Drawing Analysis

Lack of ability to visit the site has left me asking more questions to the client. This in a way has been useful for developing a working relationship and enhanced my problem-solving abilities in terms of sourcing materials and preparation for working alongside architects to help in realising and representing ideas to clients.

With discrepancies between technical data provided by the client and early renderings of the model. I have been able to use my strong communication through email and a zoom call in order to fix drawings, collect reliable data to produce my own 3D model of the building and prepare components for cutting in the workshop, laser cutters and 3D printing.

Some of the initial issues discovered, were discrepancies between the sizes of the supports on models that were supposed to be at 1:1 scale - specifically between the landscape technical drawing and that of the gable and pitched roof. These were easily fixed by rescaling the drawings by a small factor thus solving this issue. However, had I not used the building supports as a constant to check drawing accuracy and just relied on the validity of the information, this could have proved disastrous when constructing the roofing.

Analysis and adaptation of the technical drawings on rhino has allowed for exploitation of rapid prototyping and preparation for a possible lockdown due to Covid-19. Choosing to create features such as the building supports out of stacked acrylic has allowed me to accurately replicate their design from precisely scaled drawings for a flush fit with their designated slots on the baseboard. 3D modelling has proved to be an essential tool for problem solving before machining components, saving time and resources.