Physical Object

For Monday have all your drawings finalized and printed when you come to class. These should be formatted as all the same sheet size that works best for your object. The object drawings should be printed at 1:1 scale.

Also for Monday, put together a three ring binder of site information for Cherry Creek. The documentation given to you is just the beginning. It is up to you to take the initiative and do some research and assemble as much relevant information as possible.

Assignment_2 Exercise_5

Drawing the sections through the object. Draw at least three sections. These should follow the cardinal axis. Where possible, dissect your object. Be inquisitive and try to uncover its workings. In the instance where you are unable to pull your object apart, you will need to take the initiative and research the object so that you can extrapolate what that internal structure might be. These sections should be the most detail drawings you have done so far. Between the sections, your earlier plans and elevations, your object should be fully documented.

Given: Wednesday February 20, 2008
Due: Friday February 22, 2008

1) Open file entitled: your initials_H2oDev_PO_Ex4
And save as: your initials_H2oDev_PO_Ex5
2) Continue your next layers of the drawing in this file
3) Draw the sections the same way that you have constructed the plan oblique and the plans and elevations.

Again printout at 1:1 scale for Friday
Place this file in your 2502 folder.

Assignment_2 Exercise_4

Draw elevations of your objects. As you draw be aware that the word elevation is used relatively in this context. It is those faces that are defined as the “sides” in relation to top and bottom “plans”.

The elevations are drawings of the objects as viewed from all sides. Use construction and guide lines to make the connection between the plans and the elevations. Remain cognizant of the line weights and line types. At this stage your drawings should distinguish information graphically. A depth to your drawing should begin to emerge as a result. Make a consistent effort to clarify the unfolding of the drawing.

Given: Monday February 18, 2008
Due: Wednesday February 20, 2008

1) Open file entitled: your initials_H2oDev_PO_Ex3
And save as: your initials_H2oDev_PO_Ex4
2) Continue your next layers of the drawing in this file
3) Draw the elevations the same way that you have constructed the plan oblique and the plans.

Again printout at 1:1 scale for Wednesday
Place this file in your 2502 folder.

Cherry Creek Site

I have 2.52GB worth of video and images of your site. Some of it is recent material, some is historical. I am burning it onto two DVDs, one of which I will give to Amanda and the other that I will post in your studio.

Here is my synopsis of the site:
Denver was laid out at the confluence of the Platte River and Cherry Creek. The city straddles Cherry Creek. Both waterways are snowpack fed and come straight out of the mountains. During snow melt in the spring both are highly diluvial. In the 19th c. Cherry Creek flooded often with great loss of life and property. In 1909 the city straightened and canalized the creek in between 10 foot high concrete walls. Soon after, during the city beautiful movement the city built Speer Boulevard as a tree lined parkway with southbound lanes on the west side of the canalized creek and northbound lanes on the east side of the creek. To help further alleviate the potential excessive water flow that could inundate downtown, a floodable park, Sunken Gardens, was built alongside the creek just south of downtown. In recent years the creek bed has been turned into a very popular recreational / transportation passage for runners, walkers, bikers, and rollerbladers. Its primary infrastructural task is still preventing the downtown from flooding.

Each of you will site your projects in a square slice of the canalized creek alongside Sunken Gardens Park between the 11th Street and Bannock Street bridges.


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