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Aims :

The main objective of the course is to make students aware of how Drawing, the designer’s central means of expression, interacts with a large number of disciplines such as the physiology of vision, descriptive geometry, design methods, construction and production techniques. The principal characteristic of Drawing is an ability to communicate with the maximum effectiveness a design’s value and potential.

Topics :

The scientific bases of Drawing directed at knowing and predicting phenomena through a process of clarification achieved by means of Representation using the vast range of available IT tools. An overview of the problems connected with the methods of Representation of graphic design : orthographic projections, axonometric projections , perspective, free-hand drawing in the phase of design conception. Drawing for architectural design. Relationship between design methods and use of Representation. Design work : plane planimetry , front views and sections, architectural and construction details. Technical regulations, symbols and graphicmeanings.CAD: limitations and scope; main CAD programs. Representation for urban planning, symbols and graphicmeanings. Cartography, General and detailed city plans. Survey and its uses. Main Survey methods: direct, automatic , photogrammetric. Critical survey and history. An overview of automatic survey: Photogrammetry and Computer Graphics. The main programs of photogrammetric Rectification in the survey of architectural and/or urban works.

Textbooks :

M.Docci, Teoria e pratica del Disegno, Ed. Laterza;
M.Docci, Manuale di Disegno architettonico, Ed. Laterza;

D. Maestri e M. Docci, Manuale di Rilevamento architettonico e urbano, Ed. Laterza;

AA.VV. Il Disegno nelle facoltà di Ingegneria, Ed. Gangemi;

R. Marcato, La rappresentazione dello spazio architettonico, Ed. Calderoni;

P.Taus e altri, Esperienze di Rilevamento automatici, ed. Clua;

P.Taus, La restituzione prospettica nel rilievo dell’Architettura, Ed. Clua;
M. Fondelli, Trattato di Fotogrammetria urbana e architettonica, Ed. Laterza;
G.Parra e R. Gagliardi, I metodi di Rappresentazione, Ed. Flamini;
Manuale dell’Autocad 2004.

Exam :

During the course, the students will develop an annual individual design (a plate )and a group survey (max 4 students) of an architectural and/or urban artefact (4 plates). This work will be collected in the form of graphicworks, preferably on electronic media. The exam will consist of the evaluation of this work and of the theoretical teaching.

Tutorial Session :

Professor Taus will be available for the students at his D.A.R.D.U.S. office on Wednesdays from 10.30 to 16.30.