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Site map. Free hand sketch shows some features of the vernacular houses including information of the heating and lighting elements.

Free hand sketches of buildings facades of Stehekin School. Details about design-awareness of the outdoor natural environmental elements and their impacts on the indoor built environment.

Free hand sketches of the Site map of The Clyde Valley, showing its major Towns and Industries.

Free hand sketches of some of Glasgow's building facades, including Glasgow Cathedral, Tenements, and Multi-storey flats. The drawing gives some architectural details and historical information, especially comparing their external appearance.

Free hand sketch showing the location of the Parthenon where it was erected on the Acropolis.

Architectural details of the exterior column showing the basic elements.

Free hand sketch showing two outline perspectives of the Parthenon with a brief history of the Parthenon. Timeline starting from the 6th century to1831 consists of 6 stages:
6th century: converted to Christian church
A.D. 1204: became Latin church
A.D. 1456: converted onto mosque
A.D. 1687: damage by shell during capture of Athens by Venetians
A.D. 1688: Athens restored to Turks and Parthenon suffered in their hands
1831: sculptures removed to British Museum.

Material created for Project 4, First Year which relates to the analysis of selected objects, a new idea for uninhabited building, photograph analysis.

Free hand sketch of two types of spoon: soup spoon, and teaspoon. Details and dimensions show the differences between the two types in appearance, weight, and performance. A description of the preferred materials is provided as well.

A tracing paper showing the typical day "A day in the life", consists of two charts: one for the day-time activities and the other for the night-time activities.

Free hand sketches of space requirements showing the furniture dimensions and the space around them to meet the movement and functional standard.

Tracing paper showing two elevations from the bed position: Elevation A, and Elevation B.

Construction drawing in details for different types of foundations: Strip foundation, Narrow foundation, Brick foundation.

Construction drawing in details for different types of foundations 2: Foundation with brick footings and concrete base, Short bored piles.

Schematic cross-section of the Acropolis showing that the Parthenon does not perch on the exact summit of the Acropolis rock but is raised aloft on a huge foundation of invisible masonry.

Free hand sketch of the Parthenon substructure showing the cross-section at east end.

Construction drawings showing the details of timber trusses.

A free hand drawing consisting the external view of the Mushroom house at La Jolla, describing its windows' frames as seascape, a 320 foot funicular-type elevator gives access to the town above and ensures privacy.

A free hand drawings consisting of some details of Camellia house and grounds: Culzean.

A free hand drawings consisting of the longitudinal section and plan.

A free hand drawings consisting of the Great pyramid of Cheops showing a cross section of the pyramid and details of the Lotus bud and Papyrus capital.

A tracing paper showing the site plan of Alisa Craig where the design will be built. The drawing is in 1:100 scale.

A tracing paper showing the first floor plan of the design of the building. The drawing is in 1:50 scale and including the spaces and rooms and details of the walls and windows, steps, staircase, and furniture.

A tracing paper showing the third floor plan of the design of the building. The drawing is in 1:50 scale and including the main space of the observatory and darkroom with the details of the walls and windows, staircase, and furniture.

A tracing paper consisting of the north and south elevations. The drawing is in 1:50 scale and showing the finishing materials and colours.

A tracing paper consisting of the east and west elevations. The drawing is in 1:50 scale and showing the finishing materials and colours.

Material created for summer project relating to YWCA building at 1 Houston, Greenock including tracing paper showing drawing details of the building's plan, section, and elevations, all are in scale of 1:20.

Free hand sketch showing The Glasgow School of Art elevation from Pitt Street including some architectural descriptions, for example, the view of The Glasgow School of Art showing west side and part of south side and how different is was to the Neo-Classical buildings that were being built at the same time which belonged to where they originated in Italy and Greece whereas the Art School was designed with Scottish influences.

Free hand sketch showing the stonework and railings detail. "This detail is similar to one used in the Scotland Street School which helps to reduce the effects of the wall being a barrier between the building and the onlooker".

Free hand sketch showing some architectural details of Royal Exchange Square and describing the public circulation as:

• Arch much grander and seemingly larger than other side,
• View through Arch very exciting due to different colours of stones, some are greenery,
• Buildings facing definite traffic route visible (Buchanan St.) where people are seen walking one way and the other unlike on this side of Arch where several roads meet and there is random movement.

Free hand coloured drawings for different vernacular buildings in Scotland and England: Greenock, Fife, and Cumbria. The aim of these drawings is to study and understand the materials used at that type of buildings which are locally produced and manually built establishing Scottish vernacular building style.

Free hand sketches showing the ground floor plan of the selected design idea including the main access to the site, wind direction, and North signal. This drawing represents the second stage of the development design process.

Free hand sketch showing the upper floor plan in scale 1:100 representing the third attempt to develop the weaver's workshop design especially issues related to the staircase position and the spatial arrangement of the two bedrooms and bathroom.

Architectural drawings on cartridge paper represents the final submission of the weaver's house project on Colonsay. All in full details including furniture, levels, staircase, services, interior materials as well as the construction methods and materials. The paper includes drawings of:

• Site plan scale 1:200
• Lower plan scale 1:100
• Upper plan scale 1:100
• Section AA and BB scale 1:100.

Architectural drawings on tracing paper representing the final submission of the weaver's house project on Colonsay. The paper includes drawings of axonometric sections.

Includes material to study the development of the bay window from different historical buildings covering different periods of time.

Architectural drawings on rolled greaseproof sheets to study the design of The Third Eye Centre in Glasgow as a side project which had been directed by the tutor of the third full-time year course. It consists of two sheets, a large rolled sheet, and a small rolled one. Greaseproof sheet has been used due to its cheap cost, stated by the architect.

Architectural drawings on a large rolled greaseproof sheet to study the design of The Third Eye Centre in Glasgow as a side project which is directed by the tutor of the third full-time year course. This large rolled sheet consists of the architectural drawing of the building's ground floor plan in scale 1:100 showing its main functional spaces. It also consists of an enlarged part of the ground floor taken from the front side of the building with its upper floor plan, both in scale 1:50. This sheet also includes a sectional perspective in scale 1:20 taken from cash desk booking focal point looking towards its both sides to upstairs floor. This drawing consists of several human figures with humourous comments to give a sense of the real life of this social space. The rolled sheet also includes a coloured drawing of the front façade in scale 1:20, where the architect coloured this drawing from the back of the sheet.

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing part of the entrance elevation, in scale 1:50, from the left hand side of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached to the next item to complete the elevation/section panorama. The enlarged scale allows the architect to create as much architectural details within the entrance elevation as this design stage presents the technical study. This drawing comes with no materials indicated.

Architectural drawing on tracing paper showing part of an enlarged plan, in scale 1:50, from the upper lounge and gallery corner of the graduation hall for Strathclyde University, where the cross section in the previous item has been taken. For presentation purposes, this sheet has been drawn to be attached below the item on the right hand side to complete the whole presentation panorama. The enlarged scale allows the architect to create as much architectural details of the structural elements and construction system. This drawing comes with no materials indicated.
This sheet also includes the upper part of the enlarged section which will present the fifth item of the lower part on the left hand side of this whole panorama.

Sketchbook created throughout Christopher Platt's study at The Mackintosh School of Architecture covering different buildings, locations, and landscape.

Sketchbook containing free-hand sketches created throughout Christopher Platt's study at The Mackintosh School of Architecture covering different buildings, locations, and landscape. These drawings show architectural details from indoor and outdoor views as self-observation undertaken by the student.

Scrapbook containing material collected throughout Christopher Platt's study at The Mackintosh School of Architecture. Contents include different articles, photos, and subjects from different magazines and other sources.

Entire range of student work from year 1 to year 5 with the exception of the year 3 part-time which he failed.
There is a small number of reports and essays as well and a boxed game and accompanying report which a student friend and Platt designed to teach students professional practice. This was their way of "avoiding writing a 4th year 10,000 word dissertation".

Please note that this material is not yet fully catalogued and therefore some items may not be accessible to researchers.

Material created during Christopher Platt's first year of studies. including projects relating to: understanding architectural design, pre-design stage site analysis, studying historical buildings, building construction, selected objects analysis, summer project.

Material created for Project 1, First Year including Site Analysis and buildings' facades for selected locations, one from global and the other from Glasgow Area. 6 Drawing sheets of architectural elements and details.

Two vertical sections showing how the light entered the temple, one through the doorways, the second through the skylight.

Three photographs from the converted church.
Photograph 1: analyses the interior design describing the furniture against the colours and textures of the background.
Photograph 2: describes the contrast between the chapel's original Gothic windows to the room upstairs which are lighted by the dormers.
Photograph 3: describes the setting room and the wrought iron staircase specially ordered from a Glasgow foundry.

Free hand sketch of an axonometric view from the window perspective point showing how the interior design meets the space requirement.