DRAD 1010 - Architectural Design 1

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Examine career opportunities in architectural drafting.
2. Recognize various student and professional associations within architecture and construction. (AIA, LEED, CSI, etc…)
3. Identify the education level required for career opportunities in architectural drafting.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will distinguish historical precedence and how it relates to current architectural styles and construction techniques.

Objectives:

1. Interpret architectural styles overtime as they relate to current practice.
2. Compare past construction techniques with current technologies.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will evaluate different phases of architectural design to construction.

Objectives:

1. Define the problem, collect information, brainstorm, analyze, develop solutions, present your ideas, improve design.
2. Create sketches illustrating students design and understanding of space and circulation.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will create architectural annotation, symbols, and line work to complete architectural presentations.

Objectives:

1. Identify proper drawing standards and scales.
2. Create preliminary drawing sets for presentation of ideas.
3. Construct orthographic projection.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will create drawings using axonometric projections.

Objectives:

1. Describe the differences between isometric, diametric and trimetric drawings.
2. Draw different views of various physical objects and from multi-view drawings.
3. Draw oblique projections.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to design and draw building plans.

Objectives:

1. Describe the types of plan drawings and what they represent.
2. Utilize graphical symbols for walls, doors, windows, fixtures and appliances to create ‘floor plan’ drawings.

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to design and draw interior and exterior elevations.

Objectives:

1. Describe the types of elevation drawings and what they represent.
2. Utilize graphical symbols for walls, doors, windows, fixtures, appliances and materials to create interior and exterior elevation drawings.

Outcome 8: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to create building section drawings.

Objectives:

1. Describe the types of section and what they represent.
2. Utilize graphical symbols for walls, doors, windows, fixtures, appliances and materials to create building and wall section drawings.

Outcome 9: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to create scale models from designs.

Objectives:

1. Utilize modeling tools and equipment in a safe, efficient and accurate manner.
2. Describe the types of models typically constructed in an architectural office.

Outcome 10: Upon completion of this course, students will create small projects using CAD/BIM software programs for architecture design and construction documents.

Objectives:

1. Describe the types of software used in our industry and their applications.

Outcome 11: Upon completion of this course, students will create a course architectural design portfolio.

Objectives:

1. Present a collection of drawings created in the course.
2. Identify the portfolio creation process.

1. Architecture profession
2. Historical precedence
3. Phases of design and construction
4. Annotation, symbols, graphics
5. Perspective drawing
6. Building plans
7. Interior and exterior elevations
8. Building and wall sections
9. Scaled study models
10. Computer generated drawings
11. Course Design Portfolio