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Final Submission - Draw it!
Sunday, April 1, 2012


This is my final A2 poster for the Fisher House which comprised of rendered drafts of the basement, ground, second level plans, south and east elevations, one cross section, one longitudinal section and an axonometric drawing. The Fisher House was designed by Louis Khan in 1967 for Norman Fisher and his wife Doris, designed to serve as both an office and a home, delegating a clear separation of the public and private. Essentially the exterior design is quite simple with just two cubes intersecting and it is this simplicity which I attempted to mirror through the simple, clear and concise design of my poster. It is also for this reason that I chose to leave the rest of the sheet bare instead of adding other elements which might have overcrowded the drawing. The positioning of the drawings also have a meaning, with the three level plans lining up to show a correlation between levels, and the elevations relating to the plan to depict from which direction they were drawn. Instead a horizontal layout, my A2 is vertical as it seemed the best possible layout to allow the north of my three plans to point upwards. Lastly my rendering type of two shades of brown colour pencils aimed to focus upon the cyprus cladding encasing the exterior which is a key component of the building.

From feedback, I have realised that I could have improved upon my work however by providing a site plan and further emphasizing the location and how the Fisher House connects with its environment. Also my sections were lacking the final details of rendering and a clear distinction between where the building has been cut through would have been better. Also, the utilisation of different line weights would have been a big factor. 

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