Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

This course is intended to be an introductory drawing course and it is a required course for the  Architectural Design & Drafting program.  

Transferability of credit depends entirely upon the institu­tion to which the student wishes to transfer. 

The Architectural Design & Drafting Department should be consulted with respect to the cost of materials for this course. 

Students who may have a disability and wish an accommodation should make arrangements to meet with the instructor outside of class to discuss specific requests.  Any request for accommodation may require that documentation of disability be reviewed by the Office for Students with Disabilities

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

1. Communicate design ideas using architectural vocabulary.
2. Solve design problems using diagramming and freehand perspective sketches.

This is a studio-based class; assignments, discussions, and seminars will take place in class, and attendance with all equipment is expected.  Assignments will revolve around studio exercises, discussions, out of class assignments and critical reviews.

• Participation in studio work sessions, class discussions and critiques.
• Proper and timely completion of class projects, which demonstrate effective use of knowledge.
• Evaluation procedures will be presented at the first class meeting.  Student grades will be based on satisfactory com­ple­tion of assigned.

Learning to see/draw: what we see, not what we think we see.

Freehand perspective sketching: seeing, drawing and understanding existing landscape, interiors and buildings; accurately recording visual and structural organizations.

Technique: use of line and adding color, shade and shadow, light and texture to drawings.

Diagramming: learning to see, draw and record using analytical sketching tools.

Lettering.

Drawing floor plans and elevations to scale.