In this thread, I will try to explain architectural drawing techniques step by step as much as i can, most of the information here will be provided by me, and some other references will also be used ( which ll be mentioned at the end of the post) for whoever who wants to draw like an architect ,
Anyone who took drawing courses before, must be familiar with one of the most important disciplines in architecture which is called "Descriptive Geometry" ,
In this post, i ll start with some of it ;
So what is Descriptive Geometry?
- Descriptive Geometry is the science whose objective is two-way representation of 2D, or 3D space, the results of DP operations are accurate graphic products, able to describe objects and solve only graphically (not mathematically) all issues relevant to their shape, location and interaction,
In other words, DP is the study of space, it is study of objects in space and their position and orientation relative to each other,
When we think about the space, we think of the region beyond earth; space ships, stars, planets,
But actually this is not the only type of space, space is all around us, space is defined as open area, as you look around, areas that seem to contain nothing can be referred as space..
As we know, there are only three dimensions to space, or to objects in space, height, width and depth. Movement can be described using a combination of only 3 possible directions - vertically (up or down) laterally (left or right) and laterally at right angles to side movement (backwards or forwards)
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Next we will be looking at the graphics we will be using, which are:
Points
Lines
Planes
A Point
A point has no dimensions (it does not have height, depth or width) therefore it occupies no space. A point is an indicator to highlight the exact position of a certain location or object.
Lines
A line is the path of a moving point. Lines can be straight, curved or a combination of both. As we noted points do not have dimensions (height, length or width) nor do they occupy space.
Planes
A plane or “planar surface” is created when a straight line moves along a path. When the path that the straight line (generatrix) moves along is another straight line (directrix) a perfectly flat or planar surface is created.
--More to come soon..
Anyone who took drawing courses before, must be familiar with one of the most important disciplines in architecture which is called "Descriptive Geometry" ,
In this post, i ll start with some of it ;
So what is Descriptive Geometry?
- Descriptive Geometry is the science whose objective is two-way representation of 2D, or 3D space, the results of DP operations are accurate graphic products, able to describe objects and solve only graphically (not mathematically) all issues relevant to their shape, location and interaction,
In other words, DP is the study of space, it is study of objects in space and their position and orientation relative to each other,
When we think about the space, we think of the region beyond earth; space ships, stars, planets,
But actually this is not the only type of space, space is all around us, space is defined as open area, as you look around, areas that seem to contain nothing can be referred as space..
As we know, there are only three dimensions to space, or to objects in space, height, width and depth. Movement can be described using a combination of only 3 possible directions - vertically (up or down) laterally (left or right) and laterally at right angles to side movement (backwards or forwards)
Next we will be looking at the graphics we will be using, which are:
Points
Lines
Planes
A Point
A point has no dimensions (it does not have height, depth or width) therefore it occupies no space. A point is an indicator to highlight the exact position of a certain location or object.
Lines
A line is the path of a moving point. Lines can be straight, curved or a combination of both. As we noted points do not have dimensions (height, length or width) nor do they occupy space.
Planes
A plane or “planar surface” is created when a straight line moves along a path. When the path that the straight line (generatrix) moves along is another straight line (directrix) a perfectly flat or planar surface is created.
--More to come soon..