Description: 

Students work in teams to measure an independent, standing structure in a public place and translate the information into a scale plan, elevations, sections, and axonometric drawings following basic graphic standards.

Objectives:

  • Draw accurate scaled drawings of a measured structure
  • Develop skills to graphically portray the space
  • Present your work to your classmates

Tools Needed:

Measuring tape, sketchbook

Drafting tools: pencils, erasers, drafting table with a mayline, triangle, trace or vellum (or other sheer white paper), architectural scale, drafting dots

Process:  

Part 4a: On-site (plaza-level subway elevator structure at Borough Hall station in front of the Kings County Supreme Court)

  • Work with the same teams as in Lab 3
  • Using the measuring skills learned in the classroom, measure the structure. Each team will measure a different part and you will all share the information with your classmates.
  • Document the site carefully with photographs, sketches, and measurements.

Team Breakdown and tasks:

  • Team 1: Plan
  • Team 2: North Elevation
  • Team 3: East Elevation
  • Team 4: South Elevation
  • Team 5: West Elevation

Part 4b: In-class

Developing 2D drawings using field documentation

  • Review: field documentation and measurements
  • Share the group measured drawings in Miro
  • Draw the plan. On 1 sheet of sketch paper, center the plan and draw at ¼” = 1’-0” scale

Part 4c: In-class

  • Draw 2 exterior elevations. On 2 sheets of sketch paper, draw all 2 elevations (door side elevation and an adjacent elevation) at ¼” = 1’-0” scale
    • Use the plan as the base, confirm with the measured elevation sketches, and construct the elevations
  • Upload your plans and elevations on Miro

Part 4d: In-class

  • Sections: using the plans and elevations created in Part 1, draft 1 section cutting through the doors
  • Use your elevation as a base to sketch the exterior profile/form of the space
  • Use measurements from the site work to determine the thickness of the ceiling and walls
  • Upload your plans and elevations on Miro

Part 4e: In-class (optional – extra credit)

  • Axonometric: using the plans, elevations and sections created in Parts 1 and 2; draft an axonometric of the building.
  • Use your plan set at a 60-degree or 45-degree angle as a base and your elevations to measure the heights and wall details.
  • Upload your plans and elevations on Miro

Deliverables:

Upload scanned or photographed complete drawings to Miro

Blank template for instructor’s use: Miro Template Lab 4

View student samples on Miro:

Summer 2023

Associated Lectures on Course Dropbox:

Lecture 5: Applying Lessons

Lecture 6: Plans & Sections