P Week

Professional

In design it is important to have professionalism. When presenting a design to a customer, one is not only selling the design they are also selling themselves as well. The designer has to look polished present themselves well. They should be dressed nicely and speak intelligently or else the customer might feel that the person is not worthy of their time. Furthermore the presented work must look as polished as the designer as well. The design must not have any stray marks and be set up on a type of grid with a clear datum line. For Suzanne’s class we had to set up a panel in the hallway that was professional looking. The group set up the pictures on a grid and created a red datum line that connected to the Mossman building. The work was neatly laid out so that when a passerby walked by the grid would be easily readable to the person.

Portfolio

A portfolio is a designer’s complete body of work. This can be in a hard copy on paper, or it could also be on file. For our design classes we have two different places for our work. Stoel’s drawing class we have all of our work in a hard copy portfolio that is every piece of drafting we have done so far. In studio and Suzanne’s drawing class our portfolio is online in our blog. We post everything we have done so far in a certain manner so that it looks professional, and is free of getting lost. As long as it is on our blog and on a flash drive, there is no more worries of something getting misplaced.

Process
In design there is a certain process to each person’s design. It starts off with a precedent then develops into a sketch model, which after a few revisions turns into the final product. For history we have been learning about the early renaissance architecture. I found that the process of “rebuilding” Rome to its former glory and one main focus was St. Peter’s. Donato Bramante was chosen to mark the spot where Saint Peter had been crucified. Bramante looked to Alberti for the ideal centralized church. “Alberti had used the Latin word templum … Bramante took Alberti literally, deriving his martyruim for Saint Peter … the result was Tempietto (little Temple) (Roth 372). The New Saint Peters however, was to be bigger than Constantine’s church, embodying the ideals of the new architecture and proclaiming the power of an invigorate Christianity while surpassing the achievement of pagan antiquity” (Roth 372) Bramante’s new process was to resemble the ancient pantheon but was higher. His plan was to again use geometric shapes (circles, squares, cubes hemispherical domes) to create a large church that “rivaled scale of the Romans (Roth 374) The rough design of the church was costly and the project split the church. Therefore, the project was temporarily halted. When resumed by Michaelangelo, the centralized plan was changed repeatly yet kept the sence of it. The proposal was to “Making one of the [arms] the entry by ending it in a huge colanaded temple front.” (Roth 375) After his death, the building would be resumed in the baroque period. The process of rebuilding Rome to its glory ended up taking a long time period, split the church and changed frequently. It shows us as designers that we must take in to account various issues that will arise in design. We must consider how we will deal with the problems and eventually create an outstanding design.

Perspective

Various One point and two point perspectives

One Point PerspectiveOne Point Perspective

There is two different ways to think about the word perspective. The first is in drawings there are different perspectives to draw an item. If something is looked at straight on the picture would be in one point perspective. However, if there is a corner the picture would be in two point perspective. I also found that it can be a way that someone views architecture. The urban palazzi were a way to be perceived as being rich and affluent. Some of the buildings like Palazzo Medici were just the front of the building that was seen only on the front façade or from a one point perspective. However, at Palazzo Farnese paid for the open space and built a two point perspective, corner lot palazzo. The building was out in an open space and had a grand fountain in front to show they were a prominent family. The building was owned by Cardinal Farnese who “held enormous power in the Vatican” (Roth 378) The cardinal kept making bigger, hence making people perceive him as a wealthy and powerful man. How the site will be viewed and how it will look from various points are all important things to consider when designing a space.

Periphery

Periphery refers to the edge or outskirts of a city. . The Germanic invasions allowed pushed the refugees further and further out, until they were eventually on the marsh lands of Italy. No one else wanted the land, so they had to make due with what they had. The entire city of Venice is built on top of large trees buried into the ground that the people got from the mountains. The city has been referred to as the “city of water”. The city broke the boundary of the water and chose to build on top of it instead of limiting themselves to just the land. This breaking of the boundaries and normality, made Venice a trade center for the western Europe and the rest of the world at the time. The fact that the people of Venice turned into a prosperous country given the circumstances is outstanding. The space inside the periphery is designed for the rise and fall of the tides, and to last through decomposing. Designers come in contact with periphery in every one of their designs. There is a certain “boundary” to keep in mind while designing. Whether it be the site, price, or space, the design has to consider all of them in order for it to be successful.

Summary
This week more than others was especially hard to connect with history. All of these words I feel have a major role in design more so than anything else. Up and for most is that as designers we are professional in all of the work that we do. We must be sure to look the part and that our portfolio of work looks it as well. The portfolio contains our process up until our final piece of work. Furthermore, we must consider the different perspectives people will look at the design and have multi-angles of our work in our portfolio as well. Finally the designer must consider where the design will go and the periphery of that design. The design challenge is keeping inside of the periphery and working with that to achieve a top design.