Class Info

  • Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2020
  • Meeting via Zoom: Link and passcode will be provided to all students via email

To-Do Before Class

Complete all To-Do items, Activities, and Assignments from the Class 1 & 2 Agendas.

Topics

Architectural concepts and vocabulary

Measured drawings and scale

Objectives

  • Demonstrate understanding of concepts, principles, and vocabulary terms through application to a building analysis — Kahn’s Kimbell Art Museum
  • Demonstrate development of architectural sketching techniques — plan, elevation

Activities

  • Review vocabulary terms
  • Practice observation and description with Kahn’s Kimbell Art Museum
  • Collaborative review of sketching tips and techniques
  • In-class sketching assignments — measured drawing, plan, elevation, section
  • Slides related to the above activities are included in the Week 3 PowerPoint

To-Do After Class

  • Complete the in-class sketch assignments A and B, with dimensions (see the Week 3 PowerPoint for details)
  • Begin the drafted measured drawing assignment C based on your hand sketches as described in the Week 3 PowerPoint
  • Write into your sketchbook the vocabulary terms from Class 2 as reviewed today in class, with definitions in your own words (and/or an annotated sketch or image); add the following additional terms from today’s class discussion:
    • hierarchy, secondary, primary, tertiary
    • dome, barrel vault
    • scale, human scale
    • direct lighting, indirect lighting
  • Write into your sketchbook the six tips from the video “Top 6 Architectural Sketching Techniques” (link on the Course Resources page)
  • SUBMIT the above four assignments using links on the Assignment Posts page
  • Finish Purchase of sketching supplies and drafting supplies as listed on the Syllabus. ADDITION — you will need some method of measuring. This can be a free app for your phone, or a 12′ or 25′ tape measure.
  • Watch: How to Read an Architect’s Scale (the last video under Course Resources)
  • If you are unsure about plans and elevations: watch the fourth video in Course Resources, “Plans and Elevations”