Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be better able to:

• Prepare professional looking drawings using the graphic language, conventions and standards of the building industry.
• Read and interpret the design ideas and technical information that are described in architectural drawings.
• Employ drawing conventions, symbols and dimension standards.
• Produce drawings using a variety of media, especially graphite and ink on vellum.
• Use drawings as a creative problem-solving tool when developing plans, sections, and elevations.
• Use free-hand sketching as a tool for quick graphic communication.
• Document existing building conditions by site-measuring existing spaces and generating the appropriate drawings.
• Produce a simplified version of a design development package for a small residential project that includes a site plan, floor plans, section, elevations, and a detail.
• Understand three-dimensional drawing (axonometric) using information from plans, sections and elevations.

Effective as of Spring/Summer 2007