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First published in Great Britain 2010 A&C Black Publishers 36 Soho Square LondonWlD 3QY w'ww.acblack.com ISBN: 978-1408-12991-3 Copyright @ Dessainet Tolra/Larousse2009 A CIP cataloguerecord for this book is availablefrom the British Library. Gilles Ronin has assertedhis rights under the Copyright, Design and PatentsAct, 1988,to be ldentlfiod $ thc author of this work. All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproducedin any form or by any mctru - gfsphls, electronic or mechanical,including photocopying, recording,taping or information storsgcInd r€trlcvd ryltcmi without the prior permissionin writing from the publishers. Publisher:Collette Hanicotre Editor: Corinne de Montalembert Pagedesign:Florence Le Maux Cover design:James'W'atson Proofreader:Madeleine Biaujeaud, Photography:Olivier Ploton English text layout: Penny Mills Translator:Alexa Stace Editorial assistant: Ellen Parnavelas This book is produced using paper that is made from wood grown in managcd,sustainableforests,It is natural, renewableand recyclable.Thelogging and manufacturing processesconfornx to the environnental regulationsof the country of origin. Printed and bound in China
contents Introduction Representing An Interior Developing your project
Space
The progression Variations and transformations
Materials The Line Graphics, tonal values and colours Figures Proportions Constructing a drawing
PLANSANDL OUTS Drawing
the Plan
Scales Conventions and Syrnbols Doors Windows Convenrions regardinglines A base line, or contour A thin Line A thin dotted line The logic behind the symbois Furniture and equipment Changing Around the Furniture Elevation and Section I\earranging an area of wall I)esign in modules Making aLayottt Organisation of the layout A team effort A sketch of the ground plan Thc dimensions
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Walls and partitions Format and scale Floor plan Layout ofa Flat
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PERSPECT
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Isornetric Ptojection An effect of reduction Objects DrawingThree-ditnensional arrd Furniture Designing an o{lice space A foldaway oflice on a shelf Grouping office furmture Playing about with space Drawing a kitchen Swapping around kitchen and bathroorn Visualising a kitchen corner Creating an open partition Transforrning a flat Creating a dressing room and a bathroom Seeing things in perspective The vanishing point The horizon Moving the vanishing point on the horizort The height of the horizon The height of the horizon in the drawing The height of the horizon, people ancl scalc The view frorn the front The principles of a frongal view The problem of depth To draw the depth Mastering the depth To rnove a partition
wall Creating an extension to block off a corner
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Planning the space Converting a space undet the eaves | ) c s i g n i r r gr r p l r t f i r r r u f o r r r l r c d | ) c s i g r r i n lr;r s r r l l l f l i g l r t o f s t c p s | ) e s i g n i r r;gr s k y l i g l r t A Fcw Sirrrplc (lonstrrtction Tricks I l o w t o c s t r r t r l i sc lt rl t r r rt l c p t l t s 'lir t l i v i t l cr r w r r l l I l o w t o r l c r r lw i t l r i t t t i t ' t ' c 1 . 1 t t l l t r - s l r sl ppcl cdc I l o w t l o y t t t t r l t ' ; t wl r ' i r tl c ? l \ ' r ' s l t cl it v c o t ' p t r r i l '11i 1 1v1i1, ' * 2 'Ihking l)owu n l)trtition ril/all ( l r r ' : ti lrr g , r trt t ' z z ; trittt c o t ' o v t ' t ' l r : t t t 1 . 1 'I'lrc ()blirlut, Viow l)r.sigrrirrg n r()(rn by Eye S t ' l t i n gI l r c l r o t t n r l r t t ' i t ' s l t l r ritr r gt l r t 'l t o t ' i z o t t l ) l : t itt r gl l t c l t o ti z o t ti r r t l r c t l r l w i r r g l ) l ; rirr r gt l r t ': r r r g l crsr r r ttll t c l i r r co l ' t l r ct c i l i r r g oirrt l ) l r ritn g ,t l t r ' v ; r t t i s l t i tpr g f l ' t l r r 'v ; r r r i s l r i upgo i t t t i s t t o l o t t t l r c p l p c r I)illcrcrrt ()blit;rro Vic,ws 'f t rrll i r k i r r go r r t ; r p r r t l i l i o rw A Vitrw firxrr Abovc . . .
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Grids for Isometric Projections Grids for FrontalViews Grids for Oblique Views
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Infroductior-r Sittingquietl.y at home,sketchbook in hand,is theideatwayto tackte d r a w i n gI.n f a c t ,y o u rh o m ei s a n absotute mineof subjects to draw,perhaps youalready havea ptanin yourheadfora makeover or ionversion? House spacenot only containsobjectsto be drawn, but offers a setting,enablingyou to understandperspectiveand to explore the different waysof depicting space.Once you have graspedthe principles,drawing will become a game,even a pleasure. If you want to study a litde carpentry prqect, take down a partition wall, or simply dream about what you could do later,you will find here how to draw a layout, enablingyou to make several plansfor your space.Itt alsoa good exercisein drawing. You will alsofind here the practicalprinciples which will help you put your plans down on paperand better expressyour ideas,for no serious project getsmade without a progressiveplan. It is alsoan opportunity to learn some tricks of the trade and conventionswhich are part of an architecttknow-how and which willhelp with ideas. The relationshipbetween a drawing and a project is at the heart of this book, and is reciprocal.If the capaclryto representa spaceis the prerequisitefor convertingit, and is a techniqueto be acquired, the different variationsalsooffer many absorbing exercisesfor those learning to draw.
n -6r I jI nI IttoUr Ij I U I. \ T a n 2 n C R CD c rUr r- l1 yr ,rrt li n l vr r o r \ uCI Jnrf u DIJO_Urt Y o ud o n ' tn e e dt o m a k ea d r a w t ntgo t a k eo u ta p a r t i t i own a L tB. u ti f t h es i t u a t i oins m o r ec o m p t i c a t eydo,uc a n n otth i n k i t t h r o u gw h i t h o ust o m es u p p o r tB. y p u t t i n yg o u ri d e a sd o w no n p a p e tr h e yc a nt h e nd e v e t oapn de n t a r g en,o tj u s ta s disconnecte t hdo u g h t a s n di d e a sb, u tc o h e r e n t lA. yf .r e e h a n d r a w i n gi n p e n c i t g i v eyso ut h e L i b e r ttyo b e c r e a t i v e . your project Developing
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It is by means of several kinds of representation, drawings and plans, that we learn how to develop a project. In this book, some of these representations rurebased on real spaces- houses and flats - and we will give you finished examples of real conversions, like the numerous books on home decoration or irrterior design which you will find in the public library. But becauseyou live in your own space,the cxamples you find are never just right. This book therefore aims to show above all a real method of clrawing, with a progressive acquisition of the skills which wiii enable you to carry out operations logrcllly, and to put your own ideas down on paper.
From the first you will be confronted witlt tlrc practice of conversion. Getting into thc hrrbit of' varying elements from the start, on the grrplrics side as well as from a model, is way of bcttcr' understanding the rules of design, at the sanrc tirrre as inventing modifications, of finding and projct ting ideas. Let's take an example.You can draw a particrrlur' space or room like a camera, strictly copying wlrlt is in front ofyou, but you would not be makirrs usc of the rules which permit you to show the splcc in question a little differently: a partition less,sorrrc panels here and a transparent space there, tl-rc cciling taken down to increasethe loft space,anci why not a flight ofstairs to facilitate access,etc.
The progression First of all there are the principal drawings, like the ground plan and the section, the technique ofscale drawing, which allows you to measure the spaces to be converted, and then finally the different kinds of perspective which enable you to understand space,whiie studying its modifications.
Some of the elementary principles of persl.rct'tive and some professional tricks will teach you t
rrr, sitting-room or kitchen) will be introcluccd progressively,but also more general,architccturll iclcls, such asdepth, thickness,geometry and tlansp:rrcrrty.
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Eachobjectis drawnto sca[e by a fraction,suchasI/l0,called Scrrlcis expressed n tenth.For the interior of a houseor flat the scaie of 1/50 is currentlyused.Thiscan alsobe expressed its 2cm to the metre, or 2cnt p.m. (There are 50 tinres2cm in a metre.)
At this scale a room measuring 4 x 6nr bccourcs, on paper, a rectangle of 8 x 12cm.You crur show
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A thin line This shows details which are not structural - strips of parquet, motifi on a wall, elements in low relief ctc. Thin dotted line This shows the outline of large elements which are lbove the plan, such as a large beam, or the bounclaries of a nezzanine or overhang.
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A b a s e[ i n e ,o r c o n t o u r It shows an edge in the space, an outline, for example the top of a piece of furniture or the banister of a staircase.In fact you don't make many lines of this kind on a plan drawing.
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The section line and the walls Whcn you make a floor plan, in principle you show cvcrything under a certain height. By convention, this is fixed at 1 metre from the ground. Everything lubove this height is left out of the plan. But there ilrc certain elements which come up from the ground and go higher than this fixed height, e.g. thc outside walls and partition walls. On a floor plan these are shown cut off, as if a horizontal bhde had separated them from the upper part.
S h o w i n gf u r n i t u r ea n de q u i p m e n t In general, pieces of furniture ilrc nol shttwtt ott a ground plan, since they are not pL\nllrlllct)t.llut if their presence is useful on your luyout, yott r'rttt choose to show them exactly,or to tlsc syttt|.rtlls,lts shown below. Fixed sanitary ware is always slrowrr (tltcsc rtt't' not furniture). Kitchen furniturc is vurillrlt', rtrrtl you can decide for yourself.
The passageof this blade defines the section. To differentiate the section it is drawn with a very hearry line. The stairs You also show what is under the stairs, as for cxample a small storage space. The banister, or guard rail, is shown by two lines. To indicate the direction of the stairs draw an arrow, always indicating upstairs.
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D e s i g ni n m o d u l e s Thke measurements of the various elements to be included, and imagine the various different ways they could be put together. They will be much nrore interesting if you have worked them out in a clrawing: they then become reai little compositions, combining practicality with aesthetics.
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Studythe layout Before drawing the floor plan, make little sketches of it, diagrams in which you can analyse the general dimensions.Without really making a final plan, it's a way of understanding its logic.
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T h eh o r i z o n The multiplication of parallel lines*generates a whole series of vanishing points, aligned to each other. This alignment is called the horizon. Thrs line does not appear of course, but it is recommended to place it in a realistic drawing as well as in an imaginary one, because it is the principal reference point for fixing perspective.
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T h eh e i g h to f t h e h o r i z o n Our position in a space affects both the vanishing point and the horizon. In the drawings on thrs page, look at the view from above and below.They show clearly that the horizon, at the height of the vanishing point, the convergence of the edges of the shelves, is at eye level.And if we stand higher, or sit lower, we can see that the horizon follows our movement.
T h eh e i g h to f t h e h o r i z o ni n t h e d r a w i n g Once the height of the horizon has been established in a space,it must be shown in the drawing. That then depends on the framing you want. If you want to show what is above the horizon, you will place it towards the bottom of the window (seep.73).
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The horizon being at eye level of the observer (about 1.5 metres if he,/she is standing) it follows that if other people, positioned in the same way, are shown in the drawing, their eyes will be at the sane level, aligned with the horizon. At the same time, this perception can tell us instinctively about the heieht of the room.
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This view presents all the advantages of perspective, and in an architectural drawing of the interior it allows us to show the floor, the side walls and all the elements seen here - furniture and the arrangement of detaiis - in a much more realistic way than a projection. Moreover, if we take a photo, keeping che axis of the object horizontal and perpendicular to the wall, we get a frontal view. 'We have the impression of being in the space shown, while with the projection view we were outside. In principle there is no longer the problem of walls in front hiding things, walls which have to be deleted or made transDarenr.
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To draw the depth Here is how to go about drawing the depth of a frontal view. If you prefer you can just do this first exercise, which explains the method. It's very simple - let's start with a small example.
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M a s t e r i n tgh e d e p t h You see then that points O and D show your position in the space: point O gives your height and your position laterally; point D gives your distance. Mastery of the distance is a little tricky. If you are placed too near (ifD is placed near O) the sides are very distorted. If you are too far away (if D is further from O) you risk being simply outside the room. Moreover, in that case,point D is often outside the drawing - annoying because you need a wider piece of paper that the area being drawn.
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Howto dealwith an irregu[ar-shaped space In this space, the right-hand wall has been rotated so that it is no longer perpendicular to the wall below, but turns at an angle. In this case the edges of the panel do not meet at the vanishing point O, but at a new vanishing point P. It's there no matter which horizontal generates a vanishing point on the horizon. This prepares us for the the oblique view in which our gaze, turned to the side, brings about the displacement of the vanishing points.
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Start by exploring thc diflt'rcrrt menus. Later, you clrrr corrsrrlt the help and dowrrloltl tlrc instruction videos.Yru will scc the ground, bounded by rrxcs,tlrc
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Exp[oration You are presentedwith talking icons, and many aids are available.We show here a smail, simple example to show you what it can do, but remember that rn spite of its apparent simplicity it is in facr extremely sophisticated.You can make a model, modify it, view it from every angle, add colours and materials, study shadows according to time and place, etc.The online aids are very good - they will help you savea lot of time and discover possibilitiesyou misht not other-wise know about.
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These exercises will show you how SketchUp works.You won't have understood everything, and you need severalhours to get used ot it. (Start by printing the'memento'in the Help menu.)
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