I think this is my least creative
sketchbook let me explain
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sketching has always been an area where
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sketching drawing human figures in
proportion and establishing eye level
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project was to design a zero carbon
house that can be self built or
dismantled and fits on a slope site or
flat site so I've done some research on
passive sustainable methods and
construction and then I landed on
prefabricated timber construction which
is proven to be more eco-friendly than
traditional masonry construction these
printouts are from a book called design
and built in timber frame explaining the
different types of timber frame
construction one is called post-and-beam
while the other is platform frame
there's also balloon frame however that
type is mainly used in the US
I love printing out their articles or
research from time to time as it just
makes it easier for you to highlight and
add notes to compare into writing
everything yourself which takes ages let
me tell you that these pages are more
research into the science of zero carbon
and a few examples of Zero Carbon houses
these pages are probably the best pages
of the sketchbook which are my
precedents I always say that your
project is as good as your precedents as
so choosing good quality president study
is
important step for me and these
projects do not disappoint I then
started sketching out my concepts and
for me my design method is using
different volumes with different heights
and roofs and then connecting them to
create the architecture I try to make
the excellent house which I mentioned in
my last video based on modular units but
it didn't work to the type of house I
needed in the area because that house is
huge compared to zero-carbon houses
which are often compact I will have that
video linked in the course for you to
check out as the houses I share and the
lessons from each project are very
valuable to architectural students
afterwards I came up with this scheme
which I thought was interesting and was
heading to where I wanted to be
here I was finalized on the type of
construction I'm using which is platform
frame construction using sips panel I
would highly suggest watching my
previous axonometric tutorial as I go into
construction in more detail we hired at
this point stage 1 presentation which
was an informal sit down around the
table and just having a chat about our
projects and such this is what I
presented so I had a pretty decent
modular floor plan with different ranges
so for example the client can purchase
the large unit and then he can purchase
the private office or the additional two
bedrooms in the future it needed more
refinement and you know just a few
pizazz ideas here and there just to make
it more special and the next page was
showing the sections it kind of showed
the idea I was trying to achieve but
just not quite there yet but almost
unfortunately this is where things
changed so I've met with a lecturer who
had kind of explained the project to me
differently he was saying that these
units I'm adding to the building or the
so-called accessories should be all one
shape and same height and they all must
fit into the lorry and I'm always
fascinated with the sculpture work of
Frank Gehry so I took it as a mission to
make Frank Gehry's architecture modular
and eco-friendly so I started sketching
out some different shapes and how they
could be combined while also working on
CAD to creating a basic rectangular plan
to figure out kind of how these units
will work
Eden says not to have different
proportions that means that the basic
unit is a square and then if I need any
more space than I will fit more units to
create wider or longer units which makes
sense but I felt literally in a box the
size that fits in a lorry is literally
about two and a half meters by two and a
half meters so all of the crazy ideas
that I was so excited about in the
beginning of creating an original house
just turn into dust and just ended up
being a house that was fit for mass
production now I'm not saying that
that's a bad thing I'm just saying that
the project didn't end up to be what I
was hoping for but the final
presentation approaching I couldn't
really do any more sketching and
designing and just had to go the cubes
and these were the finalized units so
here I prepared my presentation board in
Photoshop by combining different boards
and then printing them out and sketching
over it which is a technique I've
already shared on the channel in this
video I'll have it linked in the cards
so three days before the presentation I
printed out a lot of inspiration images
from projects and I just went crazy with
sketches came up with a plan that I'm
pretty happy with
these are my presentation boards that I
presented I like printing them out on an
a4 and adding them to my sketchbook as I
think they show the whole journey of the
project and these are the plans and all
of the drawings there is one thing that
is annoying me about the plan but I
won't say what it is to see if someone
points it out first so basically we
aren't graded for this presentation yet
as our final submission is in January so
we were all told that we had to explain
how the design is flexible but we had to
actually show different schemes so in
January I have to produce different
schemes sections elevations and
perspectives of how these units could
work which is a lot of work so and
that's not to forget that I also have a
dissertation and I also have a theatre
plus renovation project on the side plus
I have YouTube so I am not sure one of
these schemes should explore the idea of
the sustainable Frank Gehry or should I
just continue with cubes because I have
other submissions and now we started in
this new project and even if I give up
sleep I won't do everything I want to do
on time so any advice or inspiration
would be really really helpful and
greatly appreciated and before I leave
this video I just want to say that
sometimes that's what happens a life you
submit something that you are not proud
of you're not very 100 percent happy
with but I guess that's fine because
this theater project I am super excited
about and I am highly highly motivated
to make it something I am very proud of
and that is all for today's video I hope
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i will see you next time
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