This is a collection of architectural illustrations and visualizations centered around more technical images - cut sections in perspective, details and so on.
One of my longstanding contentions is that many architectural illustrations and drawings can be significantly enhanced by being developed and designed in 3D, and presented that way; although it's true that orthographic views are easier to design, their downfall is that they far too often confuse, or simplify in a misleading way.
Although the tools I use for this are mostly pretty modern, this approach of generating perspectives, perspective sections, and perspective or isometric details and so on goes back not only to recent manual techniques, but to historical architectural practice: Fillipo Brunelleschi used them to convey his complex dome support ideas, Marcus Vitruvius used perspectives extensively, and more recently via manual drafting Paul Rudolf made extensive use of perspective sections in the 1970s.
Façade system intersection with sectioned metal mullion profiles
Façade system intersection with sectioned metal mullion profiles: cel-edge shader for clarity
Façade system intersection with sectioned metal mullion profiles: cel-edge shader for clarity
Façade system intersection with sectioned metal mullion profiles: architectural finish shaders
Façade system intersection with sectioned metal mullion profiles: architectural finish shaders
This is a perspective view of a GIS Specialist or Urban Planner's understanding of downtown Los Angeles
Perspective section through a building - the section fills its traditional rôle in clearly showing relationships of scale and space; the perspective depiction allows a human reading of the internal space experience and the massing.
For comparison's sake here is a typical 2D wall section, which correctly shows system details and connections, but fails to convey the human experience of those spaces.
Perspective view of one driver element of my recent explorations of dynamic façade systems: it would take a dozen ortho drawings to convey the forms and relationships correctly.
Perspective view of an array my recent explorations of dynamic façade systems: ortho drawings would not convey the visual relationships at all.
Perspective Section of shed overall, with wall-section level detail in cut elements, and a detail callout for the wall-ceiling assembly connection.
Wall-Ceiling-Roof assembly connection detail, still shown in perspective, for clarity.
In this technical documentation I developed to accompany the BIM tool I developed for a design firm, I made extensive use of perspective views, including perspective sections and details, to convey complex spatial relationships efficiently and clearly.
In this technical documentation I developed to accompany the BIM tool I developed for a design firm, I made extensive use of perspective views, including perspective sections and details, to convey complex spatial relationships efficiently and clearly.
In this technical documentation I developed to accompany the BIM tool I developed for a design firm, I made extensive use of perspective views, including perspective sections and details, to convey complex spatial relationships efficiently and clearly.
In this technical documentation I developed to accompany the BIM tool I developed for a design firm, I made extensive use of perspective views, including perspective sections and details, to convey complex spatial relationships efficiently and clearly.
In this technical documentation I developed to accompany the BIM tool I developed for a design firm, I made extensive use of perspective views, including perspective sections and details, to convey complex spatial relationships efficiently and clearly.
In this technical documentation I developed to accompany the BIM tool I developed for a design firm, I made extensive use of perspective views, including perspective sections and details, to convey complex spatial relationships efficiently and clearly.
In this technical documentation I developed to accompany the BIM tool I developed for a design firm, I made extensive use of perspective views, including perspective sections and details, to convey complex spatial relationships efficiently and clearly.
And for comparison, here is a section through one element of that system.
Perspective detailing of an unusual door and shelf system.
Perspective section detail of that same door.
Here we see perspectives, perspective sections, 2D sections and plans all in one sheet: this should decrease any chances of error or misunderstanding.
Here is the hand-drawn sketch originating those stair ideas: as you can see, computers are not required for 3D thinking. That's how a designer should think to begin with!
Here is another hand-drawn sketch originating some other stair ideas: as you can see, computers are not required for 3D thinking. That's how a designer should think to begin with!
