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Part of The Machine Project Field Guide to LA Architecture
Architectural Drafting for Hackers, Makers and Visionary Dilettantes
with Anne Hars
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Date & Time
May 21, 2013, 7pm–10pm
May 22, 2013, 7pm–10pm
May 28, 2013, 7pm–10pm
May 29, 2013, 7pm–10pm
June 4, 2013, 7pm–10pm
June 5, 2013, 7pm–10pm
Location
Machine Project
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Pricing
$125 for members
$150 for non-members

A 3-week architectural drafting class taught by Anne Hars at Machine Project, with assignments ranging from the practical to the fantastical.

No materials required, but a list of materials will be provided at beginning of class to be purchased at attendee’s discretion.

Learn how to take accurate measurements, draw to scale, and convey architectural ideas using old school pre-cad drafting tools and techniques. Whether you want to re-design your yard or your planet, basic drafting skills will help you describe your ideas accurately and with style. Throughout the class we also will be drawing inspiration from the drawings of Visionary Architects from the renaissance to the present.

In each class students will be encouraged to play with the tools and experiment with techniques. Handouts will be given out on the technical information with practice exercise that can be done out of class. In each class we will grok a visionary architectural drawing as well as a technical drawing as examples of techniques. After the first class, students will be given a list of recommended tools and can choose to purchase their own.

Class 1
Tuesday, May 21, 7pm–10pm
Class 1
with Anne Hars

Equipment and Materials – An introduction to leads and holders, lead weights and their different properties and uses, triangles and curves, the straight edge, templates, the compass, erasers and the erasing shield, scale rulers, tracing papers and various drawing surfaces.
Class 2
Wednesday, May 22, 7pm–10pm
Class 2
with Anne Hars

Architectural Drafting – Introduction to the conventions of architectural drawing. We will learn to “read” architecture plans, specifically looking at types of lines and what information each type of line may convey. We will learn about orthographic views: plan, section and elevation, and common symbols and what they mean.
Class 3
Tuesday, May 28, 7pm–10pm
Class 3
with Anne Hars

How to measure a space and then draw it to scale with clear dimensions.
Class 4
Wednesday, May 29, 7pm–10pm
Class 4
with Anne Hars

Basic introduction to perspective.
Class 5
Tuesday, June 4, 7pm–10pm
Class 5
with Anne Hars

Tones, textures and materials. We will go over techniques to represent materials.
Class 6
Wednesday, June 5, 7pm–10pm
Class 6
with Anne Hars

A short history of non standard, unconventional and “warped” views historically used to express the passage of time simultaneously in one drawing, the experience of passing through a space and the relationships between interior and exterior views.