SH003 - DRAWING OF THE HABITAT

The course is designed to guide students on a comprehensive learning journey, starting from the foundations of analogue drawing and progressing to the most advanced digital drawing techniques. The first part of the course focuses on developing manual skills and visual perception through practical workshops and the study of manual representation techniques like chiaroscuro, hatching, and managing color to create depth and volume. We will then delve into geometric representation methods, including perspective, orthogonal projections, and axonometry in all their variants. In parallel, lectures will explore the history of representation, analyzing urban drawing at various scales and teaching how to represent the relationship between solids and voids, as well as different types of historical and contemporary buildings. Once these fundamental skills are mastered, the course shifts to digital drawing. This phase introduces essential software tools for the profession: from vector drawing with CAD to basic concepts of using GIS platforms and managing digital terrain models (DEM/DTM) in a 3D environment. Students will learn to draw masterplans and contour lines, graphically enhance their outputs using software like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, and manage scale transitions by adding details to improve communication. The final part of the course is dedicated to 3D representation, exploring architectural and landscape photography, rendering, and territorial modeling. This transition from 2D to 3D is crucial for providing students with the most contemporary tools, paving the way for success in subsequent exams and their future careers. The program concludes with a final workshop where students can apply all the acquired knowledge to an assigned theme, supported by partial submissions to monitor their individual growth in graphic skills.