Class Info

To-Do Before Class

  • Purchase a sketchbook (8”x10” or so), an architect’s scale, drawing pencils, a drafting board or t-square (to be used on a square edged table only) and a triangle.
  • Read Vitruvius, Ten Books of Architecture: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20239/20239-h/20239-h.htm
    • Book I, Chapter 2: The Fundamental Principles of Architecture
    • Book III, Chapter 1: On Symmetry: In Temples and in the Human Body
  • Writing Assignment: In Book III, chapter 1, Vitruvius relates symmetry to the human body. What does Vitruvius mean by symmetry? How is the human body symmetrical? How is a building symmetrical?
    • Write a 200- to 250-word (long paragraph) and describe what Vitruvius means by symmetry. Your paper should be written in full sentences in paragraph form using 12 point Ariel font on 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper. Place your name, date, course number (ARCH1101), professor’s name (Prof. Christo), and assignment number (Assignment 1) in a column in the upper left-hand corner of the paper.
    • Write a 200- to 250-word (long paragraph) and discuss the importance of the principles of Order, Arrangement, and Eurythmy as described by Vitruvius.
    • Submit essays in PDF or Word Doc format
      • Due Saturday, 9/11 by 12:00pm
      • Submit to Miro  

Topics

Introduction to Drawing

Activities

  • Vitruvius Reading Recap
  • Perspective Drawings
  • In Class Sketching
One Point Perspective
Two Point Perspective
Three Point Perspective

To-Do After Class

  • In your sketchbook
    • Make a drawing from a photograph of a complex rectilinear building (Robie House, Fallingwater, Unity Temple, for example)
    • Draw a coffee mug, cooking pot, chair, table, or other simple object in your home from multiple points of view (5 sketches)
  • Look up the vocabulary words below and be prepared to discuss them next class.