Exercise 6 - Midterm Assignment

In this assignment, we made a double-sided relief with quadrilateral prisms made of white cardboard or styrofoam. the design should be approximately 1000 cm² from the top view.

First Week  (6 November - 9 November)

At the first studio work, I tried to make a small working model about the term of two sided relief. The top has more flat surface when bottom side has more complex and irregular quality.

                                                                                                                           

 In the second step, I used the first idea in an entire organization. My mistake is this design was like a pattern.
                                                                                                                                

Second Week  (13 November - 16 November)

In the third step, I wanted to make an organization with parallelograms and trapezoids. I tried to use them together to make a more complex shape and I created hexagons with three parallelograms and also two trapezoids. In the top, I grouped a hexagon in itself and I raised the center and made the group clear. However, in the bottom side, I grouped three hexagon shapes and raised the groups together but the amount I raised was not enough so my organization was not well read.

                                                                                                                            

Third Week  (20 November - 23 November)

In the previous phase, I was told not to use hexagonal groups. Because, it is very close group in itself so a get rid of it and started a very new idea. I grouped different shapes with different relationships. 

                                                                                                                           

My former idea was not a good one so I turned back to the parallelograms and trapezoids. I made a new organization using harmonious relationships between them. I grouped two parallelograms and a trapezoid in two different group types. Despite the longer hours I spent, my working model could not finish. I learn that I must use time more efficiently.

                                                                                                                                

Fourth Week (27 November)

In this final step, I use higher protrusions to improve my relief quality in one side and in the other side I use more smooth surface for each design element. when one side reflect rhythm, other side reflect hierarchy. The dimensions of the trapezoidal shape change on two surfaces.

Also we were expected to make diagrams and draw two plans and two sections of our models.

Adaptation of Design Principles Within METU

After five weeks of learning design principles and designing with using them, we found examples of places where these principles were applied in school.

1. Repetition and Variation

First, we think about repetition and variation in this class. Repetition includes similarities but not like pattern and there should be a meaningful relationship and organization between design elements. Also variation can be used for making this organization more complex.

Faculty of Architecture
The windows and the squares on the ceiling continue to repeat.

Sport Center
The columns are repeating themselves.

Contrast can be achieved with different features such as shape, size, color, location and so on in design. If an element that emerges from these differences catches more attention, there is dominance there. 

2. Dominance and Contrast

MM Building
The building on the left side is more dominant because of its length.

KKM
The entrance of the building take the attention because of its size and location.

 3. Hierarchy

 "Hierarchy is an organization of items into different levels of relative importance. A hierarchical organization prioritizes some elements over the others. Hierarchy in design is created by adjusting the visual weights of elements." ARCH 111

Steps on the campus

"Toprak Ana" Sculpture

A Relief from the Faculty of Architecture

                                   

 4.Rhythm

Rhythm is created by repetition of one or more design elements in a organization with feeling of movement. 

Faculty of Industrial Engineering

The glasses that form the ceiling are arranged to form a rhythm.

Faculty of Industrial Engineering Building

Faculty of Industrial Engineering Building

Exercise 5

Rhythm 

In this assignment, we have to represent rhythm on a grey cardboard using black and white letters. 

                   

I want to do an organization like this.

Then I start looking for letters that matched each other geometrically.