Methods 2 is focused on learning and applying industry-standard tools to transform design concepts into intelligent visual and physical products to communicate ideas clearly. This unit focuses on analysis, technical proficiency and visual communication. The understanding of architectural and conceptual communication is initially achieved by Case Study analysis, and is then applied via personal interpretation expressed through evocative and experiential drawings, including sections and perspectives.
In this Unit, students also learned how to articulate and communicate architectural and design concepts visually in weekly software-centred workshops. These workshops include the development of basic skills in AutoCAD, Illustrator, Sketchup, Photoshop and lnDesign which will were used to explore design possibilities using architectural drawing, sketching, diagramming, collage, perspective-making, etc. The skills used in this unit form the foundation of the students' skills in architectural communication.
