[Basic] Assignment 02: Section-Elevation
LAR 5304G Digital Landscape Representation I: Drawing, Cartography, and Notation
Assignment 02: Section-Elevation
Description
Construct a section-elevation through an engineered object, delineating its tectonics and surrounding landscape conditions, such as geology, hydrology, soils, vegetation, and other constructed landscape objects. Students will continue to explore AutoCAD, Illustrator, and Photoshop, focusing on lineweights, collage techniques, and scale.
Workflow
Students will construct a basic section-elevation over site plans in AutoCAD, import this section to Illustrator to refine lineweights, add texture and collage elements in Photoshop, and produce a final document in Illustrator, including both technical and illustrative labels.
Deliverables
1 Section-Elevation: a section-elevation cut through the engineered object proposed by the restoration project you have been studying. This section-elevation should:
+ make clear how the object is constructed
+ represent the material properties of the object (for instance: the use of concrete, steel, and wood in building the object) using texture and collage techniques
+ show the landscape context of the object, such as hydrology, geology, soils, vegetation, and significant adjacent landscape objects (such as a levee or road that the engineered object crosses)
+ use human figures and collaged landscape elements (such as vegetation) to aid the viewer in understanding scale
+ have both technical annotations (spot elevations, dimensions) and illustrative annotations
+ include a title, key plan, and scale
Sources
Throughout every assignment for this course, you are expected to demonstrate good sourcing practices, for all visual, written, and intermediate products. This means both tracking your sources as you research and properly sourcing on all presented products. Sources should be clearly attributed directly on drawings.
Schedule
05 Th 2.13 Detail Plan
Receive: Assignment 02: Section-Elevation.
06 Th 2.20 Section-Elevation
08 Th 3.20 CRITIQUE
Covering Assignments 01, 02, and 03.