From Architectural Precedents to Parti Sketches
SKETCHES DUE: Wednesday 3/25 at 2:00
Give everything that’s happened it seems like ages ago that you were researching projects by well-known architects and trying to distill some of their main ideas into sketches. but I finally revisited your blog posts from before break and updated them to stick to the top of the blog so you can all find them more easily. (You can also filter the blog posts by the PRECEDENTS category.) If you haven’t posted yours or properly categorized & tagged it, now would be a good time to do so. (Zoey, I couldn’t open yours to stick it to the top of the blog, will you do it?)
I really like the ideas in your sketches; you largely captured the main idea of the projects- but often the drawings are rough sketches, not finished sketches. So I’d like you to treat those as rough drafts for the first sketches you’ll make in your new brown sketchbooks. You should all have:
2 black and 2 color pens, small sketchbook, and small triangle 
The sktechbook flap with a pocket is the back. (You can put your triangle in the pocket if you want.) 
Flip the sketchbook over to the front and start there. Skip the first page and start sketching on the first full spread (so you have a left and a right page).
If you don’t have the supplies (or couldn’t get the salad dressing out of one of the pens) approximate as best you can. But please don’t add additional lineweights or colors: work with just the four pens. There’s a thick and a thin line for both black and color pens. Sketchbook is 3.5″ x 5.5″.
The triangle is ruled so you have an aid in making drawings to scale or to the proper proportions. I suggest using a combination if eyeballing and measuring for 2D sketches but we’ll talk more about the later. For now…
LET’S GET DRAWING!
For this assignment please create 4 spreads of sketches: one sketch per page, pairing a left page and a right page per below.
On the left page of each spread put a plan, section, or to-scale 3D (meaning axonometric or isometric, not perspective) diagram of a precedent project.
On the right page of each spread draw the same type of view of your project (meaning match section to section, etc.) incorporating the main idea of the precedent into your project.
There should be no text other than a very small title (and architect credit for the precedent) at the bottom of the left page.
SPREADS 1-2: 2 of the precedents from your blog post on your architect
SPREAD 3: a precedent from someone else’s architect (YOUR CHOICE)
SPREAD 4: a precedent from someone else’s architect (MY CHOICE)
This is the typical layout of a spread:
HOW TO SUBMIT
Create a new blog post with one image of each spread as separate images (not slideshows or galleries). That’s it.
- TITLE: Sketch Assignment 1
- CATEGORIES: precedents, documentation, sketches
- TAGS: ARCH 202, 2020 Spring, your name, the architects names
A couple notes:
- I will give you my choice for your precedent for spread 4 by email. Send me an email asking for it and include an image of your first spread. I’ll answer with my choice and give you any comments on your first spread in my email.
- I’m deliberately not giving you examples of drawing styles. But if you’re confused about the assignment or what style of sketch to make, include your questions with the email.
- I’ll also post some comments on your original blog posts that may be helpful in developing the precedent diagrams.
- You don’t have to go crazy scanning or photoshopping the sketches. You can shoot (and image correct) with your phone. Just avoid shadows on the sketchbook and keep everything in crisp focus.
- The sketchbooks are just for sketch assignments and will be a deliverable at final review. It’s ok if you mess up or want to redo a sketch on a later page, but treat the sketchbooks as a final product.
Hathaway Section - Spring 2020 