Independent Component 2

I, Melvin Rodriguez, affirm that I have done 30 hours of work that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work

              I have completed 30 hours of work by doing activities recommended by Dr. Fernandes, an architect, and Henry, a student of architecture at Cal Poly Pomona. These activities include scale drawing, sketching, practicing on the CAD program (Computer-Aided Design), constructing a craft of my own, and understanding 3D objects and their volume. Doing these activities would cause me to get more familiar to architectural concepts, and thus help me understand my topic that much more. The minimum time was passed easily as drawing requires a lot of time and effort, the CAD program required hours of lecture from my service learning, as well as videos to better understand the program before I even began to use it. I also spent a few hours analyzing my house to see the measures and most accurately replicate the structure into the CAD program the best I can. Every day I naturally sketch so this accumulated into my hours as well. When it was all done I knew that my essential question was going to be that much easier to answer. Through the process of completing my independent component I saw that architects have to see things from another perspective. For example, a box is not a square, it is a cube, if you take one side of that box you will be affecting the four sides around the one that was removed. The other thing I learned was gaining a mental picture of a certain object that measures a certain amount, and use that measure when trying to scale a part of a structure. For example, When designing my own home through CAD, I imagined my 10 foot basketball court laying across my room and noted that my room might be a little more than ten feet wide. Last, but not least, I learned that dedication is important when designing a structure. While Henry was lecturing me he noted that the architecture studio is always open because students usually stay over night to finish their work. He said that sleep was something an architect has to give up in order to get the job done because there will be nights were the project is due the next morning.




Calendar: Architecture Independent Component 2


Evidence:

From 2D.............

 To improved 2D..... (I deleted my kitchen wall, rookie mistake..)

To 3D.....

 Construction through cardboard material...

Scale Drawing & 3D understanding

Sketching

Independent Component 2 Plan Approval

1. For my independent study component I plan on reading for an hour and sketching something creative from what I read (books, novels, articles) for at least an hour a day.
2. My Independent component will easily pass the 30 hour minimum because it will take two hours a day. The margin notes and sketches will prove to be enough evidence as well and I predict that I will gradually become a much better reader and artist throughout my days of work which will result in more sketches/pages read per hour.
3. My independent component relates to my E.Q. because sketching is a main part of designing a structure and fusing this with reading will prove to get my imagination running at a higher level which may prove to be most important when designing a structure.

Independent Component 1

• Calendar
• Evidence: 

1. Transcript
2. Rubric for Introduction to Architecture:

 

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3. Introduction to Architecture Paper:                                                                                

 

 4. Quiz:                                                                                                                        

• Literal: (a) I, Melvin Rodriguez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents more than 37.5 hours of work.                                                                     (b) I completed a class at Citrus College that was approximately 37.5 hours of lecture. The class involved quizes, tests, a final paper, and a final test. During the class I would have to take notes on the lecture in my composition book. Our professor would require us to right in our notebook with great organization in order to recieve a good grade on the notes. These notes also were the key in passing the tests and quizes; basically what was on the notes was what we were going to be tested on. In our notebooks we were required to write notes on our own on the doctorate book our professor wrote which is called "A Introduction to Western Architecture". He would go over the answer to the chaper review questions once we were done with a chapter. Dr. Fernandes also had us buy two books to read "Field Guide to American Houses" and "Europe 101" to read on our own. Lastly, Dr. Fernandes had us write a paper which required us to interview a family elder in order to find out about a unique piece of architecture from our culture.
• Interpretive: My work earned an A in the class at a college level. I easily spent more than 30 hours working on this component by attending the class and went "above and beyond" by taking organized notes, interviewing several family members for my final paper, spending a rigurous night awake studying for the final test, and ultimately learning more than I had to about the period and style of Architecture. I learned more by researching on my own, staying after class to conversate about architecture with my professor, and ultimately earn connections that will help me answer my essential question, "What is most important when designing a structure?"
• Applied: It helped me answer my essential question because this class really did do a good job at introducing me to Architecture. I learned about architecture from pre-history to futuristic and it showed me the innovative ways that architects would design a structure. It showed me that throughout the eras people found that being innovative is very important when designing a structure. For example, my professor told me about Versai, which was built in the Renaissance and how they had marble columns in the hallways to a certain height until it became scarce and how they would have painters replicate the marble so beautifully that it is almost impossible to see in through the human eye. This innovative thinking also proved important in the midevil times when architects would design castles in order to best benefit the people inside. Firstly, they would have to find a way to keep water inside the premises of the caslte walls. Then they would have to design the castle in a way that gave the advantage to the one's battling from inside the castle. Lastly the architects would have to find a way to make the inside of some castles civilized in order to maintain people for a long period of time. These and many other examples are what brought me to the answer "You as an architect must work with the resources that you have, which means being creative when there is a scarce amount of tools and resources that you as an architect would prefer."                                                          Thank you for your interest in my component; have a nice day! -Melvin Rodriguez

Independent Component Plan Approval

(1) I am currently taking Introduction to Architecture at Citrus College which involves going to class for 54 lecture hours. I am required to take notes with my composition book, read two books, and complete and present a project later in the semester.

(2) First of all, my class requires 54 hours of attendance to complete and gain credit. To prove this I will print out the class catalog and my transcript to show that I completed the hours necessary. Seecond is that I will have a wide array of work that I have done in the class to bring and show to Mr. Ogden when it is deemed necessary. I will show him my test, quizes, margin noted books, project, presentation grade, and whatever else I end up with at the end of the class.

(3) My independent study component is relative to my E.Q. because my question is "What is most important when designing a structure?" So I have to study the designs of architecture throughout the eras because architecture has been around as long as there were structures which is more than several thousand years. This class teaches me about the different structures from pre-Egyptian times to modern day architecture so I will see the different styles of design that people had throughout different era's thus making it easier to see that "this" was really important to the architect 10,000 years ago and it is still important to the Architect now.