Designing in the vertical space
This section should help you with drawing and designing in the section and elevation
Why? How?
When we are designing, a lot of our time is spent looking down on sites from above. But the third dimension is where a garden becomes interesting. Use a scale ruler - These drawings are to scale. Unless you are just sketching to get ideas down.
Sections vs Elevations
Both are drawn to illuminate what is happening in the vertical space.
Elevation
The viewer is on the outside looking in.
Objects in the foreground may block out objects in the background
In architectural drawing sets they often come as 4 drawings; North, south, east, and west
They are great for showing the facades and what it looks like from the outside
Section
Imagine you had a big knife and you cut down through a section of your project and then peered in from the side
You are only showing what is on that line that you cut line
Helpful for showing height changes
Great for show how things are built (details)
Section Example
Section-elevation
A combination of the two
We can show information on the cut line (usually in thicker lines) and also what is happening in the background as well as level changes.
Section-elevation Example
Examples
Draw Trees
Projecting Plans Into Elevation
Session Outline
Why? How?
Drawing Trees
Projecting plans into elevation
Presentations
Activity
Definitions
Plan View - Is looking down from the top at a 3d object while taking out the perspective nature. It is an orthogonal drawing that of objects on the horizontal plane.
Section View - A drawing from the side where an element is where the subject is sliced open showing the inner workings. It is an orthogonal drawing so does not show any perspective.
Elevation - A 2d representation from the side showing the vertical plane. This is an orthogonal drawing.