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PRESENTATION!BOARDS
ARCH!2003!– Architectural!Techniques
Louisiana!State!University School!of!Architecture Frank!Melendez
Presentation!guidelines!and!suggestions
Organization – The!presentation!should!read!from!top!left!to!bottom!right,!begin!with!conceptual! information!and!diagrams!on!the!far!left!of!the!board!and!end!with!final!renderings,!model!images,! final!design!on!the!far!right!of!the!board. Typography – Some!text!can!be!used!for!graphic!purposes,!however,!most!of!the!text!should!be!legible! from!a!distance.!There!should!be!a!hierarchy!of!different!font!sizes!and!bold!face!types. Color – This!should!be!up!to!each!specific!project.!I!typically!suggest!using!subtle!color!changes!or! monochromatic!formats!and!using!color!where!you!want!people!to!focus!or!to!allow!particular! information!to!pop. Drawings;!Line!Weights,!Line!Types,!Line!Gray!Scale!– Make!sure!the!drawings!read!as!bold!and!as! strong!as!the!other!images!in!the!presentation.!Drawings!tend!to!look!much!more!interesting!spatially! and!graphically!when!you!use!various!line!weights!and!line!types,!e.g.!center!line!(structural),!hidden! line!(geometry!above!or!beyond),!etc.!!You!can!get!a!lot!of!variation!in!the!drawings!by!using!3"5! different!line!weights,!ranging!from!a!dark,!bold,!thick!line!to!a!light,!thin!line.!Make!sure!you!can!read! all!of!the!lines!standing!from!a!distance!of!3"5!feet!away. Diagrams – Make!sure!the!diagrams!read!clearly!and!show!the!various!steps!that!they!are!describing.! The!diagrams!should!be!organized!in!a!sequential!format. Focal!Points!– Draw!attention!to!the!diagrams,!drawings,!and!images!that!you!feel!are!the!most! successful.!You!should!have!one!rendering!that!is!a!large!format!image!that!is!the!‘money!shot’!for!your! project.!This!should!stand!out!more!than!anything!else.!This!should!typically!be!your!best!rendering.