JAYAKYNE.
King George VI.
Location:
King's Rd, Newcastle University, City Campus,
Newcastle, England
Time of Study:
1st year - 1st semester - Stage 4
Project Brief:
My first project at Northumbria University was to analyse, measure and draw an already existing piece - I was assigned The King George VI Building situated on Newcastle campus and now used for lectures and seminars by the students. This project was a good introduction to the world of architecture. We were able to learn the basics and the importance of the specifics in the practice.
Project Title:
Architectural design:
Project 1.1 - Space and Design Investigations
1:50 Elevations.
1:50 Model.
The final elevation drawing is done with ink on trace, accompanied by a pencil drawing on cartridge paper. It entails an elevation of the front facade, along with a partial section cut at AA, and a partial floor plan of the ground floor both at the same scale.
To find out how to do the section and floor plan, we had to go inside the building. we analysed and measured the window-sills, windows, hallways, ceiling heights and doors. We found out the wall thicknesses using measurements we had collected and also looking at standardised measurements e.g, most exterior walls measure at 200mm thick whilst interior are commonly 100mm thick.
I enjoyed drawing the elevation with pencil more, however the ink elevation was a better final piece which is why it was featured on my final pin up.
Serial vision.
This is my depiction of The King George VI Building as a model at a scale of 1:50.
The windows are individually hand cut, accurately depicting the real widths of the mullions throughout the frame of the building. the warmer coloured mount-board represents brick, whilst the colder more sheik colour is a representation of concrete throughout the building.
there are chamfered edges cut at 45 degrees to best represent the building. This was done by hand and very time consuming but worth the extra effort. The edges can be seen in the close ups of the model photos. Doing this made my model differ from my classmates - this was difficult to do on this project because we were all doing the same building.
Above is the serial vision showing the journey I took from The Monument in Newcastle to the site. The philosophy behind this series is to show movement. In my interpretation of my journey, I focused on 'anchors' or landmarks. The blue pencil work represents the background and lack of structure in its movement and significance - the darker line work the things that were notable and felt more 'solid' on my journey to the site. The King George has very clean, dark lines because I felt it presented strong foundations and solid structure.
