Understand the importance of architectural drawing.

Use all techniques of tonal value and rendition.

An is a technical drawing of a building (or building project)
that falls within the definition of architecture. Architectural drawings are used by architects and others for a
number of purposes: to develop a design idea into a coherent proposal, to communicate ideas and concepts, to
convince clients of the merits of a design, to assist a building contractor to construct it based on design intent, as
a record of the design and planned development, or to make a record of a building that already exists.

Architectural drawings are made according to a set of conventions, which include particular views (floor plan,
section etc.), sheet sizes, units of measurement and scales, annotation and cross referencing.

Historically, drawings were made in ink on paper or a similar material, and any copies required had to be
laboriously made by hand. The twentieth century saw a shift to drawing on tracing paper, so that mechanical
copies could be run off efficiently. The development of the computer had a major impact on the methods used to
design and create technical drawings,[1] making manual drawing almost obsolete, and opening up new possibilities
of form using organic shapes and complex geometry. Today the vast majority of drawings are created using CAD
software.

This module provides an avenue to answer the following questions:

• Why is it important to study context and designing?

DEEPEN YOUR UNDERSTANDING

This inclusion of the physical environments was done primarily by extending the
ground line or plane and indicating the adjacent form. The importance of providing
context in architectural drawing lies in the need to design and evaluate architecture
in relationship to its environment, whether urban or rural, old or new.
The purpose of this section is to enable you to indicate as clearly as possible, without
obscuring the focus on architecture, not only the physical but also the human 1. Why is it important to
context, and in so doing to indicate also the scale and use of the spaced depicted. study context and
designing?

• People
• Furniture
• Cars
• Trees/Landscaping/Ground Textures

Use only those contextual devices necessary to communicate context,

scale, and usage.
Draw contextual devices simply, with a minimum of detail.
Never obscure structural and space- defining elements and their
relationships.
The size, weight (value), and placement of contextual devices must be seen
as important elements in a drawing’s overall composition.
The viewer of a drawing relates to the human figures within it; he becomes one of them and thus is drawn into the
scene.
• The purpose of placing human figures in an architectural drawing is to indicate scale.

• The placement of human figures can indicate spatial depth and levels.

• The number, disposition, and dress of human figures can indicate usage of a space.

• Proportion
• Size
• Attitude

The human figure can be broken down into seven equal parts;
the head is one- seventh of the total body weight.

It is generally easiest to start human figures with the head at eye level.
In orthographic and paraline drawings, the 5’- 6’ height can be scaled,
in perspectives the horizon line.

Figures above or below the level of the viewer can first be sized as
if on the same level and then shifted up or down as required.
 • Indicate activity appropriate to the space.
• Avoid stiff, upright figures and hyperactive groups.
• In composition, utilize both groups and solitary figures that are consistent with the usage of the space.

Figures can be abstractly outlined for use in a pure- line drawing with shades of gray so as not detract from the
focus on the architecture, or they can be given detail that is consistent with the sale, composition, and style of
the drawing.

It is a good practice to collect and compile a file of magazine and newspaper photographs of people and their
activities to provide tracers for various situations.

Each one of us inevitably develops his or her own style of drawing.

 Drawing furniture in conjunction with people helps to keep them in scale.

Keep furniture simple in plan

Be realistic with the placement- This is to indicate roadways, parking areas and scale. Drawing cars in conjunction with
people helps to keep them in scale.
In addition to the indicated scale trees, landscaping, and ground patterns portray the characterof a site, whether
hilly or flat, wooded or barren, urban or rural, and are important means of providing value contrast in a drawing.

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Entourage should never compete with but rather act as a foil for the architecture that is being illustrated.
 The style of an architectural drawing should be consistent throughout: Freehand entourage in a
freehand drawing. Hard- line entourage (abstracted as required) in a hard- line drawing.
The amount of detail rendered should be consistent with the scale of the drawing.

The type of foliage used in an architectural drawing should be appropriate to the geographical location of the architecture.

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 DRAWING TIME

Place your oslo paper horizontally on your drawing board and secure it using a masking tape.
Use the same format in making border and guidelines from the lesson 1.
Write the needed information following the given format.
Be guided by the following rubrics.

The output was accurately done.

Two to five errors are observed on the output.
Six to ten errors are observed on the output.
No errors made on the output.
Two to three errors are made on the output.
Four or more errors are made on the output.
All information’s are completely indicated and legibly printed.
Information’s are legibly printed but some are missing.
Information’s are legibly printed but some are misspelled.
The output submitted before or on the given time.
The output submitted 1 to 2 days after the given time.
The output submitted 10 days beyond the given time.
 Illustrate/draw the different context (people, cars, and trees) on your oslo paper You can use any medium.

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Identify the following by choosing the appropriate answer below. Write the letter of the correct answer.
(1-10)
Car
Furniture
People
Tree

Entourage should never compete with but rather act as a foil for the architecture that is being illustrated.
In orthographic and paraline drawings, the 5’- 6’ height can be scaled, in perspectives the horizon line.
Keep this simple in plan.
Be realistic with the placement to indicate roadways and parking areas and the scale.
The type of foliage used in an architectural drawing should be appropriate to the geographical location of the
architecture
Keep this simple in plan.
The important feature of human figures, aside from their disposition are proportion, size and attitude.
The number, disposition, and dress can indicate usage of a space.
Drawing of this context in conjunction with people helps to keep them in scale.
In composition, utilize both groups and solitary figures that are consistent with the usage of the space.
 REFERENCES

Frank Ching, (1996). Architectural Graphics third edition, A Division of International Thompson Publishing Inc. 90-111

Manaois, German M. (1997). Drafting Volume II. Quezon City: Phoenix Publishing House Inc.,

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