Throughout the semester, both my drafting skills and the speed at which I can analyse and complete drawings have vastly improved. When we began, line weight was an issue; I found it tricky to judge exactly what constituted a thick, cutting line, when we needed to use the same, 0.5 pencil throughout. I also have a habit of doing everything lightly first, then going over it, which I quickly learnt didn't help me in our tutorial sessions.
Before our break I struggled to finish the drawing within the tutorial, but I'm competitive and quite determined and in the second half of the semester, I was proud to complete every drawing within the lesson, although at times with seconds to spare. For my final assignment, I chose to create a folded plate structure using concrete panels, primarily because it presented a challenge. I greatly enjoyed the research involved and as a result, detailed all my drawings; not just the actual details. Unnecessary, but at the time I wanted to make sure I remembered everything, although at the scale of 1:50 the details cannot be seen.
The course has been fascinating and I look forward to Construction 2.
Week 1. Plan.
Week 2. Section 1.
Week 3. Plan details 1 and 2. The first drawings I was able to finish within the session.
Week 4. Section detail 3. This one was more complicated than our previous tasks and although I learnt a lot about timber frame detailing,
Week 9. Section Detail 1.
Week 10. Section detail 2.
Week 11. Section details of the stairs and tread.
Week 12. Section detail.
CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION FOR OUR FINAL ASSIGNMENT.
