1st Exercise_Shadow Matching_via Francesco Donati_Ionut Girneata

This is the study I’ve made for a building in Dragona, it’s between Rome and Ostia. It’s located in via Francesco Donati n.71. This building has 3 levels and the other architectures around it are not too high, the highest one has 4 levels. As we can see from the satellite image, there are no buildings to cover the East and West side, there’s only one building from South which can cover the sun light. The apartment is on the 1^st floor and it has windows at East and West so it’s always full of light. This is not so positive because it gets heat from the sun all day long in summer, maybe if there were some high trees on the Western side it would be better.

This is the process I’ve used to accomplish my work:

1. Open a “New Project” from the main display of Vasari and from the “Manage” tab switch the “Project Units” from inches to meters.

2. Set the "Orthographic" mode from the "Manage" menu.

3. Click on "Analyse" to set the "Location" and "Import site image".

4. Click on "Model" and "Create mass" in order to draw the outline of the building, then drag the arrow up to extrude it and "Finish mass".

5. Repeat the same process to create other relevant buildings in the area.

6. Set "Sun path on" and choose the right time and date, then click "Display shadows".

7. Take some pictures with the virtual "Camera" from different points of view in different hours of the day.

8. Take real pictures of the building at the same time and from the same angles, then check that the shadows of the analysis are the same of the shadows in the photos. I took pictures at 10.30 am and at 3.30 pm.