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ELEVATION DRAWINGS
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY
MASSING
Buildings are composed of geometric solids.
Massing refers to the arrangement of forms in a building.
Massing also refers to the method in which smaller three
dimensional forms are combined to create an overall
WHAT PRINCIPLE OF DESIGN IS RELATED TO THE TERM MASSING?
TRANSFORMATION
FORMS/GEOMETRIC SOLIDS
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Rectangular prisms
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Cubes
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Triangular prisms
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Pyramids
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Cylinders
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Cones
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Spheres
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Hemispheres
WHAT IS AN ELEVATION DRAWING?
An Elevation Drawings is
a scaled drawing of
one side of a building.
WHAT IS AN ELEVATION DRAWING?
Elevation Drawings are
created using
Orthographic Projection.
A side of the building is
flattened when shown in
two dimensions on paper.
Only the surfaces of the
building perpendicular to
the viewer can be seen.
WHAT IS AN ELEVATION DRAWING?
Elevation Tags help indicate
the distance in feet and
inches from another
reference point (normally the
ground plane line/grade line).
WHAT IS AN ELEVATION DRAWING?
This symbol on a
floor plan
represents an
exterior elevation
drawing.
WHAT IS AN ELEVATION DRAWING?
This symbol on a
floor plan
represents an
interior elevation
drawing.
WHAT IS AN ELEVATION DRAWING?
Interior elevation drawings show the inside walls of a space.
PERSPECTIVE DRAWINGS/VIEWS
A perspective
drawing/view
shows a three
dimensional object
as the eye or a
camera would see
it.
WHAT IS THE
VANISHING POINT?
PERSPECTIVE DRAWINGS/VIEWS
Elevation drawing of a building
Perspective view of a building
WHAT IS THE
VANISHING POINT?
ISOMETRIC DRAWINGS
Perspective View sketch of the Farnsworth House
Plano. Illinois
An Isometric Drawing is a drawing of a
three dimension object showing three
sides of the object.
Isometric sketch of the
Farnsworth House