Class Info

  • Date: Tuesday, November 10, 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 – 9 Agendas and SUBMIT to the appropriate link on the Assignment Posts page. Use the OpenLab gradebook to check for missing items (and let me know if there are any errors).

Activities

  • Week 07+09 PowerPoint
    • study the five buildings on slides 9 through 19
    • in your sketchbook, freehand a quick “parti” sketch of each building – five quick sketches . . . 30 second sketch per building! (parti sketches can capture a plan idea or section idea or both)
    • which building do you think is most interesting or successful?
    • using a few of the architectural terms #1-12 (slide 3 of the PowerPoint), support your choice
  • Study Axonometric Drawings slides
    • draft an axonometric of the simple box at 1/8″ or 1/4″ scale and using the dimensions on the slide
    • draft another axonometric using one of the simple shapes on the last slide
  • Architectural lettering demonstration
  • Individual “desk crits” for Project #2 – Section through a 2-Story House

To-Do After Class

  • Complete the drafted measured drawings for Project 2 — Section through a 2-Story House
    • One longitudinal section & two end elevations
    • Follow all instructions on the PowerPoint, slides 21-23
    • Refer to slide 24 as an example of good architectural construction drawing graphics
    • Submit completed Project 2 drawings on the Assignment Posts page, before midnight, Monday, November 16
  • Write into your sketchbook and provide a sketched illustrations or example for each of the new vocabulary terms (items 12-22) on slide 3 of the PowerPoint
  • Watch the “How to Write Like an Architect” video & practice using the Lettering Worksheet
  • Complete the in-class assignments – parti sketches & two axonometric drawings – and submit on the Assignment Posts page
  • Extra Credit – axonometric of your Tiny House or the MIDTERM house