Drafting and Design

This course is an introduction to the study of drafting and the elements of design.The first half of the year focus on the skills needed to draw a set of house plans using the traditional hands on method.As the method of creating a house plan is being studied, work will also be done with designs of personal spaces.The second half of the year will deal with what it means to be a designer, finishing a set of plans and how the student can make ideas into realities.There will be problem solving and building with materials.The course is open to 10th, 11th and 12 grades.
Textbook: Architectural Drafting and Design

COMPETENCY GOAL 1: The learner will develop critical and creative thinking skills and perceptual awareness necessary for understanding how a structure is conceived.Objectives:

• Plan and organize for creating a space.
• Devise and use strategies for imagining and implementing designs.
• Create multiple solutions in problem solving and discuss that some solutions are better than others.
• Show how ideas develop and evolve over a period of time.
• Use the vocabulary of drafting and design in written and oral form.

COMPETENCY GOAL 2: The learner will develop skills necessary for understanding and applying techniques, and processes. Objectives:

• Discuss and implement proper line uniformity, contrast and darkness.
• Discuss and use proper architectural lettering technique.
• Discuss and use basic technical drawing techniques.

COMPETENCY GOAL 3:The learner will develop skill with manual drafting equipment, tool and supplies. Objectives:

• Identify and use the following: pencils, leads, sharpeners, erasers, dusting brush, compass, dividers, templates, triangles, irregular curves, scales and papers.
• Discuss and draw a floor plan based on personal design.
• Discuss and draw an elevation based on the aforementioned plan.
• Develope presentation skills