Drawing in the third dimension: what does it mean? What does it look like? Today we’ve rounded up recent 3D work. Drawing in the third dimension is an important component of how we represent our work and our ideas to our clients and colleagues.
3D AERIAL VIEWS
We are constantly developing graphic techniques that enhance the design process and enlighten our ideas. In the heart of Schematic Design, we were charged with the task of coming up with a user friendly way to represent the exterior concept. Using a technique I’ve picked up, we produced these multi-media 3D aerial views of the project. I helped integrate our hand-drawn landscape plan (drawn by Ramsey Bakhoum) into the computer generated 3D images. This multi-media technique helped communicate our ideas and soften the typically unforgiving sketch up views.
Cape Cod Community College’s Frank and Maureen Wilkens Science and Engineering Center is a net-positive energy building designed to transform the heart of campus.
The project approaches sustainability through a holistic and global approach, implementing a range of moves including passive solar shading overhangs, air-source heat pumps, high performance materials with low embodied carbon and the expansion of the range of thermal comfort and lighting power density. Combined with on-site photovoltaics, the project achieves net-positive energy use.
The project’s thermally modified wood rainscreen façade is a study of the modern expression of vernacular Cape Cod architecture while reducing embodied carbon. Early lifecycle assessments identified the immense carbon savings of wood over fiber cement. The design team did not stop there, furthering reductions by peeling back unnecessary finishes like carpet and ceilings. Together, these decisions enabled a 19% reduction in embodied carbon.
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