Class Info

  • Date: Saturday, 9/17
  • Meeting Info: Voorhees V-833

To-Do Before 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.

Topic(s)

Introduction to Architectural Drawings: Measuring, Drawing, Dimensioning

Activities

  • Vocab Recap
  • Architectural drawings: plans, sections, elevations
  • How to use an architectural scale / In class drafting exercise
  • Architectural lettering
  • Setting up the title block
  • Assignment 1 Overview
Architectural-Drawings_Plan-Section-ElevationDownload
Lettering-WorksheetDownload
TITLE-BLOCKDownload

To-Do After Class

  • We have a field trip next class! Bring your sketchbook and something to draw with!
    • Location: Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn
    • Time: 12:30pm (start of class)
    • Meeting Location: Meet at the main entrance to the cemetery, at the corner of 5th Ave and 25th Street