this project focuses on producing a set of measured drawings of our historical buildings. it started with an on-site exercise where we executed fieldwork and hands-on measurement exercises. we were given five days to measure. unfortunately we were not able to measure all the building. for safety purposes, i did not want to risk the safety of my group members by assigning them to measure the damaged ceilings, decaying roof truss, and as we were not sure of the solidity of the roof.

 

as the group leader, i applied and taught some of my method of architectural documentation, techniques of measured drawings. but as the task progressed, i learned new techniques of measurement thanks to the lecturer. and even after the end of this project, i have found new techniques which might have helped us work faster.

 

the task was not easy also as the site was uneven. places were not accessible by the crane. so as a decision maker, we tried to estimate; something commonly not done, but otherwise the drawings would not been produced.

 

Each of us was required to measure the particular spaces of that building. Then, all of the drawings are combined together produced a completed plans, elevations and sections. as soon as we had a set of measurements, we translated the records from the sheet of paper to the plotting software.

 

drawings to be produced:

Key plan

 Location plan

 Site plan incorporating the roof plan

 Floor plans

 Elevations

 Sections

 Site sections

 Exploded isometric / axonometric

 Details

 

additionally, we had to produce a model made of balsa. as a consequence 0f the safety issues, the measurements of the roof truss from the model is not accurate. the construction was made only by visual estimation of the size of each roof elements. but the aim of this model was to show the construction details, that i would not have put on the drawings if the measurements would be wrong.

 

completing this task was a tough challenge. through a lot of obstacles, we were able to get a legit set of drawings. i was able to get a better understanding of drafting and producing architectural drawings.