The goal of the atelier is to provide a schematic design for the historic church on Race St.and 15th in Over-the-Rhine.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

How do you draw a building you cannot measure?

One of the biggest struggle with working in the church is measurements and understanding what is happening inside the building.  We are not allowed in the church, as currently there are two massive cranes taking new pieces of the church each day.  The condition of the church is not structurally secure, therefore we do not want to risk going inside.  So how do you make drawings?  We counted a lot of bricks... well we did measured what we could and then we used images to fill in the rest. 

We did basic floorplans and elevation AutoCAD drawings, but more interesting was we worked on a SketchUp model.  The space is a huge volume to help us understand that we decided to model it.  Below are some pictures of model of the condition before the cranes started.  Let us know what you think.





We will be posting new construction pictures in a few days so check back!

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