Architectural Presentation and Rendering

Presentation and Rendering

Your skills as an architect on producing graphic documents or visual communication is very important to effectively present the architectural design solution to a specific audience or client.

This course should be sufficient to teach all the essential about visual communication and architectural presentation skills expected of new architects.

The architectural presentation is a required course within the architectural education architectural education curriculum. The most important goal of the course is develop through extensive practice the visual communication skills required to effectively present a graphic model of a final project or to highlight details on a project. Architectural presentation is also important as a way of producing and studying architectural problem to produce solutions.

The focus of this course is not on the use of monochrome media such as pencils, pen and ink; instead the focus is on digital architectural presentation tools such as 3D presentation. However, you should study and understand the importance of neat and legible freehand lettering before focusing on the development of 2-D and 3-D sketching skills.

You by the time you finsh studying this course you shopld be able to:

Explain the difference between Architectural/Engineering Presentation Drawings and
Architectural/Engineering Working Drawings

Understand the importance of planning, organizing, and sketching prior to beginning computer-aided drafting data input.

Produce architectural digital presentations drawings that effectively communicate the depth or
3rd dimension of an object, as well as material finishes and textures.

Use the techniques of shading, stippling, and cross-hatching, and to provide, value, tone
and contrast, and shade & shadow to enhance the geometric form of an object and the
overall sense or impression of a project.

Generate the 2-D orthographic views such as floor plans, elevations, and cross sections. And generate 3-D pictorial views such as perspective, axonometric, and oblique of a straightforward and simple architectural structure.

Describe how and where to effectively place the representation of trees (vegetation), people, and vehicles, and explain their role or value within an architectural presentation drawing.

Describe the importance of composition within a drawing, and the consistency and
continuity of composition within a set of drawings.

Generate a final set of Architectural Presentation Drawings for an architectural structure,including: Floor Planwith landscaping, Elevations, and a 3-D View.

The following graphical concepts will be explained mostly through extensive practice of 3D presentation and architectural rendering.

Tone and value
Architectural entourage such as scale figures, vehicles, vegetation, etc.

Shade and shadow

Texture and material representations

The following software will be used and explained:

Autodesk 3ds Max

Autodesk Maya

Blender

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