INTERNATIONAL BURCH UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Department of Architecture
2017-2018
| SYLLABUS |
| Code |
Name |
Level |
Year |
Semester |
| ARC 106 |
Visualization I |
Undergraduate |
1 |
Fall |
| Status |
Number of ECTS Credits |
Class Hours Per Week |
Total Hours Per Semester |
Language |
|
3 |
|
74 |
English |
| This course investigates drawing as a means of architectural communication and as a generative instrument of formal, spatial, and tectonic discovery. Principles of two- and three-dimensional geometry are extensively studied through a series of exercises that employ freehand and constructive techniques. Students work both on manual drawing and computer drawing. All exercises are designed to enhance the ability to visualize architectural form and volume three-dimensionally, understand its structural foundations, and provide tools that reinforce and inform the design process. |
| COURSE OBJECTIVE |
| The primary objectives of the course are to explore various approaches to solving drawing problems both manually and digitally. In the first part of the course, the emphasis will be placed on developing the student\\'s ability to see and understand how to create life-like representation of real forms and how to select appropriate approaches and technique to create effective free hand drawings. In the second part of the course the students are expected to learn the essential skills in Photoshop in order to be able to develop a similar sensitivity in digital form. |
| COURSE CONTENT |
- • Introduction • Free-hand drawing principles and techniques
- • Gesture line drawing I
- • Gesture drawing II
- • Contour line drawing I
- • Rendering techniques I
- • One point – Perspective
- • Two point / 3 point – Perspective
- Week 8 Midterm
- • Water colour techniques
- • Collage
- Photoshop • Introduction to interface and basics
- Photoshop • Image enhancing – Commands and options
- Photoshop • Image enhancing
- Photoshop • Image enhancing
- • Final Project Consultations
|
| LABORATORY/PRACTICE PLAN |
- • Introduction • Free-hand drawing principles and techniques
- • Gesture line drawing I
- • Gesture drawing II
- • Contour line drawing I
- • Rendering techniques I
- • One point – Perspective
|
- • Two point / 3 point – Perspective
- Week 8 Midterm
- • Water colour techniques
- • Collage
- Photoshop • Introduction to interface and basics
- Photoshop • Image enhancing – Commands and options
- Photoshop • Image enhancing
- Photoshop • Image enhancing
- • Final Project Consultations
|
| Description |
- Interactive Lectures
- Practical Sessions
- Assignments
|
| Description (%) |
| Class Deliverables | 10 | 50 | | Final Exam | 1 | | | +project | 1 | 30% |
|
| Learning outcomes |
- Acquire basic hand drawings skills
- Combine effective composition with the development of a personal style.
- Observe proportional relationships between objects.
- Apply proportional relationships to drawings by utilizing ratios.
|
| ECTS (Allocated based on student) WORKLOAD |
| Lecture (14 weeks x Lecture hours per week) | 14 | 1 | 14 | | Laboratory / Practice (14 weeks x Laboratory/Practice hours per week) | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Midterm Examination (1 week) | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Final Examination(1 week) | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Preparation for Midterm Examination | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Preparation for Final Examination | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Assignment / Homework/ Project | 1 | 6 | 6 | | Seminar / Presentation | | | 0 |
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