Mosley Street
Understanding and Drawing a Building
8 Mosley Street, Newcastle, NE1 1YE
The purpose of the project was to understand a building and produce front elevation, create a model and rendered drawings. We started with a site visit and used measuring spools and lasers to calculate the dimensions of the façade. Once we had the measurements of the façade, we drew up a 1:50 elevation and used that as reference for our model and 1:20 render.
Although being built in 1956, this building has clear Georgian inspiration, with the brick mullion in the middle of the façade, as well as the ornamentation at the top of the building. There are Ionic and Doric columns suggesting inspiration from Greek era.
Mosley street building.
1:50 Elevation.
1:50 Model.
First Layers.
Upon completing the 1:50 elevation, the 1:50 model was created. Referring back to the elevation to make sure my measurements were correct. I started by taking photocopies of the front elevation and layered them over 1mm mount board. The initial layers for the building were carefully cut out of mount board, using a scalpel. 4 layers were bonded together to replicate the thickness of the walls.
Development.
Once the base of the façade was completed, the next stage was to detail the façade, commencing with the first floor and finishing with the roof. In-between the layers of the building, a layer was added for the windows. This was challenging task because the frames were fragile and it was easy to accidentally cut too much and ruin the whole layer.
Final.
The model was finished by adding floors and a mock wall, upon which the model stands up. The model was photographed against a neutral background, ensuring that the focus was purely on the model.
Rendered 1:20 Elevation
The final element of the project was to draw and render a 1:20 elevation of the ground floor of Monument Architects, Mosley Street. The first challenge was learning how to translate between 1:50 and 1:20 scales. After a few attempts, the drawing was completed and Promarkers were used to render the drawing, using colour blending skills to match the colours.