2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Architectural Design and Drawing I
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Taisuke Yamazaki / Ryo Murata / Yasuhito Fujita / Naoto Kizu
- Class Format
- Experiment (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Mon / 7-8 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ARC.A201
- Number of credits
- 002
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1-2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course is a design studio to learn basic skills for architectural design.
The first assignment is to trace drawings of a remarkable house by freehand for an exercise, and the second assignment is to design a detached house whose building conditions are organized by students themselves.
Course description and aims
The goals of this course are as follows:
1) To learn precise drawing representation skills through trace assignments.
2) To learn methods for analyzing and gaining an understanding of past exceptional works from an architecture standpoint through short assignments.
3) To gain a precise understanding of given conditions through design assignments, and learn approaches for connecting them to spatial representations, as well as to learn skills for adequately explaining design intent with words through a presentation.
Keywords
architectural design and drawing, wooden house, detached house
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course is held in the drafting room, where students will make drawings using a pre-arranged drafting table, and drawing tools purchased individually. The instructor will give a general explanation at the beginning of the assignment. During class the instructors and TAs will move around the drafting room, giving individual guidance suited to student's respective progress.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | guidance, instruction of drawing tools and textbook, announcement of assignments | Confirm the schedule of this class. |
| Class 2 | assignment 1-1; rough drawing in pencil | Practice with drawing tools. |
| Class 3 | assignment 1-1; fair drawing in pencil | Practice with drawing tools. |
| Class 4 | assignment 1-2; rough drawing in pencil | Practice with drawing tools. |
| Class 5 | assignment 1-2; fair drawing in ink | Practice with drawing tools. |
| Class 6 | assignment 1-3; perspective drawing | Review the drawing method of perspective. |
| Class 7 | assignment 1-4; structural modeling | Practice with tools for making a model |
| Class 8 | assignment 2; esquisse 1; research and analyze of a building site. | Visiting the site is expected. |
| Class 9 | assignment 2; esquisse 2; study of plot plan and floor plan of the building | Making a rough sketch on tracing paper. |
| Class 10 | assignment 2; esquisse 3; study of section and structure of the building. | Making a rough sketch on tracing paper. |
| Class 11 | assignment 2; midterm presentation. | Explain the concept of work briefly with rough sketches and models. |
| Class 12 | assignment 2; drawing 1; rough drawing of the project | The balance of drawings in 1 sheet must be important. |
| Class 13 | assignment 2; drawing 2; fair drawing of the project | The final drawings are expected to be sharp and strong. |
| Class 14 | assignment 2; drawing 3; fair drawing of the project and preparation of final presentation. | The final drawings are expected to be sharp and strong. |
| Class 15 | assignment 2; final presentation. | Explain the characteristics of work concretely with final drawings and models. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 50 minutes preparing for class and another 50 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
nothing
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Francis D.K. Ching
Evaluation methods and criteria
A sharp and strong drawing based on precise understanding of the building is excellent on the first assignment.
On design project, students are expected to develop their ideas continuously and express it by drawings and oral presentation.
The evaluation of the students in this course is based on a total score of all the assignments.
Related courses
- Descriptive Geometry and Drawings
Prerequisites
Students of Department of Architecture and Building Engineering have priority.
Other
Nothing.