THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING

Course objectives

The course of Descriptive Geometry and Architectural design provides students the technical and cultural tools to be able to read, understand and represent anthropic space related mainly to existing building structures. This training process takes into account the inseparable relationship between the architecture and design based on the appropriate use of the methods of representation and on the communicative component of the graphic language The course "ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY" aims to give methodological tools to recognize and to understand the main architectural features of the Past: typologies, spatial shapes, construction techniques, functional qualifications, styles and esthetic appearances.This course covers a very long period of time, since the primordial ages of Greek civilization to the Modern Movement. A wide selection of works made by Masters of architecture will be studied in their historical, social and cultural context, to understand the reasons why architectural trends developed, examining the different construction techniques and its consequences on compositive and spatial level.

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Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
The course of Descriptive Geometry and Architecture drawing provides the technical tools and the cultural knowledge for reading, understanding and representing the anthropic environment in its various dimension, from urban plan until to a single building and its details. Any transformation activity on the anthropic environment refers to a project. During the idea phase of the project the drawing plays a fundamental role in relationship to the correct use of the representation methods and in relationship to communicative value of the graphic language. The aim of the course is to provide the scientific bases of the graphic language not only as fundamental means of knowledge and project control but also as educational tool of the shape prefiguration through vision and to control the geometrical, metrical and proportional relationships.
Prerequisites
Elements of geometry
Books
There isn’t a textbook Teacher’s course notes downloaded from the e-learning on-line platform
Frequency
It isn’t mandatory but strongly recommended, because the most part of work will be done in classroom
Exam mode
The final exam consists in: One (CAD) exercise in classroom Presentation of the personal note collection (sketchbook and digital A4 drawings) Exposition of the homeworks (A3 digital drawings)
Bibliography
No reference bibliography. During the course, reference will be made to the material provided by the instructor in the form of notes.
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseSustainable Building Engineering
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year1st year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDICAR/17
  • CFU9