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0:00Welcome to lesson three of the full
0:01course, How to Win Architecture
0:03Competitions. In this lesson, we're
0:04going to build on the project concept to
0:06start defining the spatial arrangement
0:08for the museum. In response to the
0:10brief, I will show you how you can use
0:11rayon tables to track the project's
0:13response to the competition area
0:15requirements. [music]
0:16I'll then show you how to set up and
0:18draw architectural floor plans and
0:19populate them with windows, doors,
0:21furniture, [music]
0:22annotations, and all the elements that
0:23you'll need to create a clear layout.
0:25We'll also explore the extensive block
0:27library and all of the key tools in
0:29Rayon to help us create accurate and
0:31efficient floor plans. You're welcome to
0:33follow along with the class by creating
0:35a free Rayon account using the link
0:36below or jumping into the template from
0:39the description.
0:43Okay. So now using this concept diagram
0:46as a base for our drawing, I'm then
0:47going to start developing the
0:49architectural floor plan. And the beauty
0:51of Ron is that you can take a project
0:52from concept to completion with your
0:54entire document set in one place. And
0:57that is why Ron is so powerful. So in
0:59this lesson, I'll show you how to take
1:00this concept diagram we developed
1:02earlier and use them as a base to
1:04develop the architecture floor plan. And
1:06now that we've designed uh and defined
1:08the main zones, um we're going to start
1:10shaping the plan by kind of outlining
1:13some internal partitions, the external
1:15envelope of the building, and also the
1:17the internal um the internal wall that
1:20is going to be embedded into the slope.
1:22And I'm going to be talking through how
1:23you can manage your line weights and
1:24wall thicknesses to determine various
1:27obviously different elements and and
1:29walls that are going to divide up the
1:30spaces. So the first thing I'm going to
1:32do is I'm going to head over to the left
1:33hand side to the layers tab. I'm going
1:34to create a new layer called walls. As
1:37I've shown you before, make sure that's
1:38the top layer. Remember, you can move
1:39these up and down uh to manage the kind
1:42of hierarchy of your drawings. And the
1:44first thing I'm going to do is just lock
1:45these layers, which means that whenever
1:47I draw anything, I'm not going to be
1:49clashing with any of those elements. I'm
1:51going to head down to the wall element.
1:52You can always just click W. Um, and on
1:54the right hand side on the style panel,
1:56you'll be able to manage your wall
1:58thicknesses. And this is where it's
1:59really important. And you can manage
2:01these styles and implement them across
2:03your drawing set. So you might have
2:05maybe let's say three wall thicknesses.
2:08You have the external facade which might
2:10be let's say 500 mil. You might then
2:12have internal partitions that might only
2:14be 200 mil. Some might be only 100 mil.
2:17And then you've got the elements that
2:18are up against the landscape which might
2:20even be slightly thicker maybe 700 mil
2:23um because of the insulation and the
2:24lining that is required when it's bedded
2:26into the landscape. For a starting
2:28point, we will do a 0.5
2:32m wall. Change that to solid. And I'm
2:34going to save that style and rename it
2:37as external
2:40wall. Then we can start drawing this
2:43here. So maybe we have this wall here.
2:45Maybe that even continues all the way
2:46up.
2:48And that form maybe cuts back. So you've
2:52got a bit of a kind of view directing
2:54down into those zones. and you make use
2:56of all of these workshops having maybe
2:58glazing on the front here. We could then
3:01maybe have this element that kind of
3:04angles up here like so.
3:07And then maybe you could arc it by
3:09clicking the arc angle,
3:12arcing that like like so. So, let's
3:15maybe do that there. And then straighten
3:18it back up. So, you can kind of move
3:20between straight line and an arc.
3:22Straighten that back up to there.
3:26And then just like whilst we're working,
3:28we can maybe turn that off here and we
3:30can get an idea. So then we're creating
3:32a bit more of a kind of design language
3:34that's maybe a little bit more
3:35interesting that has maybe some kind of
3:37angles to it. Maybe we then have
3:41more of an angle like so into that
3:44piece. So you've got a bit more of an
3:45opening. And then maybe rather than this
3:49angled this way, maybe that could be
3:50more parallel to the landscape. So we
3:54have a bit more of an open entrance
3:55space where we can then have steps in
3:58here. So we could always start drawing
4:01some steps by going
4:04here. And then we can offset that by
4:06clicking O. We can offset that by maybe
4:10let's say 300 mil like so. So there
4:13could be maybe some kind of steps going
4:14into that space. I'll clean all of this
4:16up in a minute, but just for argument
4:17sake just going to define some zones.
4:21Now the design geometry that I want to
4:24go for is kind of as identified here
4:27where we have this element, this kind of
4:30long rectangular element that's coming
4:31down uh where we had a kind of backto
4:35back corridor here. So maybe we can then
4:38do a back wall. So we'll do detach. I'll
4:42then make that 0.7.
4:44I then save that as
4:47I'm just going to call it back wall for
4:48now. But that's the wall that's going to
4:50be embedded into the landscape. So
4:52that'll be slightly thicker.
4:54And maybe then that makes quite an
4:56interesting language where we have these
4:58components that are kind of stepping in
5:00and out. So then you're starting to
5:01almost define these work shops
5:05associated with these storage units. And
5:08so to define some of this geometry over
5:10here, which at the moment is obviously
5:11just kind of a little bit too square,
5:14what I'm going to do is I'm actually
5:16going to use a square shape as I kind of
5:19have done there. But instead of it being
5:23almost
5:26directly parallel to the rest of the
5:29geometry, I'm going to shift that
5:32slightly and maybe pull that down like
5:35so. Then that will create this kind of
5:37you've got this piece going through
5:40here. You've almost got like this two
5:42axes here and then another axis here.
5:46And so I'm going to quickly just jump
5:48ahead to the floor plan and I'll show
5:50you where I'll get to. So I've arrived
5:52at something like this. And just to
5:55quickly talk you through the geometry um
5:58and the different kind of language that
5:59we have here. We've got the main
6:01corridor here with the back of house
6:03entrance at the top. The reason why
6:04we've done this is to obviously as I
6:06mentioned in the previous lesson is to
6:08separate out the back of house entrance
6:10to the main entrance and also gives this
6:13kind of main focal point at the top end
6:15here to break kind of book end this long
6:17geometry as I mentioned that we've tried
6:19to break up by roing some of these
6:21rotating some of these angles and forms.
6:24So you've got these kind of workshop
6:25spaces adjacent to storage units that
6:27just kind of creates quite a nice kind
6:28of composition in the floor plan with
6:30the backtoback corridor. One being
6:32public, one being private with these
6:35kind of entrance points through. You've
6:37then got all of these workshops that are
6:38looking out across the landscape down
6:40here as you can see kind of out the
6:44front here. And when we go into the
6:45openings and windows um using the blocks
6:48in Rayon, I'll show you how we can then
6:50start defining openings for windows and
6:52doors and all of the assets that we have
6:54available in Rayon.
6:57We've then got the main hub for the kind
6:59of gallery space which as I've mentioned
7:00is really important to come off this
7:02main entrance. So you come off this main
7:04entrance and you come into this main hub
7:06space which is almost kind of divided by
7:10this kind of maybe like a semi
7:12semi-permanent wall where you can maybe
7:14move this wall or fold it down and may
7:16maybe kind of rotate it so that if you
7:18wanted to create different kind of
7:19gallery spaces for different types of
7:21exhibitions you can almost maneuver
7:23them. But the beauty of this wall and
7:25this partition is that it creates kind
7:27of two separate zones for maybe
7:28different types of exhibition. you might
7:31have maybe models and maybe um kind of
7:34drawings and uh kind of like an archive
7:37area. Whereas at the top here where it
7:39could be slightly more kind of closed
7:40off, you might have maybe more of film
7:42area where you're showing um various
7:45displays for films. And you can even
7:48maybe break that down slightly further
7:49by adding these kind of internal
7:51partitions to break up some of the
7:52spaces like so where you've got these
7:55kind of smaller quieter zones where
7:57there might be you can control light
7:59lighting slightly better in the
8:00acoustics. These areas can create
8:02elements for where you can maybe sit
8:04down and look at some of the artwork and
8:06the kind of the elements that are going
8:08on at the entrance space. You've got
8:11your kind of main lists that are going
8:13to go down into the main storage space
8:15in the lower level. um as defined by
8:17this big block here. So those lifts will
8:20go down, but they'll also go up to a
8:23roof terrace at the top of the building.
8:25So basically the the scheme will be very
8:27accessible. It'll be integrated to the
8:29landscape and also the landscape itself
8:31will be a part um of the architecture.
8:34And when I get into the elevation and
8:36section, I will show you how that might
8:37work. Obviously then using that kind of
8:40back of house space as a kind of toilet.
8:42So this could be a WC at the back. And
8:44then we've got a theater tucked in at
8:46the back here. Uh, which might be uh
8:48really useful to have at the back here
8:50because you don't need any windows, you
8:51don't need any lighting. You can control
8:52the acoustics. And so having it embedded
8:54into the landscape at the back works
8:56really well. And then the cafe and um
9:00kind of maybe a shop for maybe selling
9:03some artwork or selling some books,
9:05architecture books, etc. Maybe a little
9:07kitchen in the corner um with some kind
9:10of elements that are following this kind
9:11of design geometry. And you can maybe
9:13embed that into the kind of furniture
9:16itself uh to start kind of defining some
9:18of these spaces. And then this could
9:20potentially here be a terrace space that
9:22is associated with the with the cafe. So
9:25in terms of the actual kind of language,
9:27we've got as I've mentioned this kind of
9:29long linear rectangle, but we're then
9:32kind of geometry that breaks off and
9:34extends from that and rotates and shifts
9:36almost on hinges um to create these
9:39moments and moments of interest. And
9:41when we get into the elevations and
9:42sections, you'll see how this will start
9:44to work as a composition across the
9:47landscape. And then almost fast forward
9:49a bit to where we've kind of worked into
9:51a little bit more with some lines. Um,
9:53so these are just simply using some
9:55lines that I've I've kind of created a
9:570.05
9:58uh black to identify some kind of ramps
10:01and steps and where the kind of geometry
10:04will kind of work off those wall
10:06components. So up here you can see here
10:09now how these kind of ramps work. So
10:12there'll be quite a significant level
10:13change from this lower point to this
10:15upper point here. So we'll probably have
10:16three levels. We'll have ground level
10:18which is the level of kind of upon
10:20entry. You'll have a lower ground which
10:22will be this point here that ramps down
10:23into a cafe. And then you'll have upper
10:26ground here which kind of associates
10:27with this upper level where you've got
10:29this back of house entrance. And you can
10:31see here that we've just used some um
10:33some ramps and lines to identify these
10:35ramps in the level change and the steps
10:39and entrance up here into um the
10:43entrance space and identifying some kind
10:45of car parking out the front here. And
10:48now here you've got this kind of terrace
10:49that is extending out. Um so it kind of
10:52is this kind of form that's associated
10:54with the cafe that's extending out. So
10:56you've got this kind of platform. Um and
10:58then these kind of lines here, these
11:00guidelines just to help identify this
11:02kind of design design geometry and the
11:04separation of spaces within um within
11:07the uh the gallery to identify how we're
11:10kind of using this geometry to identify
11:13these spaces. And then I've also created
11:15a section line here um which is simply
11:18just a fill a hatch fill which I'm going
11:21to save as the um the cut line sorry.
11:25Um, so that was that's just a kind of
11:27graphic element to show that where we're
11:29slicing through uh the building at this
11:31floor plan. Um, I've done it kind of
11:33half tone so you can still see the
11:34landscape around just because I want to
11:36be able to see the association with
11:38those upper levels in this floor plan.
11:40Uh, but this is just to identify that
11:43element. And I'm just going to right
11:44click and lock that.
11:48So you can now see that how the the
11:50floor plan's kind of come together. Um I
11:53think the language is working quite
11:54nicely. Um and when we start working
11:56into it now the next really important
11:58thing is going to be working in with
12:00some blocks and some openings. And so
12:03the the main partitions of spaces are
12:05now defined and we can begin adding the
12:07openings and doors which are going to be
12:09really important to identify obviously
12:10the permeability of spaces where we're
12:12going to be letting light into the space
12:14where the views are and all of these key
12:17moments that are going to really work
12:19into the space. Now, so on the left hand
12:21side here, you'll be able to head over
12:23to the block library. And the block
12:25library has a huge amount of blocks that
12:29are available for you to use. And you'll
12:31be able to see here if you go over to
12:32the library, you've got kind of two
12:33options. You've got blocks, which just
12:35go through all of the blocks themselves,
12:37or the library, which is much easier to
12:39find blocks. So, you can go through and
12:41you could choose bathroom elements. Um,
12:43you can see here you've got all the
12:45sanitary items. You could choose maybe
12:49uh let's say chairs and you've got all
12:52of these chair items which are really
12:54really useful. And so having this block
12:56library of 10,000 plus blocks available
12:59in top front and side view, it makes
13:02them suitable for floor plan, sections,
13:03elevations. And when you're applying
13:06blocks to your your floor plan, you can
13:08then very easily use the same blocks in
13:11different views uh for your elevations
13:13and sections for example. So, you can
13:16also use layout and CAD symbols. Um, and
13:18having blocks directly inside the app
13:20makes the drawing process so much more
13:22faster and efficient. It's more
13:24intuitive and more enjoyable. It just
13:26makes the whole process so much more
13:28simple. So, to add an opening to quickly
13:30show you, if you head down to the bottom
13:32here, select opening, you can type in OP
13:34if you'd like. You'd also automatically
13:37get an element that you can then place
13:39in in place. But what I'm going to do is
13:41head over to the right side here, click
13:42the active block, head over to
13:44libraries, and you'll see that we've got
13:45700 plus different openings. You can
13:47then go to, I don't know, let's say
13:49maybe
13:51we'll go for a a glass door for argument
13:55sake. You want to select the item, click
13:56select,
13:59and then you'll be able to place it, and
14:01you then be able to select your kind of
14:03orientation and whether to flip it or
14:05not. I'm going to click that there. You
14:07can then select the item and on the
14:08right hand side here you can see that
14:09you've got kind of an offset option.
14:11You've got um the kind of zone limit.
14:14You can also then scale it up and down
14:16if you wanted [clears throat] to make it
14:17bigger or smaller. And you can see here
14:20that then you can you can flip it. You
14:22can mirror it and you can kind of play
14:24around with it until you're happy with
14:25the opening. So for the case of this, I
14:27think we probably want maybe quite a a
14:31big door. Um, but I think the the
14:33language that that we want here is a
14:35kind of tall thin door, but then maybe
14:38we could have an adjacent kind of tall
14:40slim window as well. So maybe something
14:42like this where we've got this kind of
14:43big swinging door um with a single
14:46window and this might work quite nicely
14:48on the elevational composition.
14:51Now heading over to maybe the the kind
14:54of language between the cafe and the
14:56terrace area. Maybe want some kind of
14:58bifolding doors that are kind of running
15:00along here. So, we're going to head over
15:02to the same thing. We're going to head
15:03over to the right hand side. We're going
15:04to go maybe even type in a byfold door.
15:08So, we can we don't want a garage one,
15:10but we want like a glass bfold door. So,
15:12let's click this one. And what we can do
15:14here if we want it to run all the way
15:15across, we can then maybe copy and paste
15:18to arrive at something like this where
15:20we now have some kind of small picture
15:22windows on this back wall here. We've
15:24got these kind of double bifold doors
15:27that are creating that permeability. We
15:29then got these kind of glazing. So this
15:31is a a kind of a continuous curtain
15:33wall. So we've got these kind of panled
15:36glazing with these mullions running
15:38across this facade. And then I think
15:41running along here with these workshops
15:43would be really great to build that
15:44relationship with the internal external
15:47creating those views over the landscape
15:48as we previously mentioned was really
15:50important with maybe these kind of
15:52biffold garage doors at the top here for
15:55maybe van deliveries and back of house
15:57with your double door entrances into the
16:00storage units etc and your toilets. So
16:03you can kind of play around with with
16:05these and add as many openings openings
16:08as you'd like.
16:10>> [music]
16:11>> Okay, now that we have the floor plan
16:13almost defined with the kind of design
16:15geometry and the language between the
16:16spaces and how the kind of the spaces
16:19work between one another, we're now
16:20going to start building the furniture,
16:23the people, uh the cars, the trees, the
16:27all of the elements that would almost
16:29bring this floor plan to life and show
16:31the activity of the intended use of this
16:33building. Showing the kind of gallery
16:35spaces, the workshop spaces, the cafes,
16:38etc. Now, once again, we're going to use
16:40the extensive library that Rayon has.
16:42Down this left hand side, you can see
16:43all the different options, but what I'm
16:46going to do is I'm going to talk you
16:47through the four different block options
16:49that we have. So, the first one being
16:51standard blocks, the second one being
16:53parametric blocks, the third one being
16:55AI generated blocks, and the fourth one
16:57being imported and custom blocks. So, a
17:00standard block is fundamentally uh just
17:03a kind of general element that you can
17:05pull out of the block library. So, for
17:07argument sake, if we head down to maybe
17:11uh let's say coffee tables, as we might
17:13need some kind of coffee tables in here.
17:15So, we just drag and pull that in and we
17:18can kind of add those in like so. And
17:21you can kind of edit and amend those.
17:23And you'll see down here on the right
17:24hand side when you go into your style
17:26panel, if you select the item, you will
17:29then get the alternative view for that
17:31element uh once it loads a second. So,
17:33you get the side view, you get the top
17:35view. So, as I said, when you're working
17:37across floor plan, elevation, section,
17:39you've got the different options of
17:41being able to have the same objects, the
17:42same block type um but across different
17:45views. Now, the other block that is
17:47available to you is the parametric one.
17:50Now, to find a parametric block, if you
17:52head over to the um to these kind of two
17:55icons, you got libraries and you got
17:56blocks. If you then type in parametric,
18:02you then have this kind of little icon
18:04here next to where it says top view. So
18:06you've got this kind of parametric icon.
18:08And this is where you can almost start
18:10scaling up and down your element or
18:12adding multiple elements to, for
18:14example, if you've got a window and you
18:16want to add some more kind of window
18:17panes to that window, you can do. Or if
18:20you wanted to amend a kind of staircase
18:22and show some more steps um on that
18:24staircase, you can do. So, for argument
18:27sake, if we just take this door, for
18:29example, and I'm just going to show this
18:31as a kind of test when we drag this in.
18:34And I'm just going to lock that into
18:35place there. You'll see here you've got
18:37these kind of various different toggles
18:40where you can start extending and making
18:43these wider or shorter. You can start
18:46making this bigger or smaller and it
18:48almost scales in kind of proportion to
18:52the element. And that is the parametric
18:54nature of that block. And so the the
18:56nature of that block will basically be
18:58to um be adjusted dynamically. And these
19:02are particular items useful for elements
19:04like doors, stairs, furniture where
19:06dimensions and configurations might
19:08change across um across views but also
19:11across the floor plan. So for argument
19:13sake, it also show you the parametric
19:16stair and how that might work. So, if we
19:19drop maybe this stair in,
19:22not that we'll be using these in this
19:24particular drawing, but if we drop that
19:27stair in here, you can see how this
19:29might work now when you start adding
19:31some additional steps on or off. And it
19:34works really well and it's really kind
19:36of handy and helpful uh to be able to
19:38manage your blocks and to be able to
19:40make those kind of minor changes without
19:42almost wholesaling changing your blocks.
19:44Now the third one is going to be the AI
19:47generated blocks. Now this is extremely
19:49powerful and something that I think is
19:51extremely useful when you potentially
19:54can't find a a particular block that
19:56you're looking for. You have an image of
19:58a block that you want to you want to
20:00create but you don't know how to produce
20:02it yourself and you almost want it just
20:04to be produced quickly. Now what you can
20:06do in round is you can find an image
20:09that you want to turn into a block. So,
20:12for example, this bench might be a
20:13really useful bench for maybe some of
20:14these large scale spaces at the top here
20:17for the kitchen areas where you want
20:20kind of maybe community tables. If you
20:22select the image on the right hand side
20:23in the style panel, you'll see you've
20:25got various different options.
20:27These options being upscale, remove
20:29background, generate product, tracing,
20:32uh generate trace, and more AI options.
20:35And the option that I'm going to choose
20:36is going to be generate product. And
20:39you'll see here that it says processing
20:41jobs. It will take a minute to do this,
20:44but the beauty of this is it will turn
20:45into a block. It will turn it into a top
20:48side front profile. It will show all of
20:50the different elements. It will
20:51basically take that image and generate
20:53it into a block, which is extremely
20:55useful and powerful. And then once it's
20:57finished loading, you can see here that
20:59you can click then click insert block.
21:01And there it is. There's your little
21:04piece of furniture. As I said, the bench
21:05is from the top view. It's a bench. You
21:08can see it's created its own top view,
21:10side view,
21:13and front view, which is really, really
21:15powerful. And so, that's a really quick
21:18way of creating some of your own blocks
21:19that you want to uh kind of import from
21:22your own kind of images that you found
21:24or mood board images that you found that
21:26you want to include in your project.
21:28Alternatively, you can head over to the
21:29AI chat. Just going to move me over
21:31there. And you can then do generate an
21:34image um from a sofa or you can
21:37basically ask it whatever you want to
21:38do. So if you do use selected image that
21:41I have selected at the moment and then
21:43you could do generate
21:46into block. So you can see here from
21:49that prompt it's kind of it's generated
21:51the block. It's shown you the three
21:53views and then you can then ask it to
21:55insert it etc. You can in import the
21:58block family, insert the block family
22:00etc. And then the final one is to import
22:02and customize your own blocks. So you
22:04can also draw your own custom blocks.
22:06For example, if we wanted to create you
22:09can then select those items, right click
22:10it and then do block and that will
22:13create its own block. And you can import
22:16CAD elements for example and then
22:18convert them into blocks. You can import
22:20anything you want really and convert it
22:22into elements if you want to. And this
22:24is particularly useful if you want to
22:25import a particular DWG or PDF of
22:28manufacturer catalog blocks uh where you
22:31want to build your own block libraries.
22:33And these can be shared across projects
22:34and with your team for consistent use.
22:37And so you can essentially find a
22:39product that you want to use or a client
22:40that you want uh a particular maybe bed
22:43family or a particular wardrobe family
22:45that a particular client likes to use.
22:47You can then import that into your your
22:49model and populate it across your
22:51drawings.
22:53Now, I'm just going to now spend a bit
22:54of time um actually importing some of
22:57these blocks. And so, we're going to
22:58just spend some time working through
23:01maybe some libraries that we want to
23:02import. So, for example, we want these
23:04to be workshop spaces. Um and we want to
23:09add some kind of worktops and storage
23:11spaces and really bring these spaces to
23:13life. So, what I'm going to do is I'm
23:15going to head over here and I'm going to
23:16try and start finding some maybe some
23:19kind of work work spaces, maybe some
23:22kind of hobby accessories. It might be
23:24under um maybe find some kind of 3D
23:27printers that I can add. So, like here
23:28we can add potentially a 3D printer into
23:30the model. Let's maybe find in the
23:32blocks. Let's do wood
23:35a woodworking bench. So, we can load
23:37that in.
23:39So then maybe what we want to do is if
23:41we've got this room here and I'm just
23:43going to run through this one with you
23:44guys. If we've got this room here that's
23:46kind of
23:49split into two maybe. So you could maybe
23:51have
23:53a bench on one side and then a bench on
23:55another and it's kind of divide divided
23:57into these two zones. So you got a bit
23:59of a worktop there. And then maybe along
24:01the back wall, we could have potentially
24:03some woodwork
24:06kind of cupboards and spaces. I'm just
24:09working into this slightly to then
24:10create something like this where we
24:14maybe have some 3D printers along the
24:16walls. Uh we have two different types of
24:173D printers to show some kind of
24:19variety. We've got some storage units
24:21and some kind of shelving. We then got
24:23some stalls that we can kind of mess up
24:25and make it look like someone has kind
24:28of just left it out. So provides a bit
24:30of character and kind of movement to the
24:33floor plan. So we can even when we come
24:34to adding people, we can add those kind
24:36of sat on there. So it looks like this
24:37kind of people having conversations and
24:39stuff. And you can see that we can apply
24:41that to all the different workshops and
24:43copy those elements across. And now when
24:46we come to actually styling the drawing,
24:48then we can change maybe some of the
24:49line weights and maybe some of the
24:50colors and tones. Cuz at the moment,
24:52this is kind of coming across quite bold
24:54in the floor plan. And so when we come
24:55to style the drawings, it'll be really
24:57important to make sure we have a kind of
24:59hierarchy to the drawing. You can see
25:01here now that we've got some storage
25:03cupboards in the storage units. Um, and
25:06likewise at the top here with this kind
25:08of loading base. You've got this loading
25:09bay zone where you can maybe store in
25:11some drawings or models or whatever it
25:13might be. And then I've also spent some
25:16time at the top here and building some
25:18of these areas. Um, building some of
25:20these kind of benches out the front
25:22here. So these are kind of outdoor
25:24benches that being used. Now using some
25:26of the design language and geometry,
25:28I've created these kind of highle
25:30stoalls with some more benches and a
25:32little shop which you can see here.
25:34You've got these kind of shelving units
25:37uh with a kind of reception desk almost
25:40or like a cafe desk where you can maybe
25:42buy some products from the shop um and
25:44where you can get your coffee and
25:46whatnot. You got the reception desk,
25:48which once again I've tried to follow
25:50that kind of design geometry. Again,
25:52trying to work into some of that kind of
25:53angular geometry that I'm quite
25:55interested in. I think that works quite
25:56nicely. Um, following some of the angles
25:59and geometries that we've generated from
26:01this form. So, you've got this main
26:03point of entry and access to the
26:05building where you've got this reception
26:07desk with desk with the lifts and
26:10toilets at the back and then finally
26:12this kind of main space for a theater.
26:15And so I've designed this so that it
26:17works quite nicely with this kind of
26:19geometry with the central point uh the
26:21central viewpoint with some of the kind
26:23of seats that kind of work off from that
26:26viewpoint.
26:27So you can see here now when you start
26:29adding furniture it starts to bring the
26:31drawing to life a lot more. It starts to
26:33show more of the intended activities. Um
26:36the gallery space doesn't really have
26:37much furniture at this point because
26:39it's it's more focused on the kind of
26:41partitions and the division of spaces
26:43where artwork's going to be displayed
26:45etc. Now the next item to add to this is
26:49going to be people to show activity
26:51people using these spaces and showing
26:53the kind of intended use. So we're going
26:55to head over to here. We're going to go
26:56to libraries. We're going to head down
26:59to people. Now there's plenty of people
27:02to choose from.
27:04Go down to people. 750 blocks. And
27:07you'll see here that they have a massive
27:08variety of different people. These are
27:10really great items to add to your
27:13drawings, to add activity, to add that
27:15kind of atmosphere and character to your
27:17spaces. You can see people riding bikes.
27:19You can see people walking in office
27:21gear. You see infant babies crying. You
27:23got p people with baseball bats and
27:25people lying on the floor and exercising
27:27and stretching. pretty much any kind of
27:29character or person that you're trying
27:32to use to create your kind of atmosphere
27:34and activity for your space is in here.
27:37So, what I'm going to do is just
27:39basically just drag in some of these
27:40people.
27:42Drag them in. See, and they'll come in
27:45to scale. When you head over to the
27:47right hand side here, you can see
27:48obviously your different options. So,
27:50this is also once again great for when
27:52you come to do your elevations. But for
27:54argument sake, I'm just going to start
27:55basically populating to show a level of
27:58activity like this um to show some kind
28:01of activity and use of the space with
28:05people sat down working together in
28:07these workshops. This is kind of what I
28:09was trying to create when I'm rotating
28:10and shifting these chairs a bit to show
28:13this kind of activity and character to
28:14the space. um which starts to really
28:17once again bring the drawings to life
28:19and we can show people in the park s um
28:22doing some yoga, people playing
28:24volleyball, people with dog walkers. Um
28:27you've got um people cycling and it
28:31really just starts to bring the drawing
28:32to life a little bit more. And you can
28:34do exactly the same for cars. So you can
28:37import some cars from the block library
28:39to show that kind of movement of
28:41vehicles and people moving around the
28:43site. And then the same for trees uh
28:46which really add a really nice touch to
28:48this drawing particularly given that
28:50this is in a park and that there is a
28:53lot of surrounding trees. And you can
28:55customize these trees by double clicking
28:56in. Uh you can then select some of these
28:59elements and start changing some of the
29:01strokes and the stroke opacity. So I've
29:04dropped some of the opacity right down.
29:06So, it's quite a kind of subtle um soft
29:09overlay of these trees and these
29:11elements and the vegetation showing the
29:13surrounding context um and the kind of
29:16detail in the trees and the linework in
29:17the trees. Once again, you have so many
29:20options to choose from. If I go into the
29:22blocks and I show you the trees, you can
29:25see here we've got so many different
29:26options of plants and trees and
29:28different places um and elements that
29:30you can use to create different types of
29:32environments. And given that this is
29:34once again in a park and it's surrounded
29:36by trees, uh it works really beautifully
29:39in this drawing. So I hope that's given
29:41you a really good idea of how these kind
29:43of blocks bring your drawings to life
29:45and how you can add activity and people
29:48to show the building of its intended use
29:50and show the context and really build
29:52that level of detail and clarity to your
29:54drawings that make it intriguing and
29:56make it interesting. and you have these
29:57moments of activities and people uh
30:00showing kind of activity of people going
30:02things going on and and what's happening
30:03in these spaces and I think it really
30:05brings the drawing to life and works
30:07really well.
30:11So the next thing I want to talk about
30:12is zones and tables and I want to show
30:14you how powerful it is to use round
30:17tables [music] to extract information
30:19and data out of your drawings and pull
30:21them into tables so that you can start
30:23managing your data. And so as you've
30:25seen in the previous lesson, zones are
30:27really powerful way to define spatial
30:28arrangements and relationships between
30:30rooms. Each zone automatically comes
30:33with a tag uh with key data. As you can
30:35see here, you've got the name and also
30:37the area of that space. And the beauty
30:39of this is that Rayon allows you to
30:41attach data directly to your drawings,
30:43making it easy to track space
30:45requirements in response to a
30:46competition brief, for example, in this
30:48case. So the zone tool automatically
30:50generates area data and with just a few
30:53clicks you can list this information in
30:56a live table. This can include room
30:58name, square meter areas and later on
31:00data for takeoff reports such as
31:02materials or brands for example. So you
31:04can really add a lot of detail into your
31:06tables. So, I'm going to quickly show
31:08you how to essentially pull this
31:10information out into tables and how you
31:13can start managing it and and using it
31:15to your advantage, particularly in this
31:17instance when we're responding to the
31:19competition brief. So, if we head over
31:21head over to the left hand side here,
31:22you'll have the tables tab. You can then
31:25do new table. This is where all your
31:26tables will be stored. You can rename
31:28them, etc. Now, when you do new table,
31:30you want to make sure that you click on
31:32the three buttons here and then go to
31:35categories. And you can then basically
31:37choose the different items that you want
31:39to identify in the table. At the moment,
31:41it's selected a wall zones and block
31:43instances. So, it has 800 items because
31:46it's choosing all the blocks. It's
31:47choosing all the zones and choosing all
31:48the walls. So, what we want to do is
31:51untick wall and untick block instances.
31:54And there you go. You have all of the
31:56rooms and zones essentially that are
31:59identified in the model. So, we have 14
32:02different rooms. Now currently what's
32:04being shown is just the name and you can
32:06filter that name by doing A to Z or um
32:09let's do A to Z for example so it's kind
32:12of clearly structured and then you can
32:14add a column. So if you add a column you
32:17can then choose lots of different
32:19options and this is where you can really
32:21add extensive levels of detail and
32:24information to your drawings. You can
32:26add for example you can import a piece
32:28of furniture. You could select that
32:29furniture and you could say that it's I
32:31don't know it's a Louis Vuitton sofa or
32:33something like that and you can identify
32:35that that is a branded sofa, what brand
32:38it is, even the cost of the sofa. And
32:41you can also add all that information
32:43just to help build up your data in your
32:45drawings. But for this sake, we're just
32:47going to click area. And as you can see
32:50straight away, it will tell you what the
32:52area is to that cafe, the gallery space,
32:55the loading bay, the storage, etc. and
32:57what the total sum is for that zone. So
33:00you can see here, so for the entire
33:01project, we have a total of 1,900 square
33:04mters. And we can then cross reference
33:07that to the competition brief. You can
33:10then change that to um your different
33:13views. So if you wanted to do that for
33:15your elevations or your sections on
33:17different um canvases that you have on
33:20the project, you can also then group by
33:22name or area. At the moment, we're
33:24grouping by name. Um, and then you can
33:26also see it full screen, etc. And then
33:28you can actually insert the table into
33:31your project and you can drag it over.
33:34So this is really great for then if you
33:35wanted to add this to a a sheet for
33:39example. So in your drawing sheet, you
33:42can you can then add that in and then
33:44you can double click in and you can
33:45start customizing this changing the text
33:47to black for example,
33:50changing the font etc. and then anything
33:52that you update in um the zones and the
33:55rooms or any of the data it will update
33:58live in the table. Now an example where
34:00I've done this is back in the previous
34:02lesson I've produced a kind of short
34:04table um to demonstrate the kind of back
34:06of house areas and the front of house
34:08areas the public zones and the the more
34:10kind of private zones as you can see
34:12which were identified by the zones and
34:14you can format it and produce a sheet
34:16something like this um which really kind
34:18of makes it useful for identifying that
34:21spatial arrangement and the space
34:23allocation at an early stage at a
34:25concept stage but also in the more
34:26detailed stage as I've shown you when
34:28you start adding much more detail detail
34:29to your drawings, you can add a
34:32substantial amount more detail. And
34:34because the table is live, any changes
34:36to room sizes are updated automatically.
34:39So, it works an absolute treat. And in
34:41this case, we'll create a simple table
34:42listing each with a name and area. Um,
34:46and you can place it on your canvas like
34:48so on your paper canvas.
34:52Now the final thing that I'm going to
34:54add to this drawing before we then go
34:56into the next lesson is going to be just
34:59some annotation. Now the first thing
35:00that is going to be for that annotation
35:02is going to be grid lines. Now grid
35:04lines will just purely give the drawing
35:06a little bit more structure. It'll also
35:08add it add a little bit more kind of
35:10graphical detail to the drawing and also
35:13just a point of reference for when
35:15you're working between section
35:17elevations and plans. you can then refer
35:19to the grid and it will give it a kind
35:21of structure. So what I'm going to do is
35:23I'm just going to use a line and I'm
35:26just going to start identifying maybe
35:28where we'd have a grid. And as I've
35:30mentioned before, we've kind of got
35:31these two axis. We've got this long vert
35:33this long kind of horizontal element
35:35that's kind of striking up through the
35:36building. So we'll probably have a line
35:39of a kind of grid line along that
35:40element and then we'll probably have
35:42some grid lines maybe cutting across
35:45these elements and geometries that are
35:46kind of rotating.
35:48So if we identify that potentially we
35:51have
35:53a grid line here. For argument sake,
35:56just for the time being, I'm then going
35:57to run this along.
36:01And in fact, I maybe take that center
36:04point of the wall. So there's a grid
36:05line across there. And then potentially
36:07we'll have
36:10a grid line
36:14along this back wall.
36:17And then just to add a grid head, what
36:20you're going to what I'm going to do is
36:21just select circle,
36:23extend that out like so. I'm then going
36:25to make that white. I'm going to make
36:28that red. I'm going to do the same dash
36:30which was five.
36:33And then what we can do is then we can
36:35right select make that as either a group
36:37or a block depending on what we do. Or
36:39we can use the block that is already
36:41available
36:43in the block library which you can see
36:45here there's a grid line um which you
36:48can use and and add and edit and import
36:50etc. But I think we have a grid
36:53structure more or less like this. So
36:55you've got this kind of axis running
36:58along as I've mentioned. You've then got
37:01these elements that are rotating and
37:02shifting off. And then maybe these
37:05elements that are running in this
37:07direction could be numbers. And then the
37:08elements running in the other direction
37:10could be letters to create that
37:12structure and that language. And it also
37:14adds a really nice graphic touch to the
37:16drawing. In this case that it's red
37:18works really nicely. adds a little bit
37:20of a contrast and a little bit of a a
37:22color highlight. And I'll get into much
37:24more detail about the kind of graphic
37:26communication and styling within lesson
37:28five. Um, but at this point, you can see
37:30that the drawing kind of comes to life
37:32when you start adding some grids and
37:33that extra level of detail and
37:35annotation.
37:36Now, the final thing we're going to do
37:37is add some section lines where we're
37:39going to that will essentially then
37:41introduce us into the next lesson and
37:43where we're going to start focusing on
37:45the elevations and sections and which
37:47bits of the building that we want to
37:49kind of cut through. And I think there's
37:51two main points that we want to kind of
37:53look at here with this section. The one
37:56being the main section all the way
37:58through the building. And so I've
38:00located this almost in line where it
38:03cuts through the gallery. It cuts
38:05through all the workshops and cuts
38:08through all of the cafe. So hopefully in
38:11section we'll have this kind of really
38:12long section cut into the landscape
38:14embedded into the landscape. We'll also
38:16have an elevation looking on from this
38:19area. Um looking on to the kind of uh
38:23the kind of south elevation. We'll call
38:25this the south elevation. Um, and then
38:29we've got a section going through here
38:31which you'll be able to demonstrate the
38:33relationship between the storage, this
38:35access space, the workshops, but more
38:37importantly the landscape to the right
38:39hand side. So you'll be able to see the
38:41step from this lower level to the high
38:43level and how you may be able to have
38:45people walking on the upper level so
38:49that there's that kind of relationship
38:50between the landscape and the building
38:51and how people can walk and interact
38:53with the landscape that's embedded into
38:55the building. And then we'll have an
38:57elevation on this side here. So we'll
38:58have two elevations and two sections and
39:01that will get us into the next lesson.
39:03So this is the the kind of final piece
39:05at this point. The really important
39:08element that I add to every single floor
39:10plan section and elevation that I will
39:13do in lesson five in the stylizing
39:15lesson is shadow. Shadow will add the
39:18finishing touches to this drawing and it
39:20will make it look really uh kind of add
39:23that depth and that kind of detail that
39:25we need in order to demonstrate scale
39:27and and kind of position of windows and
39:29lighting etc. Shadow will add a really
39:32beautiful detail. But this is the floor
39:34plan. I think it's come out really
39:36nicely. I think the language is working
39:37really well um with the kind of main
39:40public zones, slightly more private
39:42workshops, the back of house entrances
39:44um and the cafe with the theater and the
39:47design language is working really well
39:48with the geometry when you have these
39:50kind of two axes as I've discussed. And
39:53so when I jump into the sections
39:55elevations, it will all start to become
39:56a little bit more clear as to the levels
39:58and the interaction with the landscape
40:00because obviously at this point we've
40:02only worked in plan. And so when we get
40:04into the sections, elevations,
40:06this drawing will start to really come
40:08to life and the project will come to
40:10life. So, thank you for watching the
40:12lesson. Um, make sure to stick around
40:15for the next lesson where we dive into
40:17the sections and elevations to start
40:19seeing that integration with the slope.
40:22Um, and all of these annotations that
40:24I've added here are really great tools
40:26and elements to add to uh provide that
40:29clarity and communication to the
40:31drawings. uh making it readable, clear
40:34and ready for a presentation for the
40:36submission. See you see you in the next
40:38lesson.
40:42>> [music]

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