Class Info

  • Date: Tuesday, 2/22
  • Meeting Info: Voorhees V-305

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.

Topics

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

Architectural Scale:

Architectural Lettering:

To-Do After Class

  • Using two (2) 11×17 sheets:
    • Set up the title block on each sheet
      • All labels to use architectural letting
    • On sheet 1, draw the front and side elevations based on the measurements provided
    • Sheet 2 to have the back and opposite side
    • All elevations to be drawn at 1/4″ = 1′-0″