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Project: Phare Tower Location: Paris, France Architects: Morphosis Date: 2006 |
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Other applications > Photomontage and collage > Exercise 4: perspective |
Collage derives from the French word ‘coller’ (to stick).
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This photomontage image creates an impressive ‘real’ view of the proposed Phare Tower scheme. It describes the impact the building will have on its immediate context, the scale of the new building and suggests how the form will look against the skyline. |
This is a technique that produces a composite image by the arranging, layering and sticking of various materials (such as photographs or fabric swatches) to a backing. Artists such as George Braque (1882-1963) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) both used collage to juxtapose images and objects in order to create abstract works of art.
Collaging is used by architects to create a layered image. These layers may be visual fragments of proposed or existing sites, buildings or objects, and may include a plan, perspective and digital images and two – and threedimensional drawings in the same composite visual.
Collages offer a much more abstract representation of an idea than photomontages. A collage is often more suggestive of a reality; an architect using a collage representation of their idea does not intend it to be a photorealistic impression.
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Exercise 4: perspective |
Sketching in perspective requires an understanding of some basic drawing rules. To sketch well in perspective, it is important to allow time to look at the space you intend to draw and determine its vanishing point(s).
A good perspective sketch will be proportionally correct. The ability to convey the relationship of different elements within the image and their relative scale is crucial.
Project: Blackpool people’s playground
Location: Blackpool, UK Architect: dRMM Date: 2007
These perspective images are used to create a dramatic impression of a building concept by overemphasising the sense of movement and using exaggerated views.
These early sketches display a series of pavilions for a cafe/restaurant. The seating areas can move creating many different types of outdoor performance spaces. These perspectives show one such view that the spectator can achieve.