You will learn how to draw design drawings.
In this class we will study the history of architectural drawings and learn how to produce your own drawings.
What are architectural drawings: ( according to Wikipedia)
An architectural drawing or architect's drawing is a technical drawing of a building (or building project) that falls within the definition ofarchitecture. Architectural drawings are used by architects and others for a number of purposes: to develop a design idea into a coherent proposal, to communicate ideas and concepts, to convince clients of the merits of a design, to enable a building contractor to construct it, as a record of the completed work, and to make a record of a building that already exists.
Architectural drawings are made according to a set of conventions, which include particular views (floor plan, section etc.), sheet sizes, units of measurement and scales, annotation and cross referencing. Conventionally, drawings were made in ink on paper or a similar material, and any copies required had to be laboriously made by hand. The twentieth century saw a shift to drawing on tracing paper, so that mechanical copies could be run off efficiently.
The development of the computer had a major impact on the methods used to design and create technical drawings,[1] making manual drawing almost obsolete, and opening up new possibilities of form using organic shapes and complex geometry. Today the vast majority of drawings are created using CAD software.[2]
In the first few weeks we will start by drawing using pencil and paper. Hand drawings existed for several thousand years today architects and builders find the ability tos sketch and draw on paper a very fast an effective way to share ideas.
This video is a great example of how to draw by hand
What are architectural drawings: ( according to Wikipedia)
An architectural drawing or architect's drawing is a technical drawing of a building (or building project) that falls within the definition ofarchitecture. Architectural drawings are used by architects and others for a number of purposes: to develop a design idea into a coherent proposal, to communicate ideas and concepts, to convince clients of the merits of a design, to enable a building contractor to construct it, as a record of the completed work, and to make a record of a building that already exists.
Architectural drawings are made according to a set of conventions, which include particular views (floor plan, section etc.), sheet sizes, units of measurement and scales, annotation and cross referencing. Conventionally, drawings were made in ink on paper or a similar material, and any copies required had to be laboriously made by hand. The twentieth century saw a shift to drawing on tracing paper, so that mechanical copies could be run off efficiently.
The development of the computer had a major impact on the methods used to design and create technical drawings,[1] making manual drawing almost obsolete, and opening up new possibilities of form using organic shapes and complex geometry. Today the vast majority of drawings are created using CAD software.[2]
In the first few weeks we will start by drawing using pencil and paper. Hand drawings existed for several thousand years today architects and builders find the ability tos sketch and draw on paper a very fast an effective way to share ideas.
This video is a great example of how to draw by hand
In the first few weeks we will start by drawing using pencil and paper. Hand drawings existed for several thousand years today architects and builders find the ability tos sketch and draw on paper a very fast an effective way to share ideas.
We will learn standard drawing conventions
Then we will learn how to produce 2 dimensional architectural drawings using AutoCad and other design software.'
We will also will learn how to use Sketch Up to produce 3 dimensoinal models
By the end of the class each student will be able to produce a full set of architectural drawings that can be used to build a simple structure that each student will design.