Like I said, all of these sketches will not be from Clemson's campus. Sketching is an important tool for me wherever I travel to record the things that I see and the way that they make me feel. This series of sketches comes from my visit to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe by Peter Eisenman in Berlin, Germany. I had the opportunity to visit this space during my study abroad experience last spring. I would say, for me, this was one of the most moving experiences of the entire trip. The way that the blocks come up from the ground of the city and rise around you, each at different heights to represent the diversity of the Jews who lost their lives, is absolutely incredible. I hope that these sketches, particularely the second one, help to convey the feelings of space that is present when you are traveling through these blocks. You get to a point where you can see none of the city around you, only a surrounding of heavy cement blocks. Peter Eisenman's design of this space seems very appropriate to capture the emotions that event brings about.

This is a series of sketches based on the pathway between Riggs Hall and Tillman Hall on Clemson's campus. They were all very quick sketches done in around 5 minutes each. The diagram on the right shows where each view is found in the span between Riggs and Tillman, within the canopy of trees. The purpose of this sketching excercise was to capture the feel of entire space. The atmostphere changes as you continue down the path with different feelings of shelter by the trees and then more open space when you approach the space in front of the student union. Being able to quickly capture the feel of a space through sketches such as these is an important skill to have as a visual thinker and designer.

When sketching you begin to notice things about a space, that would never be seen or found important by first glance. In a sketch study of the Fluor Daniel Building, I began to learn things about the space that I never notice even though I walk by this building every day on my way to class. I spent several hours just outside observing the space, the way that it is constructed and the way that individuals move througout it.

The top sketch explores the interior of the building and the way that the bridges connect the space horizontally and vertically. This sketch also begins to show the connection between interior and exterior space through the curtain wall system.

The second space shows the connection between the arcade spaces between the new packaging science to the fluor daniel building and the way that the canopy space feels overhead.

The third sketch shows the view looking from the Flour Daniel building toward the chemistry building and Fernow Street.