Form Visualisation

This course forms a practical exploration, at an introductory level, of manual visualization and model-making skills necessary for the formulation, visualization and presentation of objects and spaces. As students, you do a series of assignments across a range of domain areas, to gain an understanding and to have an initial exposure to the form and visualization skill sets used by designers. Through a series of exercises and assignments, students are introduced to the basic skills and vocabulary of form-making and visualization. Students will also have the opportunity to work on a project that applies both form making and visualization principles and techniques. The topics covered are: Visualization of objects and spaces - Drawing mediums, scale, graphic/ technical representation of objects and spaces, Orthographic projection, Isometric and Axonometric projection, Linear perspective (1 point, 2 point), ideative/ ideation sketching, illustrative sketching, tone, texture, and shading. Form making of objects and spaces - Model-making materials, scale, mock-up models, concept models, visual models, working from orthographic drawings, prismatic and compound form making techniques, joining and construction methods. Conceptual Development - Anthropometry, figure-ground relationship, perception of form.