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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ARCH 26B | Title:
VISUAL COMMUNICATION 2 |
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| Full Title:
Visual Communication 2 |
| Last Reviewed:12/14/2015 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 2.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 1.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 17.50 |
| Minimum | 2.00 | Lab Scheduled | 3.00 | 8 min. | Lab Scheduled | 52.50 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 4.00 | | Contact Total | 70.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 35.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 105.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
ARCH 62B
Catalog Description:
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Continued development of manual architectural graphic communication skills including: gesture drawings; sketching from the environment and reference materials; advanced one- and two-point perspective drawing; rendering; and architectural drawings using both freehand and instrument approaches.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of ARCH 26A; OR Course Completion of APTECH 45 and ARCH 85A
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100; AND Concurrent Enrollment in ARCH 60B and ARCH 61B.
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Continued development of manual architectural graphic communication skills including: gesture drawings; sketching from the environment and reference materials; advanced one- and two-point perspective drawing; rendering; and architectural drawings using both freehand and instrument approaches.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of ARCH 26A; OR Course Completion of APTECH 45 and ARCH 85A
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100; AND Concurrent Enrollment in ARCH 60B and ARCH 61B.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Spring 2010 | Inactive: | Fall 2021 |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Spring 2010 | Inactive: | Fall 2021 |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Execute advanced freehand sketching and rendering techniques.
2. Draw natural and built objects from the observable environment.
3. Prepare advanced one point and two point perspective drawings from reference material.
4. Design and execute two-dimensional presentations composed of drawings, images and/or text.
5. Design and execute instrument and freehand technical architectural drawings such as a Floor Plan, Site Plan, Foundation Plan, Roof Framing Plan, Section and selected Details.
Topics and Scope
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I. Advanced drawing, sketching and rendering
A. Advanced drawing composition
B. Advanced sketching and rendering techniques
1. Tools: pencil/pen/marker and collage
2. Forms, shapes and volumes
3. Color, textures, light and shadows
C. Drawing natural and built objects in the observable environment and from secondary sources
II. Advanced gesture drawings: Applying sketching and rendering techniques to gesture drawings
III. Advanced perspective drawing
A. Review of one- and two-point perspective principles
B. Advanced two-point perspectives
C. Complex landscape and human elements in perspective drawings
D. Advanced rendering of perspective drawings
E. Representing materials, transparencies and reflections
F. Use of color in perspective drawings
IV. Advanced light and shading techniques
A. Review of solar path and altitude
B. Shadow casting on buidings and the environment
C. Use in perspective and other drawings
V. Presentation drawings
A. Planning and organizing a presentation
B. Developing presentation drawings, images and text
C. Presentation composition and execution
VI. Instrument and freehand drafting: architectural drawings
A. Review of orthographic drawing systems and drawing techniques
B. Preparing and executing architectural drawings such as: Floor Plan, Site Plan, Framing Plans, Section and Details
1. Review of drawing organization and content
2. Review of convention and common code requirements
3. Review of drawing requirements: line types, line widths, density and lettering
Assignments:
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1. 15-30 pages of reading per week
2. 2-4 two-page analysis of reading/reaction papers
3. 1 sketch journal for weekly drawing assignments
4. 10-20 drawing exercises
5. 2-4 drawing projects
6. 3-6 technical architectural drawings
7. 2-4 quizzes and 1 final exam and/or final drawing project
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
10 - 15% |
| Analysis of readings | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
30 - 50% |
| Drawing exercises and projects and architectural technical drawings | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
20 - 40% |
| Drawing exercises, sketch journal, and technical architectural drawings | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
10 - 20% |
| Quizzes and final exam and/or drawing project | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
0 - 0% |
| None | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Instructor prepared materials
Ching, Francis D K. Architectural Graphics. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 4/e, 2003. (Classic)
Ching, Francis D.K. Design Drawing. New York: Wiley, 1998 (Classic)
Winter, Nathan B. Architecture is Elementary. Gibbs Smith Publishers., 2005.
Benedict, William R. Design and Drawing 1.1. El Corral Publications, 2008.
Benedict, William R. Design and Drawing 1.2. El Corral Publicaitons, 2007.
Edwards, Betty. Color: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors, Tarcher, 2004.
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