Types of Representations

WHATS THE
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN:
PLAN,
AXONOMETRIC,
& PERSPECTIVE?

AXONOMETRIC

PERSPECTIVE

g,
nd
24

Design Drawing, Francis D.K. Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1998. pg 175

AXONOMETRIC

Drawing Shortcuts: Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Todays Technology

Jim Leggitt, AIA. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2002, pg 49

PERSPECTIVE

Drawing Shortcuts: Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Todays Technology

Jim Leggitt, AIA. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2002, pg 25

Axonometric Drawings

AXONOMETRICS are good at explaining information

Jesus Vassallo - Individual/Serial: A New Architecture for NYC

Parks; Fall 2006; GSD Architecture Options Studio - Stephen
Cassell

Chi-Yan Chan - Bombay Studio: Urban

Adjustments Negotiating the Kinetic and
Static City; Fall 2006; GSD Architecture
Options Studio - Rahul Mehrotra

AXONOMETRICS can convey programming

AXONOMETRICS can explain building typologies

Emily Pearl and Alexandra Weeks - Lisbon: European

Atlantic Capital; Spring 2008; GSD UPD Options Studio;
Rodolfo Machado

Perspective Vignettes

WHY USE PERSPECTIVES?

PERSPECTIVE VIGNETTES provide a glimpse into the proposed character of

your project. Sketchup provides a good framework, and photoshopping in
addiitonal people, trees, and more realistic textures can add more life to an
image. - USE PERSPECTIVES TO TELL A SPECIFIC STORY!

Christina Belton, Taewook Cha, Brenda Curtis, Lia Kelerchian, Gentry Lock, Erika Matthias, and Shachi Pandey, EDAW-NYC | Competition Entry - Intersections: Grand Concourse Beyond 100 | http://gallery.grandconcourse100.org/proposals/4

TYPES OF PERSPECTIVES

One Point

Two Point

Three Point

Design Drawing, Francis D.K. Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1998. pg 225

TYPES OF PERSPECTIVES

One Point

Two Point

Three Point

Design Drawing, Francis D.K. Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1998. pg 225

TYPES OF PERSPECTIVES

One Point

Two Point

Three Point

Design Drawing, Francis D.K. Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1998. pg 225

TYPES OF PERSPECTIVES

One Point

Two Point

Three Point

Design Drawing, Francis D.K. Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1998. pg 225

TYPES OF PERSPECTIVES

One Point

Two Point

Three Point

Design Drawing, Francis D.K. Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1998. pg 225

TYPES OF PERSPECTIVES

One Point

Two Point

Three Point

Design Drawing, Francis D.K. Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1998. pg 225

CHOOSING THE HEIGHT OF VIEW

Perspectives: An Effective Design Tool,l James E. Hiss, ASLA American Society of Landscape Architects, Washington D.C., 1985 , pg 16

CHOOSING THE ANGLE OF VIEW

Perspectives: An Effective
American Society of Landscape Architects, Washington D.C., 1985
, pg 16-17

COMPOSITION of your perspective is important

YES

avoid placing the horizon in the

middle of the frame

RULE OF THIRDS - place the focal point at grid intersections

NO

YES

http://www.photography101.org/basics/photographic_composition.html

Jill Allen

COMPOSITION of your perspective is important

Notice how key points of

the image align almost
perfectly with the rule of
thirds grid

East Bayfront Precinct Plan., pg 19, 21 - http://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/dbdocs//4491a914d1783.pdf

Don Lands. Waterfront Toronto

http://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/gallery1.php?id=46487d2417ec7

West 8 - http://www.west8.nl/projects/parks/governors_island/

Notice how the curved path draws your eye into and across the drawing

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX: breaking outside of the frame is another way to
create a more dynamic composition

http://blog.miragestudio7.com/wp-content/uploads2/2007/07/urban_
design_photoshop_backdrop_perspective_architecture_architectural5.
jpg

Daniel Hadley -Fort Point Channel Perspective, Intro to Urban Design Techniques - Spring 2008

THE SKY doesnt always

need to be blue; to help
dissolve the frame of an
image, try leaving it white

an image can break outside

of the frame along one or
more edges

http://gallery.grandconcourse100.org/proposals/4

ADDING PEOPLE adds life to an image and helps convince people that your
place will be inviting
but if you add people, make
sure to scale them properly; if
a perspective is at eye-level
everyones heads will fall on the
horizon line regardless of how
far away they are

Jill Allen - personal photo

The space might be big, but its not as big as the very tiny people in the back
imply! Theyre too small!

Lisa Su - Pier 26, GSD Arch. Studio Spring 2007, Julie Snow
http://studioworks.gsd.harvard.edu/browse/studioworks.html

all heads
should line up
here

theyre too small!

Lisa Su - Pier 26, GSD Arch. Studio Spring 2007, Julie Snow
http://studioworks.gsd.harvard.edu/browse/studioworks.html

PEOPLE can be realistic or silhouettes

Jesse Zeien - Dwell Reburbia Design Compeition

http://www.re-burbia.com/wp-content/uploads/842/Flyinguebia2_klein.jpg

COLORS can be used to emphasize features & relationships; they dont need
to always be realistic

Craig England, Reburbia Design Competition, Dwell - http://www.re-burbia.com/2009/08/04/pure/

There can never be too many people in an image!

Workflow example: photoshopping a perspective from sketchup

original sketchup image

Jill Allen - Perspective, Intro to Urban Design Techniques - Martin Zogran, Spring 2008

Jill Allen - Layering the Landscape; Aquidneck Island, RI, Core Studio. Spring 2008

original sketchup image

Large-scale Perspectives and Axonometrics

AXONOMETRIC VIEWS are good to convey quantitative information

PERSPECTIVES are more effective at showing qualitative aspects

Drawing Shortcuts: Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Todays Technology

Jim Leggitt, AIA. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2002, pg 45

Jill Allen, Layering the Landscape - Aquidneck Island, RI - Core Studio. Spring 2008

original sketchup image

Siqi Zhu - Gillette Site Proposed Axon. Intro to Urban Design Techniques, . Spring 2008

DIFFERENT MEDIA create different effects

Jill Allen - Overall Perspective, Intro to Urban Design Techniques - Martin , Zogran, Spring 2008

Drawing Shortcuts: Developing Quick Drawing Skills Using Todays Technology

Jim Leggitt, AIA. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2002, pg 31

Seaport Public Realm Plan

Fort Point Channel - Watersheet Activation Plan