Class Info

  • Date: Monday, February 8, 2021 — 2:30-5:50pm
  • Zoom Meeting Info will be provided via email

To-Do Before Class

Complete all To-Do items, Activities, and Assignments from the Class 1 Agenda.

Purchase course supplies.

Topics

  • Architectural principles from Vitruvius
  • Continue introduction to architectural sketching
  • Introduction to measuring + scale

Objectives

  • Demonstrate understanding of some basic concepts, principles, and vocabulary from Vitruvius
  • Demonstrate some basics of architectural sketching — line quality, one- and two-point perspective

Activities

  • Review Assignment 1 + share your sketches
  • Class discussion + Slides: Organizational structures in Architecture
  • View video on sketching
  • Practice free-hand sketching with attention to line quality and proportion, using one- and two-point perspective

To-Do After Class

  • Purchase sketching supplies and drafting supplies as listed here. ADDITION — you will need some method of measuring. This can be a free app for your phone, or a 12′ or 25′ tape measure.
  • Submit all work due today to this Dropbox if you haven’t emailed to me yet.
  • Sketching Assignment:
    • Watch the Video we viewed in class; complete or redraw your sketch of a building from last week that you began in class.
    • Complete or redraw your sketch from the image of the building you chose to bring to class, using sketching tips from the video and from our class discussion.
    • Choose an interior view in your home or elsewhere, and sketch a 1 or 2-point sketch perspective.
  • Writing Assignment:
    • Read this article on Sketching by Chris Wilkinson, and write a 1-page reflection that answers these 2 questions:
    • Why is sketching important to you?
    • Why is free-hand sketching important to the author of the article?
  • Submit your Sketching and Written work for Assignment 2 to Dropbox here.
    • note: we will review formatting + submittal requirements in class.
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