ARC1018 : Architectural Representation 2
- Offered for Year: 2025/26
- Module Leader(s): Dr Stephen Parnell
- Owning School: Architecture, Planning & Landscape
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
The aims of the module are to enable students to understand and create digital communication methods for architectural design and practice, specifically:
1. Create a 3D digital model of an existing building from plans, sections, elevations, and photographs in a CAD application such as SketchUp (or equivalent).
2. Create sheets of 2D drawings (plans, sections, elevations, 3D views) from the model to communicate the design of the building and its context.
3. Understand the role of digital communication tools in architectural practice.
4. Core computer skills for an architectural context.
5. To understand and practise key architectural communication ideas in a digital context, such as scale, lineweight, drawing composition.
Outline Of Syllabus
Students will be offered a range of 20th-century buildings of various complexities to model and will choose 1 to represent digitally.
They will build a digital 3D model of the building from given drawings and photographs and their own research.
They will then create a set of 2D drawings taken from the 3D model to communicate the building appropriately.
Teaching will be hands-on with demonstrations of the 2D and 3D CAD packages used, and workshops for the creation of the digital representations.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 6 | 1:00 | 6:00 | To provide additional skills support |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 2 | 3:00 | 6:00 | Online demonstrations to teach key 2D & 3D CAD skills |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 8:00 | 8:00 | Prepare set of drawings for submission |
| Guided Independent Study | Skills practice | 8 | 3:00 | 24:00 | Exploring and practising skills independently |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 8 | 3:00 | 24:00 | 3D modelling and 2D technical drawing workshops |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 31:00 | 31:00 | Self-directed learning supported by provided resources |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Module talk | 2 | 0:30 | 1:00 | At the start of each week to introduce topics and related activities |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
This is primarily a skills-building module where students are taught how to use a computer for 2D and 3D digital representation and communication of a building in a professional architectural context.
The rationale is therefore to teach through online demonstrations which can be recorded for re-viewing, and hands-on practice in a supervised workshop environment. The module relies on specialist teaching knowledge and practice from both internal staff contributors, as well as external contributors from professional architecture practice and/or contributors with specialist knowledge of 2D and 3D digital representation and communication software.
Relevant supportive online tools (such as LinkedIn Learning and/or Youtube) are also curated and made available for students.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | 2 | M | 100 | A set of drawings generated from the 3D digital model. Marked as Pass/Fail. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
A structured approach to 2D CAD drawings, 3D computer modelling, image manipulation, and rendered videos is assessed focussing on key architectural communication attributes such as drawing composition, lineweights, control of scale, shading.
Additionally, a journal is submitted to assess the learning process.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- ARC1018's Timetable