IDENTIFYING DATA 2019_20
Subject (*) TECHNIQUES OF REPRESENTATION Code 22204005
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in Architecture (2010)
Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Basic Course Second
Language
Català
Department Predepartment Architecture Unit
Coordinator
SAMPER SOSA, ALBERT
E-mail albert.samper@urv.cat
josue.andreu@urv.cat
Lecturers
SAMPER SOSA, ALBERT
ANDREU AGUADÉ, JOSUÉ
Web http://https://moodle.urv.net/
General description and relevant information Curs d’expressió gràfica arquitectònica que profunditza d’una manera pràctica en les noves tècniques de representació, i familiaritza l’estudiant en l’entorn digital.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A1 Ability to apply graphic procedures to the representation of spaces and objects.
 A2 Ability to conceive and represent the visual attributes of objects and control proportion.
 A3 Ability to carry out technical drawings.
 A4 Ability to carry out technical drawings on computers.
 A5 Knowledge of systems of spatial representation adapted and applied to architecture and urbanism.
 A8 Adequate knowledge of all phases of graphic surveying, from sketch drawing to scientific restitution, applied to architecture and urbanism
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 B2 Resoldre problemes complexos de forma efectiva en el camp de l'Arquitectura.
 B3 Critical, logical and creative thinking, and an ability to innovate
 B4 Autonomy, responsibility and initiative
 B5 Teamwork, collaboration and sharing of responsibility
 B6 Clear and effective communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in public or a specific technical field
 B9 Spatial vision
 B10 aesthetic sensitivity
 B11 General graphical skills
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
 C2 Be advanced users of the information and communication technologies
 C3 Be able to manage information and knowledge
 C4 Be able to express themselves correctly both orally and in writing in one of the two official languages of the URV

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A1 Graphic surveying of buildings and urban spaces through the application of conventional techniques and scientific restitution.
 A2 Graphic surveying of buildings and urban spaces through the application of conventional techniques and scientific restitution.
 A3 Graphic surveying of buildings and urban spaces through the application of conventional techniques and scientific restitution.
 A4 Graphic surveying of buildings and urban spaces through the application of conventional techniques and scientific restitution.
 A5 Graphic surveying of buildings and urban spaces through the application of conventional techniques and scientific restitution.
 A8 Graphic surveying of buildings and urban spaces through the application of conventional techniques and scientific restitution.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 B2 Understand problems and be able to break them down into manageable parts.
 B3 Experiment with new procedures.
 B4 Present results in the appropriate way in accordance with the bibliography provided and before the deadline.
 B5 Help to draw up and apply the team’s work processes.
 B6 Analyze, appraise and respond to the questions they are asked during an oral presentation.
 B9 Interpret the geometry of the space and the objects in the systems of space representation
 B10 Composa With aesthetic criteria
 B11 Expresses synthetically the forms and the architectural spaces
Type C Code Learning outcomes
 C2 Use software for off-line communication: word processors, spreadsheets and digital presentations.
 C3 Critically evaluate information and its sources, and add it to their own knowledge base and system of values.
 C4 Produce grammatically correct oral texts.

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Sketch
The student will be confonted with an exercise of fast and instantaneous representation of a building in both media. Scan and vectorization.
Survey Measureing (manual) and dihedral geometric drawing (digital) of a building. Plotting to scale. Correction and manual retouching of the drawing. Study of the capacities of each medium.
Modeling
Manufacturing of a three-dimensional model of the building.
Preparation of digital three-dimensional views and visualizations.
Work with abstract views.
Plot in different formats: raster, vector, plotter; hidden lines, etc.
Comparison with the real object.
Photography Work with photographs (in film and digital).
Digitization of photographs in different resolutions.
Photographic retouching and handling of images.
Performing of model renderings and comparison with photographs.
Catalogue The student will have to sort out and catalog according to different criteria a series of representations of the building. A part of the exercise will consist of creating linear narrations - according to the traditional format; It will also be necessary to create non-linear multidimensional (hypertextual) narrations.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
2 0 2
Lecture
A5
A8
10 0 10
Fieldwork/excursions
B4
B9
B11
6 9 15
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A8
B2
B3
B5
B6
B10
C2
C3
39 81 120
Personal attention
3 0 3
 
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Brief introduction to the course, its contents, the mechanics and evaluation criteria.
Lecture Explanation of the theoretical concepts necessary for a good knowledge of the digital environment, and the subsequent elaboration of the exercises.
Fieldwork/excursions Field trips will be made to know first hand the buildings of the exercises. The student will have to take notes, drawings and mesurements for the subsequent preparation of the exercises.
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom The course will consist of six exercises, carried out on the same object. To that end, a series of buildings will be distributed among students in public spaces. The course is developed in a traditional workshop format, although the workspace will be double: the drawing board and the computer.
Personal attention Students and their problems and questions will be taken care of one by one. The workshop format allows this personalized attention very well.

Personalized attention
Description
Most of the personalized attention will be carried out in the drawing room, where students will work on their exercises with the constant presence of professors. The student is expected to bring his work and the questions and doubts that arise in the classroom, to solve them jointly with the proffessors. The lecture lessons are planned to establish a question time for clarification of doubts. In addition, the student can request personalized assistance outside class hours, if applicable, by arranging an appointment with the teacher (eg through the Moodle platform or by email).

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A8
B2
B3
B5
B6
B10
C2
C3
The course will consist of six exercises carried out always on the same building/space/object. To this end, a series of relevant buildings will be distributed among students.
The final mark will be the average of all the exercises, in the sense that, in order to be approved and qualified in 'continuous evaluation', students must submit ALL the exercises.
90
Others  

Attendance and participation in class, workshop, field trips, and all course activities.

10
 
Other comments and second exam session

The final mark will be the arithmetic average of the mark for each of the exercises. However, since the exercises incremental (i.e. each one is based on the previous one) to complete and be qualified in 'continuous evaluation' (first call), ALL and EACH ONE of the exercises must be delivered without exception.

For the second call, it will be required to complete the same number of exercices as the other students. These will be evaluated with the same criteria as for the continuous evaluation. However, the greater availability of time will be taken into account when evaluating the quality and quantity of the results presented.


Sources of information

Basic William Mitchell & Malcom McCullough, Digital Design Media, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995
Jacques Bertin, Sémiologie graphique: Les diagrammes - Les réseaux - Les cartes, Editions de l'EHESS, 1968
William J. Mitchell, The reconfigured eye : visual truth in the post-photographic era, MIT Press, 1992
James D. Foley et al., Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice in C, Addison-Wesley, 1992
Tomas Thorspecken, Urban Sketching: guía completa de técnicas de dibujo urbano, Gustavo Gili, 2014
, Revista EGA, ,
Juan José Gómez, Lino Cabezas, Juan Bordes, El Manual de Dibujo: estrategias de su enseñanza en el siglo XX, Cátedra, 5a ed. 2011
Lino cabezas, Dibujo y construcción de la realidad : arquitectura, proyecto, diseño, ingeniería, dibujo técnico, Cátedra, 2011
Villanueva Bartrina, Lluís, La Forma moderna: História de la Representación Arquitectónica y del Diseño, Ed. Departament d'Expressió Gràfica Arquitectònica 1 UPC, 2004
Villanueva, Lluís; Nocito, Gustavo, Representació geomètrica en arquitectura: Dibuix tècnic i modelatge arquitectònic, Edicions UPC, 2010


Complementary

Recommendations


Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING I/22204001
DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY II/22204004
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING II/22204002
DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY I/22204003
 
Other comments
Good knowledge at a user level of some CAD software is required. A good level of drawing is indispensable.
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.