Wall Sections Examples for Studio

The examples chosen include a human scale figure and show the building material assembly.  They are not overly technical and for the wall sections of your design a few notes are enough, the entire drawing does not need to be annotated.  Often the wall section is a zoom in on one of the areas shown in the building sections, but drawn with more detail. 

Start by selecting the part of your project you would like to show in greater detail and print it at 1:50 scale to see the appropriate amount of information to show.  It is not about showing every nut and bolt.  The 1:50 detail does not have to be a "wall," one of the examples shown is where an exterior spaces meets the water.

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Collective Experiments. El Croquis. (TCDC)

Materials for Design. (TCDC)

Recent Waterscapes. (TCDC)

Steven Holl. El Croquis. (TCDC)

RCR Architects. El Croquis. (TCDC)

RCR Architects. El Croquis. (TCDC)

RCR Architects. El Croquis. (TCDC)

Toyo Ito. El Croquis. (TCDC)

Emily Pilloton: Teaching Design for Change

Resuscitating the Fez River Project

The Fez River project discussed during the most recent lecture on program generation received an Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in 2010.  Click here to read more about the work by the Bureau E.A.S.T. team and to download hi-res images of their submission.

'Play For All' Design Competition

Go Play!, an international non-profit that promotes the importance of play for children in the developing world, is sponsoring a design competition to promote innovate playground designs. The winning design will be built for a school for refugee children along the border of Thailand and Myanmar.  On top of that, there is a 30,000 Baht first prize and no registration fee.  


Register your team by November 17 and the entry is due January 3.  Visit the competition website for site info and submission requirements.  This is a great chance for you to add another project to your portfolio during your winter break and put your design skills toward good use for others!

ACE Pin-up Part I November 2

ACE students,

Please be prepared to present your unbound sites and urban intentions tomorrow.  We will collect each group's work to and upload them during attendance at the beginning of class. Please submit your work on CD at the beginning of class.  Each group will receive 10 minutes each after Aj Pat's lecture to present their work following with 10 minutes of feedback comments. 

We shall begin class promptly at 9am tomorrow.