702-120 Design Communications 1A

This subject introduces graphic skills appropriate to design and building. These skills are taught through a series of constructed and freehand drawing assignments essential to the design thinking process. Tutorials are held in the studio and outdoors and are developed concurrently with the graphic skills required in Construction Technology 1A and Architectural Design 1A. Emphasis is given to development of orthographic and perspective drawing, delineation and representation of form and volume. In addition, content includes two modules: digital skills and life drawing.

Freehand and constructed drawing exercises held both outdoors and in the studio (63%), a three-hour perspective drawing test (7%), life drawing in class (15%), and a computer photoshop exercise (15%).

• D Cooper, Drawing and Perceiving. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 2nd edition, 1992.