Lecture 2- Elevation

Review
I understand that elevation is measured in degree. In drawing, elevation usually uses 60 degree. Egyptian invented to use elevation because they just want to show the two most important sides. They are more interesting in drawing, rather than on sale. However, Roman people do not use elevation. They just draw an aspect of a building. As times go by, architecture such as Villard de Honnecourt starts to get confuse between the interior and exterior. In around 1500, architect starts to draw a proper elevation to present to their client in a 3 dimensional form. It is easier to understand by using elevation; the consequence is that elevation is not in exact measurement. It can be cheated.

Notes on Elevation
Elevation- Latin, “a lifting up”, a mitigation. Also, A geometrical projection of a building or the object, on a plane, perpendicular to the horizon, or the graphic project on a vertical plan.

Egyptian

• Assyrian relief, showing a fortress under siege, 7th century BC
• Assyrian relief from Seunaeheib palace at Nineveh 650 BC
• Not on scale. Architecture is more interesting in drawing. They flatten it up using elevation- show two important sides
• Among Egyptian painting, more kuou drawing

Roman

1. Close up of the drawing on the wall- Roman wall painting from the Villa of P. Fannuis Synester at Bascoreale, rearly Pompii, mid first century BC

• Roman painting gives us an ideas of the aspect of the building
• Roman architecture did not make elevation

2. Medieval drawing of Reims cathedral interior and ext. elevation details.

• Gothic, doesn’t give measurement.

Others
1. Villard de Honnecourt

• Exterior elevation perspective
• Contradictory of interior and exterior

2. Giovannidi Agostino elevation for the Sansedino palace project c1340

• Measurement between pillows
• First proper drawing, not something exist or dream about
• Proper architecture

3. Andrea Palladio. Detail elevation of Basilica in Vicenza (Venico 1570)

• Communicate with contractor clients in charge of the design, supervise by designers

4. Benedietus Arias Mountains, 1572. The Ark of Noah

• Bible, plan + elevation. Not fantasy building. Human Godies.
• Polyglot bible.
• Sebastiano Sezlio Regole generalis 1537. Printing, not drawing. Therefore, many churches in Roman looks alike

5. C.Wren St Paul’s 1675

6. ccwksmoor, Great Hall Greenwich 1698

• Water colour.

7. Nicholas Ledoux: House for Maric Madelico, 1773-6

• Light, shadow.

8. Proposal for barriers, 1784- 89
9. FLW from Wasmith portfolio 1910

10. Viollet- le- Duc 1960

11. Charles Rennie

12. Mies van eler Rohe, Skyscraper, elevation 1922
13. Mies van eler Rohe, Almino house sketches

• Creative

14. Le Corbusier, sketchbook

15. Le Corbusier, Villa stein de Monzie 1926

• Repetition

16. Le Corbusier, Swiss pavilion

17. Venturi Scott, Brown, Learing from Las Vegas 1972

18. Robert Venturi

The drawing types that cheists more often feel they understand is the elevation. This can be cheated.