Design diagrams (for a house design)

This stage of design is creative and brings together all the internal and external requirements and information of the building that has been collected, evolving into a design, which satisfies the requirements of the brief. The final Design Diagram should be easy to understand, be clear and should respond well to the performance specification.

You will need to be good at conceptualising in three dimensions as you work simultaneously on sketch plans, elevations and the general form of the building. This phase does not involve any drafting, only rough sketches/drawings, but lots of them.

Don't be afraid to throw away an idea if you can't get the form and functioon of the building working as well as you had hoped.

Example design diagrams

Initial design diagrams

Slide 1: Initial rough layout

Slide 2: Initial isometric drawing

Slide 3: Slightly more developed isometric

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