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Design Graphics 1: Drafting and Drawing of the Built Environment

Course Description

Using Tongva Park, students study design, program, and planting. Drawing, observing, and creating a hand-drawn plan are the outcomes.

Course Objectives

• Acquire working knowledge and use of scale, scale conversions, and proportions
• Acquire working ability to use a drafting and drawing process
• Acquire working understanding of 1- and 2-point perspective
• Demonstrate the ability to make detailed observations of the built environment and apply them to graphic communication and decision making
• Acquire the ability to select, draft and draw a section line and elevation from a 2D layout plan and express the 2D information in a drawn 3D vignette 1- and 2-point perspective

About This Course

Students learn introductory drafting, lettering and perspective drawing techniques as they relate to the field of Landscape Architecture and professional standards. All work product is developed from Tongva Park, a real site located in Santa Monica. At the end of this course, students make a presentation to the instructor and visiting guests. The students present a package of work product that includes hand drafting of a dimensioned site plan, section/elevations and perspective sketch.

Program Application

This course applies toward the following programs:

Landscape Architecture

• certificate The profession of landscape architecture is a multidisciplinary field that weaves together design, environmental systems, sustainability, construction knowledgeas well as land and water conservationto influence place making, and to create designed outdoor living spaces. Whether you want to design a national park, or a modest, water-efficient backyard, landscape architecture can give you the skills and abilities to change the places you live, work, and play for the better.