Alexander P Haba

Technics of Communication
Spring 2015

Contents
Project 1: Documentation I 4
Project 2: Manipulation 8
Project 3: Collage 12
Project 4: Texture 16
Project 5: Representation I 20
Project 6: Representation II 24
Project 7: Freeswim 28
Project 8: Documentation II 32
Project 9: Constructs I 38
Project 10: Constructs II 42

Project 1:

Documentation I

The purpose was to study the East Falls bridge which lies near campus. It is
an historic bridge in the area that is worth spending time at.

This is a sketch of the area and of the East Falls

Bridge (top) and a collage of the bridge (bottom).
The collage is an assembly of multiple images taken
from the south end of the bridge.

These are perspective images of the East

Falls Bridge. These pictures were taken from
the north end of the bridge.

Project: 2

Manipulation

The purpose was to edit several pictures of the East Falls Bridge in
order to capture a moment or story using Adobe Photoshop.

These are images of the East falls Bridge

that have been edited in order to capture a
moment in each image.

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The edits in these images are solely done

using Photoshop. The original pictures are
on the right of each set while the edited
pictures are on the left of the set.

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Project 3:

Collage

The purpose was to capture a specific moment in one image of the

East Falls bridge in detail. We were to use hand drawing abilities
and Photoshop

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The original image was zoomed in and a specific potion was

hand drawn to capture a moment or movement. The hand
drawn portion was then edited into the final. The intention was
to capture the horizontal movement of the beams and provide
a greater reading of depth.

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Project 4:

Texture

The purpose was to use hand and digital techniques to create a

perspective a house studied in Design 2. The house I studied was
the Paulk Residence built by James Cutler in Seaback Washington.

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This is the Paulk Residence, which was studied in Design 2.

The hand drawn perspective was edited in Photoshop to add
texture and detail to complete the view. The house sits deep
in the woods outside of Seattle. It over looks Mt. Olympus and
the Hood Canal.

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Project 5:

Representation I

The purpose was to pick an object and create the appropriate

drawings to relay the necessary information by hand. The object I
chose was a simple watch.

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The object chosen was to have several drawings made

to represent the object appropriately. The appropriate
measurements were taken and the drawings were completed
by hand. the drawings were then scanned into Photoshop for
final post processing

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Project 6:

Representation II

The purpose was to pick an object and create the appropriate

drawings to relay the necessary information digitally. The same
watch was chosen as in the previous assingment

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The object, same as last time, was to have several drawings

created in order to relay the necessary information. However,
this time around the drawings were to be completed using
Illustrator which eliminates the need to post process the
scanned drawings.

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Project 7:

Freeswim

The purpose was to pick a prior assignment and attempt it again in

order to complete it better. I chose to improve my digital submission
of the watch drawings, Project 6.

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This is the first attempt at

using Illustrator to draw
the six views of the watch.

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In the second attempt, I

paid closer attention to line
weight and placement of
construction lines.

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Project 8:

Documentation II

The purpose was to visit the Barnes Foundation and capture

a specifc concept through images and drawings. The Barnes
foundation is an art museum in Philadelphia located next to the Ben
Franklin Parkway.

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These are four sketches of the Barnes

Foundation ( Philadelphia) that convey
one concept; nature in the city and
around the museum. I happened to visit
the foundation just after a snow storm.

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These are four perspective images of the

Barnes Founudation using the same concept
of nature. The snow allowed for a reading of
the building that we may have lost, but we
were unable to study the reflecting pools due
to this.

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This collage is comprised of several images overlapping to

produce one image. The collage conveys the same concept
of nature in the given environment. The intention was to give
the sprawling branches a heavy reading with the Barnes
Foundation in the background.

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Project 9:

Constructs I

The purpose was to edit pictures of the house model created in

Design 2, digitally and by hand, to show a concept and more detail.

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The Paulk Residence was studied

and modeled in Design 2. The
model was placed into its actual
setting in Washington. The concept
of the rigid axial placement of the
house is shown using Photoshop
and Illustrator.

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A section drawing (top) was created using

images of the model. A perspective (bottom)
was create using an image of the model then
completed by hand. Both were done using
hand drawing, Photoshop and Illustrator.

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Project 10:

Constructs II

The purpose was to edit images of the house model created in

Design 2 to enhance the model. All edits were done using Photoshop

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Three images of the model of the Paulk Residence were taken and edited to fix errors
and enhance the image.

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All of the original pictures of the model are

on the left while the edited and fixed pictures
are on the right.

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expo 2000
Expo 2000 was built by MVRDV to represent the Dutch culture in one building. There are six environments
stacked on top of each other. The building is part of the 2000 Holland World Fair and is meant to capture the positive stereotypes of the Dutch culture. The building incorporates nature elements in both its interior and Project:
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or. It is the first of its kind to do this and therefore served as an excellent study for using nature within a building
for the future. This provides a space that covers a variety of uses while freeing up space in the surrounding area
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for other purposes. The building begins the conversation of technology and nature working together in the same
space.

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The purpose of this project was to create a presentation board for

a building in a group or partnership. The Building that I worked with
was Expo 2000 which was part of the 2000 world fair.

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expo 2000

Expo 2000 was a ground breaking building that represented

the entire Dutch culture. The Building was the first of its kind in
means of vertical farming. This building introduced the idea of
using a condensed space to farm on several levels.

Expo 2000 was built by MVRDV to represent the Dutch culture in one building. There are six environments
stacked on top of each other. The building is part of the 2000 Holland World Fair and is meant to capture the positive stereotypes of the Dutch culture. The building incorporates nature elements in both its interior and its exterior. It is the first of its kind to do this and therefore served as an excellent study for using nature within a building
for the future. This provides a space that covers a variety of uses while freeing up space in the surrounding area
for other purposes. The building begins the conversation of technology and nature working together in the same
space.

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Project: 13

Recover
The purpose of this project was to take a book and re-design a
cover for it. This could be done by any means necessary. The book
that I chose was The Inferno by Dante Aligheri in the 1300s. The
epic was intended to be a comdey at the time.

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The Inferno is about a traveller accompanied by a guide

that travel throught the nine
circles of hell. I chose to represent this using only charcoal as my medium. Once
my drawing was completed
I scanned it into Photoshop
and later to InDesign for the
text and post processing.

Once printed and applied to a copy of the original book, I took

pictures of my book cover design. This was to show the book in use
and to also give a scale reference.

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Project: 14

Graphic
The purpose of this project was to select an architecture school
and design a lecture series poster for the school. This project gave
us a chance to look into our graphic design skills. The school that I
chose was Princeton School of arcitecture.

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Princeton likes to use bright colors and chunky text in their posters
and recently have been pushing towards using powerful vintage
styled images in the background of the poster. Princeton is an
advocate of New Urbanism. That hepled to choose the image and
the architects that I chose to speak in ym lecture series.

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Project: 15

Perspective
The purpose of this project was to provide a perspective section
of our final model for Design 2 studio. In Design 2, we were to
create a visitors center for the house we studied earlier in the
semester. This design was based on the original house, whether it
complimented the original or not. The scond part of the project was
left open to our choice

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This is perspective section

of my visitor center design
for the Paulk Residence. I
created this using Photography, hand drawing,
Illustrator and Photoshop.
this is taken through the
reception, gallery and
observatory areas of the
building looking east.

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Given a free reign with the

final I assignent I chose to
put my final visitor center for
the Paulk Residence into its
repsective envirnonment.
The house sits slightly east
of the original house in
Seaback Washington.

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