STUDIO NOTES

Reading an architectural concept: image, drawing, model

Effective October 3, 2026

The projects in this portfolio are unbuilt architectural studies. Each representation answers a different question, and each has limits.

Images describe an experience

An atmospheric image can communicate the weight of a material, a relationship with a landscape, or the quality of a sheltered room. AI-assisted concept images are interpretive. Details may differ between views, and an image alone does not prove that a structure, junction, or dimension works.

Drawings explain relationships

Plans, sections and cutaways help describe rooms, thresholds and layers. Some Rift House vectors are projected from the authored model; other study images are explicitly AI-assisted. Both remain schematic and are not construction documents.

Models preserve an authored form

A model lets a viewer inspect a form from more than one position. Its geometry can support coordinated views, but it is not a substitute for measured design, engineering or a permit set. Interactive model availability also depends on the browser's graphics support.

Three different questions

• Rift House explores shelter around a courtyard in an Icelandic coastal setting.
• Alder Cabin explores how a compact timber retreat can borrow space from its forest edge.
• Brick & Light explores daylight and outdoor space within an imagined retained brick enclosure.

Use the right evidence

Use the portfolio to discuss visual direction and spatial ideas. Commissioned work begins with the client's current plans or model, agreed scope, and explicit reference priorities. Technical decisions remain with the responsible design professionals.

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