How do you draft the impossible?

Midterm & Final Telescope

Sonja Tessaro

Midterm Exercise: The Space Hunter Telescope

For the midterm project, the task was to create a detailed descriptive geometry drawing of an object of personal passion. The chosen object was a "SPACE HUNTER TELESCOPE," depicted in blue on white paper. The drawing features a comprehensive set of technical views: a large isometric drawing on the right shows the telescope mounted on a tripod, complete with a finder scope and counterweight. On the left, orthogonal projections including a top view, front view, and side view are presented.

Final Exercise: The Infinity Scope

The final project required taking the original object and developing it into an "impossible" iteration, exploring the confines of its form with the conceptual aid of AI. The result is the "INFINITY SCOPE," rendered in pencil and blue ink. This drawing shows the telescope and its stand transformed into an irrational, intertwined, knotted structure. The isometric view on the right clearly illustrates the complex, flowing, and interconnected tubes and the twisted, ornamental base. The orthogonal projections on the left (top, front, and side views) further analyze this impossible geometry. 

A project made in the course

Descriptive Geometry Group A & B - 2026

Descriptive Geometry of 2026 was a blend of human and the machine. Students learned at the beginning how to draw in orthogonal, isometric, and perspective views—a hand-mind correlation, the language of representation. Then they had to redraw together with the machine a new iterated design. Draw by hand, by the machine, 3D print, and create.
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