I Chose this section of 6th Street Residence mainly because of its dramatic and evocative use of colour and tones, which are effectively used to portray the light conditions of all the spaces. When compared to the unaltered line drawing it is clear how colour and tone can totally transform a mundane section to a very informative one.
This section also portrays a fine level of detail in some interesting areas, particularly in the top ceiling where there seems to be some mechanical elements. However this section fails to show the activities which occur in and around the building without even as much as a single person to convey scale the leaves the viewer quite confused as to what this space might be like to be in. There is also very minimal amount of context around the building making its relationship to its surroundings a guessing game.
The things I have learnt from this Morphosis section is that colour and tone have the ability to transform any line drawing if done correctly like this example.This drawing also has shown me how important it is to show how the space can be used through section to direct the viewers imagination toward its intended use.
I will apply the same colouring techniques to my sections, to attempt and portray light and dark conditions of space.
Below I have also included another example of a Morphosis section which is very similar although uses a slighlty more accurate rendering of colors and textures, which i believe does not evoke the same drama as the above section. This tells me that colouring between the lines is not always the most accurate way to portray light and dark and sometimes a more abstract approach can be more effective.
References:
Mayne, Thom, Cook, Peter, Rand, George 1989, Morphosis: buildings and projects, Rizzoli, New York.
Morphosis Architects. 2013. "Morphedia: 6th Street Residence." Accessed 12/12/13. http://morphopedia.com/projects/sixth-street-residence.
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