This document discusses the effective use of space and unity in page design. It provides examples and principles for using white space to improve legibility and visual recognition. White space helps elements like headings stand out and guides the reader's eye through a document. Deliberate and balanced use of positive and negative space creates figure/ground relationships that unify a design.
Guidelines for designing documents and graphics in technical writing. Information is based on Technical Communication Strategies for Today 2nd Edition by Richard Johnson-Sheehan
The document discusses the grid method technique for scaling and transferring images. It provides a brief history of its use in ancient Egypt and Greece. The technique involves dividing the reference image and drawing paper into equal grids of squares. Corresponding squares are then traced one by one to scale the image up or down as needed. Examples show dividing images into 1-inch grids and transferring the drawings square by square. The grid method allows for accurate scaling and reproduction of images.
Here are 20 mapping tips that you may or may not find useful/practical/fantastic, but I hope that you do. These were presented at the 2014 NACIS (North American Cartographic Information Society) meeting's "Practical Cartography Day."
The document discusses different methods for representing 3D forms in 2D, including perspective drawing techniques. It then focuses on 3D modeling software as another projection method. The author aims to create a system that highlights the unique properties of how computers represent 3D space, such as objects that could not exist physically. Their process involves creating isocurves on surfaces, projecting those curves onto other surfaces, and giving the curves thickness to occupy space. Examples are shown of various projections and color-assigned surfaces. Limitations are noted around handling different object types and fully simulating lighting effects.
This document discusses key principles of map design including selection of colors, symbols, labeling, and overall layout. It emphasizes that while there are scientific rules of map design, there is also an artistic element. The document outlines topics to be covered such as map scale and generalization, symbolization, choropleth mapping, use of color, and labeling. It provides guidelines for map elements like titles, legends, and orientation indicators. It also discusses classification schemes, issues with choropleth maps, effective use of color, and best practices for labeling and typography. Ethical practices of map design to avoid deception are highlighted.
The grid method is a technique for enlarging or reducing images accurately by overlaying a grid on the original and copied images. It involves marking equal intervals along the edges of the original image to create a grid of squares. The same grid is then drawn on the paper for the new image size. Numbers are assigned to each square. Details are then copied square by square from the original to the new image to scale it up or down accurately. This technique allows images to be enlarged or reduced to different sizes while maintaining correct proportions.
The document provides a step-by-step tutorial on using perspective in drawings. It explains basic perspective techniques like horizon lines, vanishing points, and how to draw boxes and shapes in one-point, two-point, and three-point perspectives. Later steps demonstrate how changing the horizon line or vanishing point positions can influence the composition to depict different angles or scales.
This document discusses the effective use of space and unity in page design. It provides examples and principles for using white space to improve legibility and visual recognition. White space helps elements like headings stand out and guides the reader's eye through a document. Deliberate and balanced use of positive and negative space creates figure/ground relationships that unify a design.
Guidelines for designing documents and graphics in technical writing. Information is based on Technical Communication Strategies for Today 2nd Edition by Richard Johnson-Sheehan
The document discusses the grid method technique for scaling and transferring images. It provides a brief history of its use in ancient Egypt and Greece. The technique involves dividing the reference image and drawing paper into equal grids of squares. Corresponding squares are then traced one by one to scale the image up or down as needed. Examples show dividing images into 1-inch grids and transferring the drawings square by square. The grid method allows for accurate scaling and reproduction of images.
Here are 20 mapping tips that you may or may not find useful/practical/fantastic, but I hope that you do. These were presented at the 2014 NACIS (North American Cartographic Information Society) meeting's "Practical Cartography Day."
The document discusses different methods for representing 3D forms in 2D, including perspective drawing techniques. It then focuses on 3D modeling software as another projection method. The author aims to create a system that highlights the unique properties of how computers represent 3D space, such as objects that could not exist physically. Their process involves creating isocurves on surfaces, projecting those curves onto other surfaces, and giving the curves thickness to occupy space. Examples are shown of various projections and color-assigned surfaces. Limitations are noted around handling different object types and fully simulating lighting effects.
This document discusses key principles of map design including selection of colors, symbols, labeling, and overall layout. It emphasizes that while there are scientific rules of map design, there is also an artistic element. The document outlines topics to be covered such as map scale and generalization, symbolization, choropleth mapping, use of color, and labeling. It provides guidelines for map elements like titles, legends, and orientation indicators. It also discusses classification schemes, issues with choropleth maps, effective use of color, and best practices for labeling and typography. Ethical practices of map design to avoid deception are highlighted.
The grid method is a technique for enlarging or reducing images accurately by overlaying a grid on the original and copied images. It involves marking equal intervals along the edges of the original image to create a grid of squares. The same grid is then drawn on the paper for the new image size. Numbers are assigned to each square. Details are then copied square by square from the original to the new image to scale it up or down accurately. This technique allows images to be enlarged or reduced to different sizes while maintaining correct proportions.
The document provides a step-by-step tutorial on using perspective in drawings. It explains basic perspective techniques like horizon lines, vanishing points, and how to draw boxes and shapes in one-point, two-point, and three-point perspectives. Later steps demonstrate how changing the horizon line or vanishing point positions can influence the composition to depict different angles or scales.
The document discusses the temporality of spaces and how media and screens have influenced our perception of spatiality. It explores how screens have led to disembodiment and the reconstruction of identity through "digitembodiment". Networks are generating new spatial and social structures as simulations and abstractions. However, locative media and ubiquitous computing are bringing the digital back into our physical experience through "re-embodiment". The document calls for an updated approach of "pragmatic idealism" or "ecosophy" to resolve tensions between progress and ethics in this context.
BAckcasting and planning for the future we want.
See link for lesson plan
http://www.thehotrock.org.au/hotrockcatalogue/society--environment/year-10/the-big-consumption.aspx
The document discusses the structural design of the China Central Television (CCTV) Headquarters building in Beijing. It describes the unique structural system of the building, which features two leaning towers connected by top and bottom links. Wind tunnel testing was required to determine critical wind load patterns, including twist loading between the towers and vertical loading of the top links. The building structure employs a continuous tube system formed by the entire facade to resist huge forces from the building's cranked and leaning form.
The document summarizes the design and construction of the CCTV headquarters building in Beijing, China. It describes how OMA and Arup won the international design competition and developed a design that combines all CCTV functions into a single interconnected loop around four elements - a base, two leaning towers, and a suspended overhang. Construction involved erecting the two massive leaning towers and connecting them with a 9-13 story overhang suspended 36 stories in the air, presenting unprecedented challenges. The document outlines the key stages of the extended preliminary design, construction documents, and construction phases from 2002 to 2008.
Modernist Typography and the Swiss grid - Carlo GiannascaFrostSydney
Carlo Giannasca Partner and Head of Environments at Frost* Design shares some of his insights into the basics of modernist typography and the effective use of the Swiss grid system.
Passive House Principles for Hot Humid Climatesaiahouston
This document discusses passive house strategies for hot and humid climates. It begins with an overview of passive house principles, including optimizing orientation, super insulation, air sealing, and high-performance windows. It then discusses specific strategies for hot and humid climates, such as envelope strategies to minimize solar heat gain, ventilation systems with heat and moisture recovery, and passive cooling techniques like night purge ventilation. The document emphasizes that passive building design must be climate specific, noting differences in factors like heating and cooling degree days, humidity levels, and solar radiation between climates.
Diagrid Systems : Future of Tall buildings, Technical Paper by Jagmohan Garg ...Jagmohan Garg
The document discusses the DiaGrid structural system for tall buildings. A DiaGrid system uses a design of triangulated steel beams and horizontal support rings to construct large buildings. It creates a structural system of triangles that provides stability and resistance to lateral loads. Some key benefits of the DiaGrid system include column-free interior spaces, resistance to overturning forces, simpler construction, and better load redistribution compared to braced frame structures. While effective for buildings up to 70 stories, the DiaGrid system involves complicated joint connections.
The document discusses the hot and humid climate found in parts of India. It defines the characteristics of this climate, including temperature ranges between 21-32°C, high humidity around 75%, and rainfall between 2000-5000 mm. Areas with this climate include coastal regions in peninsular India like Goa, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. The document then analyzes the climate and its influence on architecture in these areas, recommending design features like large windows, shaded facades, high thermal mass and light colors to cope with the hot and humid conditions.
The document provides a history of writing systems from early pictographs to the development of alphabets and discusses the invention of the printing press. It then explains the role of typography in graphic design in communicating messages and includes definitions of key typographic terms such as typefaces, serifs, and measurements like points and picas.
It may be something we often overlook, but typography plays an essential part in the presentation process. Typography can change the entire look and feel of a presentation. Big Fish introduces the five way typography is powerful in your presentation.
CCTV Building, A Structural Design OverviewPeter Bach
The CCTV building is one of the several big Beijing Olympic projects, which houses the headquarters for the Chinese Central Television Network. Its design shows unique style, but great structural engineering challenges to overcome. The following presentation provides an overview of how these challenges were overcome. (Presented at Monash University, Department of Civil Engineering, August 2008).
The document discusses architecture and building design considerations for hot and humid climates. Some key points discussed include:
- Ensuring adequate ventilation through strategies like cross ventilation, shading, and positioning buildings to take advantage of wind.
- Using heat-resistant materials and increasing insulation where possible.
- Orienting buildings and openings to maximize airflow while minimizing heat gain and solar radiation.
- Incorporating design features like courtyards, overhangs, and higher-level vents to promote air circulation.
High-rise commercial buildings are icons of modern society that symbolize the power of commerce. They add a third dimension to cities. For businesses, having an office in an attractive high-rise building provides advantages like better customer confidence and corporate identity. A high-rise is defined as a building over 35 meters tall, constructed using a structural frame and elevators. High-rises are classified by style and have various structural forms determined by factors like human scale, climate and cost. Their loads come from gravity, weather, and human use. Core elements include stairs, elevators, and utilities that provide vertical circulation and access.
The Taipei Performing Arts Center in Taiwan elevates a substantial part of its program to create an open public square underneath. By lifting the main plateau, panoramic views of the city are created. The building contains more void space in the form of this three-dimensional urban square than mass. The square fundamentally becomes part of the building and is activated by various balconies and terraces with different programs. The four "legs" of the building that support the horizontal slab are each programmed differently and contain performance spaces at varying altitudes, connected by a system of loops, stairs, and elevators.
This document is a lecture on grid systems and modular design. It discusses the history and uses of grid systems in graphic design, architecture, and page layout. Some key points include:
- Grid systems provide order, consistency and flexibility in design by establishing a set of guidelines.
- Early uses of grids can be seen in manuscripts and Greek temples, while graphic designers like Wim Crouwel and Josef Müller-Brockmann popularized grids in the mid-20th century.
- Effective grids divide space into columns and rows to form a modular structure. Common module sizes are based on factors of 12 to allow for flexibility.
- Negative space and variation within the grid help make designs visually
The document discusses various architectural strategies for hot and dry climates. It provides examples of traditional and vernacular architecture from different regions that effectively address the climate through passive design. Some key strategies mentioned include using thick, insulated walls; limiting window openings; orienting buildings around central courtyards to promote cross ventilation; employing overhangs, pergolas and vegetation for shading; and designing roofs to slope towards courtyards to drain heat. Case studies examined include the traditional Bungha house from India and the modern Parekh House designed by Charles Correa.
The document discusses the temporality of spaces and how media and screens have influenced our perception of spatiality. It explores how screens have led to disembodiment and the reconstruction of identity through "digitembodiment". Networks are generating new spatial and social structures as simulations and abstractions. However, locative media and ubiquitous computing are bringing the digital back into our physical experience through "re-embodiment". The document calls for an updated approach of "pragmatic idealism" or "ecosophy" to resolve tensions between progress and ethics in this context.
BAckcasting and planning for the future we want.
See link for lesson plan
http://www.thehotrock.org.au/hotrockcatalogue/society--environment/year-10/the-big-consumption.aspx
The document discusses the structural design of the China Central Television (CCTV) Headquarters building in Beijing. It describes the unique structural system of the building, which features two leaning towers connected by top and bottom links. Wind tunnel testing was required to determine critical wind load patterns, including twist loading between the towers and vertical loading of the top links. The building structure employs a continuous tube system formed by the entire facade to resist huge forces from the building's cranked and leaning form.
The document summarizes the design and construction of the CCTV headquarters building in Beijing, China. It describes how OMA and Arup won the international design competition and developed a design that combines all CCTV functions into a single interconnected loop around four elements - a base, two leaning towers, and a suspended overhang. Construction involved erecting the two massive leaning towers and connecting them with a 9-13 story overhang suspended 36 stories in the air, presenting unprecedented challenges. The document outlines the key stages of the extended preliminary design, construction documents, and construction phases from 2002 to 2008.
Modernist Typography and the Swiss grid - Carlo GiannascaFrostSydney
Carlo Giannasca Partner and Head of Environments at Frost* Design shares some of his insights into the basics of modernist typography and the effective use of the Swiss grid system.
Passive House Principles for Hot Humid Climatesaiahouston
This document discusses passive house strategies for hot and humid climates. It begins with an overview of passive house principles, including optimizing orientation, super insulation, air sealing, and high-performance windows. It then discusses specific strategies for hot and humid climates, such as envelope strategies to minimize solar heat gain, ventilation systems with heat and moisture recovery, and passive cooling techniques like night purge ventilation. The document emphasizes that passive building design must be climate specific, noting differences in factors like heating and cooling degree days, humidity levels, and solar radiation between climates.
Diagrid Systems : Future of Tall buildings, Technical Paper by Jagmohan Garg ...Jagmohan Garg
The document discusses the DiaGrid structural system for tall buildings. A DiaGrid system uses a design of triangulated steel beams and horizontal support rings to construct large buildings. It creates a structural system of triangles that provides stability and resistance to lateral loads. Some key benefits of the DiaGrid system include column-free interior spaces, resistance to overturning forces, simpler construction, and better load redistribution compared to braced frame structures. While effective for buildings up to 70 stories, the DiaGrid system involves complicated joint connections.
The document discusses the hot and humid climate found in parts of India. It defines the characteristics of this climate, including temperature ranges between 21-32°C, high humidity around 75%, and rainfall between 2000-5000 mm. Areas with this climate include coastal regions in peninsular India like Goa, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. The document then analyzes the climate and its influence on architecture in these areas, recommending design features like large windows, shaded facades, high thermal mass and light colors to cope with the hot and humid conditions.
The document provides a history of writing systems from early pictographs to the development of alphabets and discusses the invention of the printing press. It then explains the role of typography in graphic design in communicating messages and includes definitions of key typographic terms such as typefaces, serifs, and measurements like points and picas.
It may be something we often overlook, but typography plays an essential part in the presentation process. Typography can change the entire look and feel of a presentation. Big Fish introduces the five way typography is powerful in your presentation.
CCTV Building, A Structural Design OverviewPeter Bach
The CCTV building is one of the several big Beijing Olympic projects, which houses the headquarters for the Chinese Central Television Network. Its design shows unique style, but great structural engineering challenges to overcome. The following presentation provides an overview of how these challenges were overcome. (Presented at Monash University, Department of Civil Engineering, August 2008).
The document discusses architecture and building design considerations for hot and humid climates. Some key points discussed include:
- Ensuring adequate ventilation through strategies like cross ventilation, shading, and positioning buildings to take advantage of wind.
- Using heat-resistant materials and increasing insulation where possible.
- Orienting buildings and openings to maximize airflow while minimizing heat gain and solar radiation.
- Incorporating design features like courtyards, overhangs, and higher-level vents to promote air circulation.
High-rise commercial buildings are icons of modern society that symbolize the power of commerce. They add a third dimension to cities. For businesses, having an office in an attractive high-rise building provides advantages like better customer confidence and corporate identity. A high-rise is defined as a building over 35 meters tall, constructed using a structural frame and elevators. High-rises are classified by style and have various structural forms determined by factors like human scale, climate and cost. Their loads come from gravity, weather, and human use. Core elements include stairs, elevators, and utilities that provide vertical circulation and access.
The Taipei Performing Arts Center in Taiwan elevates a substantial part of its program to create an open public square underneath. By lifting the main plateau, panoramic views of the city are created. The building contains more void space in the form of this three-dimensional urban square than mass. The square fundamentally becomes part of the building and is activated by various balconies and terraces with different programs. The four "legs" of the building that support the horizontal slab are each programmed differently and contain performance spaces at varying altitudes, connected by a system of loops, stairs, and elevators.
This document is a lecture on grid systems and modular design. It discusses the history and uses of grid systems in graphic design, architecture, and page layout. Some key points include:
- Grid systems provide order, consistency and flexibility in design by establishing a set of guidelines.
- Early uses of grids can be seen in manuscripts and Greek temples, while graphic designers like Wim Crouwel and Josef Müller-Brockmann popularized grids in the mid-20th century.
- Effective grids divide space into columns and rows to form a modular structure. Common module sizes are based on factors of 12 to allow for flexibility.
- Negative space and variation within the grid help make designs visually
The document discusses various architectural strategies for hot and dry climates. It provides examples of traditional and vernacular architecture from different regions that effectively address the climate through passive design. Some key strategies mentioned include using thick, insulated walls; limiting window openings; orienting buildings around central courtyards to promote cross ventilation; employing overhangs, pergolas and vegetation for shading; and designing roofs to slope towards courtyards to drain heat. Case studies examined include the traditional Bungha house from India and the modern Parekh House designed by Charles Correa.
Practical eLearning Makeovers for EveryoneBianca Woods
Welcome to Practical eLearning Makeovers for Everyone. In this presentation, we’ll take a look at a bunch of easy-to-use visual design tips and tricks. And we’ll do this by using them to spruce up some eLearning screens that are in dire need of a new look.
Explore the essential graphic design tools and software that can elevate your creative projects. Discover industry favorites and innovative solutions for stunning design results.
Architectural and constructions management experience since 2003 including 18 years located in UAE.
Coordinate and oversee all technical activities relating to architectural and construction projects,
including directing the design team, reviewing drafts and computer models, and approving design
changes.
Organize and typically develop, and review building plans, ensuring that a project meets all safety and
environmental standards.
Prepare feasibility studies, construction contracts, and tender documents with specifications and
tender analyses.
Consulting with clients, work on formulating equipment and labor cost estimates, ensuring a project
meets environmental, safety, structural, zoning, and aesthetic standards.
Monitoring the progress of a project to assess whether or not it is in compliance with building plans
and project deadlines.
Attention to detail, exceptional time management, and strong problem-solving and communication
skills are required for this role.
Discovering the Best Indian Architects A Spotlight on Design Forum Internatio...Designforuminternational
India’s architectural landscape is a vibrant tapestry that weaves together the country's rich cultural heritage and its modern aspirations. From majestic historical structures to cutting-edge contemporary designs, the work of Indian architects is celebrated worldwide. Among the many firms shaping this dynamic field, Design Forum International stands out as a leader in innovative and sustainable architecture. This blog explores some of the best Indian architects, highlighting their contributions and showcasing the most famous architects in India.
18. Story Line™: 7 x 7 grid.
In the seven by seven grid, the rudimentary capital Latin letter forms are defined by white
rectangles on the black grid to signify specific letters. Because of the fixed aspect ratio of a screen
unit, all letters will have eqaul width. This means that, compared to their normal appearance in
regular typefaces some will look compressed (or expanded) in the same space.
With white rectangles on the black grid, letter shapes appear as the result of cutting out holes in the
solid black plane. On the other hand the illusion is created of white shapes in a black space..
Alternatively, the 7x7 grid offers a very basic way to create rudimentary Arabic glyphs. On the
above mentioned black shape or background, these glyphs use the white as used to signify space as
theit material to write with. The white signifies the glyph shape.