Architectural Engineering Exhibition by First Year GIU Students was based on Manual Visualization course that introduces 1st semester students of Architectural Engineering to the tools and methods of presentation. It focuses on manual visualization with its diverse approaches and concepts. Students are trained to visualize their design ideas manually using multiple mediums and techniques. Fundamental design elements are introduced including: scale, movement, visual experience, texture, color, light and form.
In the Exhibition the total number of selected projects are 23, therefore every 4 students are assigned to a small-scale residential building built by influential architects. Students begin to draw a plan, section and elevation for their assigned building. The students then begin with (Phase 2 - Layers Extraction) the students then begin to extract the following from the drawn views: shade and shadow, mass and void, materiality, spaces arrangement, circulation and walls structure.
Then, the student begin with (Phase 3 - Composition 2D) where they are taught the different composition principles and therefore, they start to formulate a 2D composition accordingly from the extracted layers. For the final phase, the students start to transform their designed 2D compositions into 3D to aesthetic spaces and 3D models with the effect of openings/ shade and shadow.
