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0:00Welcome to lesson four of the full
0:02course, how to win architectural
0:03competitions. In this lesson, we're
0:05going to focus on the proposal in
0:06section and elevation, focusing on how
0:08it sits within the site and responds to
0:10the slope. Inside Rayon, I'll walk you
0:12through the process of producing
0:14sections and elevations and how to
0:16populate them using the same blocks as
0:18the floor plan, which includes the
0:19alternative block views that are suited
0:21for different orthographic drawings.
0:23You're welcome to follow along with the
0:25class by creating a free rayon account
0:27using the link below or jumping into the
0:29template from the description.
0:34Okay. Yes. So now we're going to shift
0:36our focus from the floor plan now to the
0:38sections and elevations. We're first
0:40going to focus on the elevations which
0:42are going to focus on these two main
0:44elevations. We're going to call them the
0:46the north and east elevation, let's say.
0:49So the north being this top one here and
0:51the east one being this one. uh kind of
0:53looking at the building in parallel with
0:56the slope and we'll really start
0:57identifying and understanding how this
0:59is going to work into the landscape of
1:01the slope, how it's going to start
1:02actually having some kind of level
1:04changes and how it's going to step up or
1:06step down. So now to introduce how we
1:08can set up different types of drawings
1:10within the same workspace, uh you have
1:13these canvases at the top left corner
1:15here. So, what you want to do to create
1:17a new canvas, a new model canvas to
1:20start producing your drawings, you want
1:21to head up to the top here. You can then
1:23do paper or model canvas. We want to do
1:25model canvas. So, you would click model
1:27canvas here, which I've already set up
1:29here in this sections tab. If you select
1:32into there, you will then have um your
1:35kind of next set um of drawings that you
1:38can then start working into. And then
1:40when you're working in your paper
1:41canvas, you can then link in uh those
1:44drawings from those those model canvases
1:46in there. So it's all kind of working in
1:47one space in one workplace. So we
1:49currently have our section line set up
1:51at the moment to show the kind of
1:52topography and the level changes across
1:55the landscape. These will all start
1:56making more sense in a moment as I start
1:58bringing in views into the floor plan.
2:00So these two are going to be our two
2:02elevations. So this is the long
2:03elevation looking onto the slope and
2:06then this is the side looking into the
2:08the building as it integrates into the
2:10landscape. And then these are going to
2:12be our two sections. So the first thing
2:13that we're going to do which is going to
2:15be the best way for us to start drawing
2:17our elevations is going to be to create
2:20a view into our floor plan and then we
2:22can rotate and organize that floor plan.
2:24So then we can start drawing some lines
2:26and some guidelines in order for us to
2:28start structuring uh the elevation. So,
2:31what we're going to do is head over to
2:32the left hand side here where it says
2:33layers. We're going to click new. We're
2:34going to click view. And then you can
2:36choose which model canvas or paper
2:38canvas you want to put a view into. In
2:40this case, we want to do a plan.
2:43Now, what it's done here is it's created
2:44a view into that plan, which you can
2:47then scale up and scale down. What I'm
2:48going to do is I'm going to rotate it so
2:51that essentially this is going to be
2:53parallel with the landscape. And in
2:55fact, we're going to make that one one
2:58so that is the right scale. Uh you can
3:00then crop this down to the scale that we
3:04want. And then we want to make sure that
3:06this is directly parallel. So what we
3:09can do is head over to the bottom here
3:10where it says shapes. You can click
3:12guidelines which is also G. And you'll
3:14see that you'll get these guidelines in
3:16either vertical or horizontal. You could
3:19also do diagonal. Uh but for this case
3:21we're going to do a horizontal
3:22guideline. And this will basically just
3:24give us our kind of base point for
3:26rotating this view. Rotate that to the
3:29grid. And then now we know that that is
3:31parallel to the drawing.
3:33Now in the same way, we're then going to
3:36use the guidelines in the vertical way.
3:39And this is where you can start pulling
3:41down some of your geometry and start
3:43basically aligning some of those walls.
3:45So those lines will then essentially
3:47start dictating basically the structure
3:50of our elevation. So now we have these
3:52two views set up both parallel to the
3:55views that we want to create. Now the
3:56next thing we're going to do is create a
3:58new layer and I'm going to call it mass.
4:00So this is just basically going to help
4:01us define some of these block zones um
4:04where we have the level changes and
4:06where the form is going to start
4:07generating elevation. Uh the language
4:10that I want to create with this space is
4:12that I want this kind of long monolith
4:14monolithic element of these kind of
4:16workshop spaces with this kind of
4:18bookend element that might be slightly
4:20taller or slightly lower that kind of
4:21cuts off at an angle. But this main
4:24gallery center space maybe being a quite
4:26a significantly taller piece of um a
4:29kind of taller geometry which then
4:31breaks that monolithic nature and that
4:33it kind of steps up and steps down. So
4:35I'm just going to use very simply a
4:37rectangle here with a solid and make
4:40that stroke maybe 30. And then what
4:42we're going to start doing is almost
4:44just start structuring some of these
4:47geometries and get some of the heights
4:49right. So currently you can see here
4:51that as you push and pull this you will
4:52get certain heights. So if we change the
4:55width and height we'll change the height
4:57to maybe let's make it a 10 m tall
5:00building. Um and then basically what we
5:03want to do is then just start maybe
5:06copying some of these elements.
5:09Maybe that then does step down.
5:13We want to create this kind of long
5:15monolithic piece that really does embed
5:17into the landscape along here. Maybe
5:20we'll pull that to
5:23that piece there to line up the top
5:25there. Maybe that steps up a bit so the
5:29landscape kind of comes down in front.
5:31This is your main double height space.
5:33This is your entrance space with some
5:35kind of steps up.
5:37And then let's just pull this element
5:40across.
5:42So you've got maybe this steps back down
5:45again. And now if we wanted then to pull
5:47that across into this elevation, we're
5:50going to use the grid lines again. So
5:52we're going to head down to the grid
5:53lines. We're going to do horizontal
5:54ones. So then we can start identifying
5:57the heights across the other way like
6:02so. And then we can copy some of these
6:05geometries over.
6:08And with a bit of work, you'll arrive at
6:10something like this, which identifies
6:12some of the massing. So, we've got this
6:15element that's kind of stepping up quite
6:18clearly. Element stepping up this
6:20central piece. And then in this view,
6:22you can see that the kind of gallery
6:24definitely pokes out further, which is
6:26obviously being shown here. And then it
6:29steps back where you have these kind of
6:30stepping elements, the stepping
6:32geometries. You got the terrace, you got
6:33the cafe, then you got the theater.
6:34maybe as that steps up to the higher
6:37level um where you could potentially
6:40have people accessing this roof terrace
6:42at the top.
6:44So that's really kind of guiding our
6:46massing um and our heights. So we have
6:49quite tall spaces which is the the kind
6:52of type of spaces that I want to create
6:55for this. You want it to be quite grand.
6:56You want it to be quite uh an experience
6:59and atmosphere as you enter these spaces
7:00particularly in the gallery. And then
7:02what we're going to do now is start
7:03using some lines. So we're going to
7:05create a new line, call it lines, and
7:07start working into this with some detail
7:11um on some of the geometry and some of
7:13the actual form that we've kind of
7:16identified here in the floor plan.
7:19The first one going to be the steps. So
7:21I'm going to start drawing the steps. So
7:24if I then identify the corner of the
7:25steps, which is roughly about there.
7:30Let's then do a line
7:33and we're going to offset up this by
7:36let's say
7:390.2 mil and maybe actually comes down
7:42into the slope a bit. So let's just copy
7:44that down. So maybe something like this
7:46where we've got the main steps up and
7:49then we've got the smaller steps down at
7:51the back here and that needs to extend
7:54out and maybe in this case that could
7:56potentially slope down to a lower level.
7:59So, we've now got like this kind of
8:00point of entry and the the forms are
8:02starting to kind of come together. And
8:04then if we come over to the left hand
8:05side here and start adding some of the
8:07detail of these windows, the best way to
8:09do that, head to the left side, go up to
8:11your plan, grab that element, copy that
8:15across, paste it in place. Now, this is
8:18the real beauty of copying across
8:20blocks, doors, windows, openings,
8:24furniture, people, etc., is that you've
8:26got all of these alternative views that
8:28you can then switch between in your
8:29model. So, if we head over to the right
8:31hand side here and we change that to the
8:34front view, you will see that you'll
8:37have that element that you've drawn in
8:39plan that is now available in elevation,
8:42which is really handy. And then we can
8:46rotate that to make sure that it's
8:48parallel. And then we can bring that
8:50into place in this particular element.
8:52We can extend and add more windows. And
8:55you can also still double click into it
8:57and you can start making changes and
8:59edits to that block to something like
9:01this where we can then start adjusting
9:03some of this massing. And further down
9:05the line, what we can do is also
9:09start drawing in the contour line a
9:11little bit better so that the building
9:12is almost kind of embedding further into
9:14the landscape. But that is an element of
9:17uh showing you how you can then take
9:19those blocks and I'll show you in much
9:21more detail with the furniture and the
9:22people as well and how that works really
9:24well. Now I'm going to jump ahead
9:26slightly to show you the detail that I'm
9:28going to add to this elevation. I'm
9:29going to talk through the design
9:30language. So to jump ahead, this is what
9:32we've arrived at for the elevation. Um
9:35and you can see here now how this
9:36language is starting to work really well
9:38into the landscape. identified once
9:41again this kind of monolithic element
9:42that kind of extends out into the
9:44landscape when you've got this central
9:46piece that kind of breaks that rhythm
9:47slightly um with then these elements
9:50that are kind of stepping down into the
9:52landscape. Now one thing that I wanted
9:53to do also was integrate these kind of
9:56vertical fins. So there'll be fins that
9:59provide this kind of rhythm and language
10:01to the facade. kind of going back to
10:04some of those early mood board images
10:05that I found where the the louvers and
10:07fins work really well to provide that
10:09kind of breakdown on the facade. And
10:11although you've got this kind of long
10:13monolithic element of forms essentially
10:15that are continuing into the landscape,
10:18the fins provide a different level of
10:19rhythm and a different geometry to break
10:22up that language slightly. And then you
10:24can see here then we've got some kind of
10:25vertical windows poking into
10:28uh the gallery space. Once again,
10:31because of the gallery space being such
10:32a key space to control lighting and to
10:35make sure that we're not overproviding
10:37direct sunlight into and onto artwork,
10:40we want to make sure that we can manage
10:42that. So, we'll have roof lighting
10:43instead. And then you'll have these kind
10:45of open windows to create these kind of
10:48pockets of viewpoints both into the
10:50gallery, but also out the gallery across
10:52the landscape. And as I mentioned in the
10:54last lesson with the uh with the
10:56entrance space, this works really well I
10:58think with the kind of tall um vertical
11:01doors where it provides that kind of
11:03language into the space and that kind of
11:06that entrance point. So we've got this
11:08kind of stairway and the geometry that
11:10is leading into this uh entrance space
11:13with then a window at the top of that
11:14stair that's giving views into the
11:16gallery. So as you arrive at this point
11:19here, you can really see into the
11:20gallery and it provides that
11:21permeability and also that kind of
11:23welcoming feel of into the space and you
11:25can really see into the activity and
11:28what's going on in there. And then this
11:30lower bit here kind of ramps down
11:32slightly. Um so you've kind of got this
11:35stepped up um language and when we come
11:38into the section I'll show you these
11:39kind of two three levels. You've got
11:41this lower level here, you got this um
11:43ground level and then you have an upper
11:45level up here. But you can see here how
11:47this kind of steps down into the
11:48landscape at the bottom end here. And
11:50then this is your lift at the top here
11:52that is going to access this upper
11:54level. And then this is kind of like a
11:56ballastrade. It'll be like a glass
11:57ballastrade that will wrap around the
11:58top. So it's quite a subtle piece. And
12:01that will also mean that people can kind
12:02of stand up here from the landscape
12:04above. So if they're doing walks up this
12:06upper level here, they can almost stand
12:08on top of the roof here, which is
12:10accessed internally as well from uh this
12:13lift that goes up. And then on the side
12:15elevation, you can really then start to
12:17see how this geometry extends out and
12:20provides this real focal point for the
12:22design. Uh so where here it kind of sits
12:25quite nicely into the landscape. You can
12:27see here how it's kind of extending out
12:30um this element here that's curving and
12:33on the curve we have that vertical
12:34window. You then got those picture
12:36windows that I was talking about from
12:38the ground floor looking into the
12:40gallery. And then you've got these
12:42elements obviously that stepping up.
12:43You've got the terrace. You've got got
12:44this kind of feature type wall here
12:47that's kind of just bookending that
12:48geometry, providing a bit of privacy to
12:51the cafe at this angle. Um, and then
12:54you've got this vertical window looking
12:56into the cafe space here. And then once
12:59again this high level window uh that is
13:01looking into uh the cafe and um the
13:05space here into the kind of atrium and
13:08with the lift and then the access as you
13:10can see here from this upper level and
13:12when we go into styling the drawings
13:14I'll talk a bit more about materiality
13:16and how we're going to communicate that
13:17material materiality in lesson five and
13:20I'll show you how the kind of materials
13:22that we're talking about here and the
13:23materials that we're thinking of um and
13:25how that will really embed into the
13:27landscape and how that will kind come
13:28across.
13:32So, now we're going to jump into the
13:33sections. And so, as you can see here,
13:35I've [music] aligned them with this
13:37floor plan and this floor plan here. So,
13:39we've already kind of got them set up.
13:41And the beauty of having the elevations
13:42and sections in the same model space, in
13:45the same model canvas, is that you'll be
13:47able to draw lines across them to make
13:49sure that your heights um of the massing
13:52are all kind of similar and correct
13:53across. And in many instances, I'll
13:55probably copy down some of these
13:57elements components to make sure that
13:59we've got the kind of correct heights
14:01across the mass. And in this case, we're
14:04looking at a long and short section um
14:06along the two main axis of the building.
14:08So sections are particularly important
14:10here because they will clearly reveal
14:11the relationship between the internal
14:14spaces, external ground levels, and the
14:16surrounding landscape. And so you'll see
14:18here how now the level will change as
14:21you go up the building. What we're going
14:23to do here is going to head down to the
14:24bottom again. We're going to use the
14:25guidelines once again and start
14:29selecting these components and the
14:31points at which where we're cutting
14:33through for the section. So the section
14:36lines coming through here and we just
14:38want to make sure that we're selecting
14:40those elements coming down. So we're
14:43cutting through these walls. So, what
14:45we've identified there are essentially
14:47all of our walls and where we're going
14:49to be cutting through a wall and where
14:50we want to show almost a black solid
14:52wall. Now, very similar in the last
14:54lesson where we talked about in floor
14:56plan. Going to head over to the right
14:57hand side here. We're going to do a
14:58style panel. I'm going to change the
15:00wall thicknesses to the same as what we
15:01did in the in the floor plan, which you
15:04can then very conveniently just flick to
15:06the floor plan. You can go in here and
15:09you can select whatever that was. So,
15:11it's a 0.3 and then we can start drawing
15:13our walls. So you'll be able to see here
15:15that we can start drawing them and just
15:18very crudely I'm just going to start
15:19copying them across and I will start
15:21editing them in a minute. Now we have
15:23those kind of elements defined. What I'm
15:26now going to do is take this slope
15:30and start identifying these level
15:31changes. So I'm going to actually copy
15:34some of these elements here. So if we
15:36know that this is kind of like our
15:37ground level that's coming across here.
15:42In fact, I'm just going to draw that as
15:45a solid line to identify our ground
15:48level. We then have this lower ground
15:50level. And I'll draw these in a minute
15:51with proper FFLs.
15:54And then I would suggest that our then
15:58upper ground level is probably this one
16:01here. So, we've got these kind of
16:03intermediate level changes as we go up.
16:05But to fundamentally identify the three
16:07levels, that's what we're looking at,
16:09those three. Now, the way that I'm going
16:10to do this now is I'm basically going to
16:12copy across. I'm going to select those
16:15items. I'm going to then select the
16:17geometry so that we have an idea of
16:19where the uh the kind of roof is going
16:22to land. In fact, I'm not going to
16:23select the ground bit, but I'm going to
16:24select
16:27the roof along here. So, we then have
16:30our kind of heights, our floor to
16:31ceiling heights in section.
16:34And then I'm going to copy that down to
16:37roughly
16:40the height that we want. So use So to
16:43draw the floors, I'm going to use the
16:45wall again. Got a new floor
16:50item. Then going to draw that. So that's
16:52our main ground floor. I'm going to just
16:55clear the grids and draw a new grid to
17:00identify almost where that level starts
17:02to change. So at the point of the
17:04section line, it changes there.
17:09That's where it steps down to the lower
17:11point.
17:13And then roughly there is where it then
17:17steps back up into this zone here.
17:19That's our two ground and lower ground
17:22levels. So this is fundamentally the
17:24level changes. So the rooms that are
17:26stepping down and then we can pull these
17:30down with us.
17:35So that you can see then how
17:37fundamentally each workshop is almost
17:39stepping up to a higher level which
17:42we're then going to call the um
17:45the FFL the upper ground floor level
17:48FFL. Now, in order to draw the FFL
17:51levels, we can head over to the blocks
17:53and we can just call it um level. So, if
17:57we type in level, in fact, we'll go over
17:59to level library.
18:04You can see here we've got the elevation
18:06line, which we can copy in.
18:10I'm just going to pull that into space.
18:12Now, what you can do, you can either
18:14then go in and edit that block, or you
18:16can rightclick it and do unblock and
18:19then make your own changes to it. So,
18:21I'm going to call it something like
18:23we're going to call the ground level.
18:31Pull that into place.
18:34And fundamentally, that will then need
18:36to extend across.
18:41That's then there.
18:47So that there is our ground level. And
18:50then we'll do the same when we copy up
18:53and down to the lower ground level. So
18:56we've got here we've got an upper
18:57ground. We got an a ground level. And
18:59then we've got a lower ground level. So
19:02that's our level changes. That's where
19:04the building is stepping up and stepping
19:06down. And that'll be really key to
19:08identifying this insection. Now I'm just
19:11going to spend a bit of time drawing in
19:12some of the ceilings that will follow
19:15along there.
19:18That will follow along there.
19:21And if we use once again our kind of
19:23grid lines, we can then see that it
19:25almost steps up at that point. So we're
19:28then going to copy that
19:31up. So we have a very generous if we
19:34just dimension that very generous 6 and
19:361/2 m height floor to ceiling height
19:38space for the gallery which is really
19:42really great space and it will step down
19:44here at this other end to this lower
19:47cafe level and so just to quickly fast
19:50forward to some of the detail that I've
19:52added into these spaces given it a bit
19:54of a perspective so the way that just to
19:56give it a bit of perspective I've given
19:58it like an angle um I've added in the
20:01windows Now to show this window here, um
20:06I've identified
20:08a reception desk with a kind of uh mid
20:11height partition with a window up this
20:13high level here with some gallery space
20:15here as shown all in the floor plan. But
20:18this is just fast forwarding copying
20:19some of these elements down um obviously
20:22as that is kind of cut behind that
20:24section line. So you'll be able to see
20:25that element. Um, and just using the
20:28kind of detail lines, I've drawn in some
20:31of uh the elements. And now that we've
20:33got at this point, we can then select
20:36these two walls and we can trim we can
20:39trim that down. So then we don't need to
20:40see that slicing through anymore. And
20:43now the section is starting to come to
20:44life a bit. You can now obviously quite
20:46clearly see these workshop spaces. You
20:47can see the central gallery space. You
20:50can see the reception stepping down into
20:53the cafe. And something that I'm adding
20:55to these sections are these kind of
20:57small roof lights which you'll see much
20:59more clearly in the other section. Um
21:01and you'll be able to see how um this is
21:04coming a bit of like an architectural
21:06feature uh to the section. And to jump
21:09ahead to this section here showing you
21:11how we've embedded it into the
21:13landscape. You can see here with the
21:15form that we've created um based on
21:18where we're cutting through at this
21:20point here. You can see that we've got
21:22this kind of storage space uh with the
21:24storage unit here.
21:27You can then see the two kind of
21:29adjacent corridors. You can see the work
21:32space here uh that is embedded into the
21:35landscape. And I've created this angled
21:37roof line to give it this kind of
21:40expansive extending feeling going into
21:43the landscape with these fins that are
21:45bolted onto the external facade with
21:48your kind of curtain walling that is
21:50running along uh the facade. And you can
21:53see here on once again with the
21:54perspective, you can see that we've got
21:56these kind of roof light features that
21:57will look quite nice u particularly on
22:00the roof plan um and also when you're
22:02kind of accessing at this upper level
22:03with the landscape. So you can see quite
22:05clearly how we've integrated this. We've
22:07embedded the geometry into the
22:09landscape.
22:10[music]
22:12Now once again I'm going to show you how
22:14to use the block library to really
22:15[music] bring these drawings to life.
22:17Adding furniture, adding people, adding
22:19activity, trees, context, etc. And the
22:22block library once again will be really
22:23effective to show the alternative views.
22:25So you can see the plan, the front
22:27elevation, side elevation. And here
22:29focus on selecting blocks that include
22:31multiple orthographic views. um ensuring
22:34that consistency between the drawings
22:36and elevations um and aligning them
22:38across the drawings will be really
22:40helpful to maintain clarity and
22:42consistency and accuracy throughout the
22:44drawing set. So, what I'm going to do to
22:46start copying some of these pieces of
22:48furniture into the drawing, I'm going
22:51to, for example, I'm just going to take
22:54maybe one of these workshops as an
22:55example.
22:57I'm going to select some of these items
23:01like the 3D printer for example, maybe
23:03some of these worktops,
23:07some of the stools, some of the people,
23:12maybe some of these bookshelves.
23:15I'm going to copy that across and I'm
23:18going to paste that in place. So now we
23:20have basically the the organization of
23:23that furniture already set and in place.
23:26And so I'm just going to make sure that
23:28that's running parallel,
23:30I'm going to line that up,
23:35rotate it,
23:38and so then using once again the
23:41guidelines, the vertical guideline,
23:45I can just pick a corner where that will
23:48line up. So that's where the the almost
23:51the furniture will be located directly
23:54perfectly in place in uh section and
23:57then I can almost just start selecting
23:58these items and changing them to the
24:02side elevation, rotating them and
24:05dropping them into place.
24:08And this would just be a bit of time of
24:10making sure that they're all in the
24:12correct location. For example, I can
24:14then change this to the sidewood
24:16station. Make sure this rotated and
24:19flipped correctly. I can then do the
24:21same with some of these swivel stools.
24:25And this person sat down.
24:28You can see when you go to the side
24:29view. This is a really great block
24:34to use. And this once again shows the
24:37power of being able to have these
24:38orthographic blocks where you have all
24:40of these different views and you can
24:41almost perfectly replicate your floor
24:44plan in section and elevation. You can
24:46see here the bookshelf. We can then
24:50move down to make sure that it aligns.
24:53And then you can of course move that
24:55then right click it. Do arrange send to
24:58back of layer. So then it's behind those
25:00elements. And you could scale up certain
25:02items if you think they're too small.
25:04And you'll spend a bit of time doing
25:06this once again in this section to bring
25:09this section alive to arrive at
25:11something like this where we've
25:12basically just taken all of the blocks
25:14from that floor plan, copied them over
25:16into the elevation and started
25:18populating uh these elements. So you can
25:21see here that we've got these kind of
25:22work stations. U we've got all the
25:26shelving units and and all of the items
25:28that we need from the floor plan. Really
25:30brings this drawing to life. I think
25:31this works really well. And you can see
25:33the level of detail in some of these
25:35blocks is fantastic. And I've added in
25:37some kind of gallery spaces where we
25:39could potentially add some artwork in
25:41when we come to sty stylizing the
25:42drawings. So you can start seeing then
25:44the gallery space. You can start seeing
25:46the lifts. So we even have lifts that we
25:47can drop into place. Um we've got all
25:51the kind of the bookshelves and stuff
25:53for the shop. And then you've got kind
25:56of highle bar stools um as shown in the
25:59floor plan like these here with people
26:02sat having a coffee. And we all have all
26:05that level of detail now in the drawing.
26:07And the same with this section here. You
26:09can start seeing some of the heights of
26:10these spaces and how grand and hopefully
26:14beautiful these spaces will be creating
26:15with lights penetrating into the rooms.
26:18Um these fins will create really nice
26:19kind of angles for lighting and
26:21viewpoints. Um, and you can see here
26:23that it works really well with the
26:24storage room. Um, and the detail of the
26:27blocks just really add that life to the
26:29drawings. You can then do the same with
26:30the people. Have people sat down um, and
26:34people kind of showing the activity.
26:36This little kid looking into the into
26:38the room to also indicate that scale.
26:40People walking dogs in elevation. Once
26:44again, all the kind of activities.
26:45People walking through the gallery
26:46spaces, walking down into the cafe area,
26:49someone stood having a coffee. uh and
26:51just add in that activity. Likewise with
26:54the trees that you can add in the
26:55foreground and background and once again
26:57adjusting the opacity as talked about in
26:59the previous lesson. To show you how to
27:01do that, you can double click into the
27:02item. You can then change some of these
27:05elements. So I've dropped the opacity of
27:08the line and the stroke around the tree
27:10down to 30%. You can then change and
27:12adjust some of these internal details
27:14down to 10%. So it looks really soft and
27:17elegant. Um, but you have this kind of
27:20overlapping nature and detail to the
27:22drawing that really just adds a real
27:25strong graphic element. You've got
27:27obviously cars in elevation. You got all
27:28the people and the chairs and benches.
27:31And then the way to put kind of trees in
27:34the background is that by managing your
27:35layers, you can then draw a kind of fill
27:38that will sit in front of those trees so
27:40that the trees are kind of masked out.
27:42And then what I normally do whilst I'm
27:44working on the drawings, I right click
27:45and lock that. So you can't notice that
27:48fill that's in front of the trees. And
27:50that's really important where layers
27:52become really key to managing your
27:54drawings in the hierarchy and the
27:56visibility of them. And I think the
27:58trees really bring this drawing to life.
28:00Once again, very similarly to how it
28:02does in the floor plan in section and
28:04elevation. It shows that context. just
28:06shows um the relationship between the
28:09landscape and where this building is
28:10situated.
28:12And likewise here in this section, you
28:14can see the clear two levels where
28:16before this was a slope that was
28:18gradually ramping up, you can now see
28:20that you've got this kind of integration
28:22at this upper point where people are
28:24looking out over the top of the
28:25landscape. So once again, as discussed
28:27in the the mood board earlier on, I
28:30didn't want to design something that was
28:31going to disrupt the view across the
28:33landscape. and instead when you're at
28:35the top here you can still look out
28:36across over the city of London but when
28:39you're at these lower points you can
28:40look into the building and have these
28:42moments of looking into the activities
28:44and so that is the sections and
28:46elevations um the project is finally
28:49coming to life I feel like when you're
28:50working in floor plan for such a long
28:53period of time obviously it doesn't
28:55necessarily translate fully into
28:56elevation which is really important when
28:58you're kind of jumping between the two
29:00and you're working between the two so
29:02when you're forming your geometry in the
29:04floor plan, you're also thinking about
29:05it in in elevation and in three
29:07dimensions and how that associates uh
29:10with one another. And and then the next
29:12step in the next lesson is going to be
29:14really critical to then start building
29:16into the style of these drawings. Now,
29:18what I'm going to do is I'm going to
29:19show you three different examples of
29:21drawing styles. I'm going to start
29:23applying some hatches and textures to
29:25indicate materiality. I'm going to add
29:27shadow to add real depth to the drawing,
29:30and that'll be really critical. But at
29:32the moment, this just shows you a really
29:34clear idea of how you can create your
29:36kind of baseline elevations and sections
29:38to then take it to the next level to
29:39start working into them into the graphic
29:41style and into the graphic communication
29:44uh and the detail you want to provide in
29:46your drawings. Thank you for watching
29:47this lesson and I will see you in the
29:50next one.
29:54>> [music]

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