Visual Studies I

Catalog description

Visual Studies 1 is an introductory course that focuses on the topics of analog and digital drawing and modeling in architectural design. The course emphasizes how the computer can be engaged in architectural design and visualization methods, and introduces students to operative procedures, techniques and technologies for constructing drawings and models that support and promote formal and spatial discoveries. Principles in descriptive geometry will provide the underpinnings for creating visual expressions of shapes and volumes that explore the relationship between analog/digital and two-dimensional/three-dimensional information. The communication of design intent will be established through the understanding of line work, tone, color and other drawing conventions rooted in historical and contemporary modes of architectural representation.