School of Building Arts (SBLD)

This course covers the exploration, development of technique and application of rendering skills for architectural interiors and exteriors, furnishings, accessories and details through a variety of media including pen and ink, color pencil and markers. Emphasis is placed on material simulation and delineation techniques.

Building arts professionals must be competent at utilizing complex graphic representation techniques. This course addresses a wide variety of design representation, as well as teaches drawing as a tool for critical thinking. The nuanced language of three-dimensional design is examined through lectures and studio projects, surveying form and space, including plan/section/elevation, paraline drawing, perspective and rendering.

Students from a variety of disciplines within the School of Building Arts work as a team to research, conceptualize, and develop creative solutions for current design challenges. Specific projects vary from quarter to quarter. [This course may be taken up to three times for credit.]