Learning objectives
The course aims to supply students, through the development of practical exercises conducted independently by practising freehand drawing, with the mastery of manual and mental tools of design as a method of study through the two-dimensional representation of the spatial reality or, in other words, of architectural forms and lines. The following are needed for this: knowledge of the main concepts, methods and techniques of plane representation and their historical and contemporary use, the acquisition of the main “forms” of drawing as the language of architecture, the identification of the relationships between architectural forms, elementary geometry and its mathematical reference-models, practice in manual drawing as a mental reference, through graphic study of complex forms and surfaces with identification of the constituent elements and of the laws governing the relationships, up to the “reconstruction” of simplified explanatory models.
Course unit content
relationships between drawing, geometry and architecture, ‘models’ of reality and representation ‘dimensions, 2D reality: drawing - procedures and techniques in the historical representation of architecture. Drawing modes - perception and description. Scientific representation methods - projections. Drawing languages - technical conventions. Mental drawing tools - order and proportion (modules, grids, symmetries and repetitions). Drawing rules - shape and transformation (aggregation and growth, dimensions, directions, guidelines). Work topics: particular forms of architecture: the spiral - natural examples, constructed examples, particular forms of architecture: the landscape - natural elements, constructed elements
Bibliography
R. Migliari, Geometria dei modelli, rappresentazione grafica e informatica per l'architettura e per il design, Edizioni Kappa; Roberto de Rubertis, Il disegno dello spazio, Edizioni Kappa Rudolf Arnheim, La dinamica della forma architettonica, Feltrinelli; Francis D. K. Ching, Costruire per illustrazioni, CALDERINI Paper Architecture, New Projects From the Soviet Union, Rizzoli New York; M. Rossi, Strade d'acqua - dal rilievo del territorio al disegno del paesaggio, Mattioli, 2004 C. Pozzi, Ibridazioni architettura/natura, Meltemi, Roma, 2003 A.G. Giusti, Disegno Automatico 2d e 3d. "Dalla Geometria descrittiva al disegno automatico 1",La Geometria dei Poliedri Regolari. Malaspina. Massa. 2000-2001 A.G. Giusti, Disegno Automatico 3d. "Dalle proiezioni ortogonali al disegno automatico 2" Malaspina. Massa. 2000-2001 A.G. Giusti, Controllo e Costruzione della Prospettiva Assistita. "Dalle proiezioni ortogonali al disegno automatico 3" Circolo Leonardo. Massa 2001-2002 B. Aterini, Appunti dalle lezioni del corso fondamenti ed applicazioni della geometria descrittiva, Alinea, Firenze, 2000 U. Saccardi, "Applicazioni della Geometria Descrittiva" Libreria Fiorentina, Firenze, 197 Reference books: C. Bedogni, I luoghi del disegno, Città Studi Editrice, Roma, 1994 R. De Rubertis, Disegno dell'architettura, La Nuova Italia Scientifica, Roma, 1994 M. Docci, Manuale di disegno architettonico, Latera, Bari, 1985 Il manuale dell'architetto Text for in-depth study: Marco Vitruvio Pollione, De architectura libri X, a cura di franca Bossalino, Edizioni Kappa Roma, AA.VV., Taccuino di Villard de Honnercourt, Jaka Book Leon Battista Alberti, De Architectura P. Portoghesi, Natura e architettura, Miller, La sezione aurea, Longanesi, W. Thomson, Crescita e forma, BoringhieriB. Ernst, Lo specchio magico di M. C. Escher, Taschen Sgrosso, De Rosa, Giordano, La geometria dell'immagine - Storia dei metodi di rappresentazione, UTET, Milano, 2002 L. Vagnetti, L'architetto nella storia d'occidente, Teorema, Genova, 1973 E. Panofsky, La prospettiva come forma simbolica, Feltrinelli, Milano, 1961 Handbooks on specific software programs: Bill Fleming, Advanced 3D Photorealistic Tecniques, WILEY Bill Fleming, 3D Creature Workshop, IMAGO Edizioni Mark Gianbruno, 3D Graphics & Animation, New Riders Paolo G. Mancia, Archicad Guida Avanzata, APOGEO Ted Boardman, 3DS Max 5 Guida completa, APOGEO Gorge Omura, Autocad 2002 Guida completa Autori vari, Inside 3D Studio Max, 3 voll., New Riders John Kundert-Gibbs, Peter Lee, Maya 4.5 Guida completa, APOGEO Autori vari, Maya Guida avanzata, New Riders Photoshop 7 Tutto & oltre, APOGEO Adobe Illustrator CS - Classrom in a Book, Adobe Press Adobe Photoshop CS - Classrom in a Book, Adobe Press, Pearson Specialized periodicals: Computer Grafica, Computer Gazette, 3D Professional, Computer Arts
Teaching methods
The contents of the course are acquired through coordinated teaching with the other teaching units of the course based on the basic specific subjects of architectural representation. The knowledge students have acquired of the fundamental tools used in this discipline and their capacity to tackle and study autonomously a spatial and/or formal problem will be evaluated through a drawing with an in-depth study of a single examination topic under different view-points, that are specific for the three subjects.
