A11REA Representation 1: Drawing and Descriptive Geometry 3.0 credits

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of geometry, drafting, and descriptive geometry for spatial visualization in architecture—both analog and digital methods. Students explore the potential of drafting in contemporary architecture and, from a historical perspective, how the role of drawings has changed since the Renaissance, especially since the twentieth-century introduction of digital representational tools for design (2D drafting and 3D modeling, or CAD) and manufacturing (CAM). In addition to lectures, the course is divided into three exercises:

Exercise 1: From physical object and analog notation to digital drawing;

Exercise 2: Manipulation of drawings and 3D models;

Exercise 3: Atmosphere in architectural presentations.

(Tools: AdobeCreative Suite, Rhino, AutoCAD, laser cutter. Can vary from year to year.)

Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• apply descriptive geometry to describe, analyse and represent form and its fabrication
• apply rules governing the organisation of line types, line weights and fields to create well-formed and composed drawings using drafting techniques
• develop an understanding of the relationship between analogue and computer-based processes for describing, analysing, representing and manufacturing form
• reflect on their learning in relation to the subject of architecture and the architectural profession

• MOMA - Element 1, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
• MOMB - Element 2, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Learning outcomes are assessed through presentations of the process and results in assignments specified at the start of the course. To receive a grade, students must submit all required assignments and maintain 80% attendance at lectures, seminars, tutorials, and review sessions. Students must also submit a reflection on their own learning.

Course module supplementation means that a student who has received a grade of F and is deemed to be close to meeting the requirements for a passing grade of P may be given the opportunity to complete supplementary work to achieve a passing grade. The course examiner decides whether supplementation is possible. The supplementary assignment is designed based on the learning objectives the student has not achieved. The student shall be given 15 working days to complete the supplementary work. After that, supplementary work may not be done, in accordance with KTH’s guidelines on course syllabi, grading systems, and examination.

James Hamilton

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.