. This is the side view and the interior view; facing the library.

A simple idea so that we understand the different views of something as simple as a solid object.

Does this look familiar? This is the plan based on the model house that my team built. From the house we somewhat worked backwards to get a better understanding as well as to see whether it matches with the model. This is two of the sections that we drew to give the idea of the inside of the house.

After weeks of stressing about how the house model would turn out. I'm truly relieved to see it all come together perfectly. Everything was on point; with plenty of hard work, we managed to cut, measure, assemble and erect the structure with minimal mistakes. My first, my joy. The view from the mezzanine floor. The overall layout coming to reality. An interior shot of how one would live in a space as such. The view through the perspec into the stairs leading up to the mezzanine.