The elective What the Folly! was an experimental space where the existing methods of design production were questioned and newer ways of form development and spatial experiences were explored.
The week began by understanding the meaning of the word "folly". Exercises were given where certain forms were to be created and rendered by the given prompts. The prompts forced us to think beyond our comfortable styles and explore the mediums thoroughly. These prompts created some limitations, which helped me to articulate the space more cautiously. I used to think that by giving Freedom one can come up with curious ideas but after this exercise, my way of thinking changed a bit. The process involved thinking and creating spaces in 3d and rendering them to create an intense, immersive, visual experience.
On the first day, we were given an exercise to just fill colors to a particular common picture of a structure so as, to begin with seeing our rendering skill. Rendering doesn't always mean digital but also a complete hand detailed drawing
On the second day, we were given a 3d software file that consisted of several blocks which we were supposed to use to create a space according to the prompts given. I got ' Chaos ' as a prompt to explore the placing of blocks. After making 3 models and taking some views the best one got selected to move on to the rendering part
On the second last two days, we were working on rendering our views, trying out different styles, and exploring more ways of rendering. One thing I can definitely say is that this exercise made me explore Photoshop in every possible way. Again we were given prompts where the style of rendering got mentioned. 'Pattern' was the theme I got to go ahead with. After getting confused for an Hour, finally came up with an idea to work upon and rendered the transformed above view to the below one.
One the last day we were given freedom to design our personal follies but in elevation. On a blank paper ,we randomly placed five numbers to have five programs for ourself thereby interconnecting them to create a folly .
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