ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHIC

IDURA MOHD GHOUSE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE USIM

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SYNOPSIS ARHITECTURAL GRAPHICS PRESENTATION provides knowledge on medium and tools, typography, basic free hand sketching, architectural drawing language and techniques (2D and 3D drawings), and understanding the components of architectural presentation drawings.

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MEDIUM AND BASIC TOOLS This topic introduces medium and basic tools for drawing. TYPOGRAPHY This topic explains the use of appropriate types of lettering for graphics presentation. FREEHAND DRAWINGS This topic covers the importance of sketches, characteristics of lines, scale and proportion, pen and pencil rendering techniques and entourage. THEORY OF COLOURS This topic explains theory of colors and color media used in architectural presentation drawings. PERSPECTIVE DRAWING This topic covers one point and two point interior and exterior perspectives

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MEDIUM AND BASIC TOOLS 1.1 Understand medium and basic tools for drawing 1.1.1 Recognize grades for pencil and types of pen suitable for drawing and sketching 1.1.2 Recognize types of paper used for pencil, pen drawing and colour media. 1.1.3 Recognize paper sizes - A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5

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TYPOGRAPHY 2.1 Understand types of lettering 2.1.1 Use appropriate types of lettering for graphic presentation.

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FREEHAND DRAWINGS 3.1 Understand how to draw sketches 3.1.1 Recognize the importance of sketches in architectural presentation drawings 3.1.2 Explain viewing direction and orientation as guidance to produce good graphic drawings 3.1.3 Explain the characteristics of lines line types, line weights and line quality

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FREEHAND DRAWINGS 3.1 Understand how to draw sketches 3.1.1 Recognize the importance of sketches in architectural presentation drawings 3.1.2 Explain viewing direction and orientation as guidance to produce good graphic drawings 3.1.3 Explain the characteristics of lines line types, line weights and line quality

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Understand scale and proportion 3.2.1 Recognize the importance of scale and proportion in sketching 3.2.2 Use of thumb as a tool to determine scale and proportion of desired object 3.2.3 Produce sketches from real view 3.2.4 Produce sketches from imagination 3.2.5 Produce sketches of architectural elements related to 3.2.3. -3.2.4

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Understand pen and pencil rendering techniques 3.3.1 Render using point technique 3.3.2 Render using vertical and horizontal line techniques 3.3.3 Render using cross- hatching techniques 3.3.4 Render using the combination of point, line and cross- hatching techniques 3.3.5 Apply the rendering techniques to indicate shades and shadows in architectural drawing composition

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Understand entourage 3.4.1 Recognize the importance of trees, vehicles and human figure in presentation drawing 3.4.2 Draw vegetation, vehicles, furniture and human figures with correct scale and proportion in relation to architectural presentation drawings.

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THEORY OF COLOURS 4.1 Understand the theory of colors 4.1.1 Recognize colour wheel 4.1.2 Understand colour tone 4.1.3 Understand colour value 4.1.4 Understand colour chrome.

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Explain the colour media used in architectural presentation drawings. 4.2.1 Apply coloured pencil rendering techniques. 4.2.2 Apply water colour techniques 4.2.3 Apply marker techniques 4.2.4 Apply mixed media techniques

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PERSPECTIVE DRAWING 5.1 Explain one point and two point perspective 5.1.1 Construct interior and exterior views using one point perspective 5.1.2 Construct interior and exterior views using two point perspective