IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
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 2Q
Language
Català
Department Predepartment Architecture Unit
Coordinator
SAMPER SOSA, ALBERT
 E-mail pau.desolamorales@urv.cat
albert.samper@urv.cat
josue.andreu@urv.cat
david.moreno@urv.cat
Lecturers
DE SOLA-MORALES SERRA, PAU
SAMPER SOSA, ALBERT
ANDREU AGUADÉ, JOSUÉ
MORENO GARCÍA, DAVID
Web http://https://moodle.urv.net/
General description and relevant information <div>The course is scheduled to be taught in person and this presence will be maintained if the regulations that may be issued by the health authorities and other competent bodies do not say otherwise, and the capacity requirements allow it. If there are changes they will be reported to the Moodle space of the subject.</div><div><br /></div><p> Architectural graphic expression course that deepens in a practical way in the new techniques of representation, and familiarizes the student in the digital environment. In the case of a new situation of state of alarm or territorial confinement, students will be informed, through the moodle of the subject, the relevant changes or modifications in the teaching curriculum. </p>

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
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

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
Type C Code Learning outcomes

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
A4
 6 9 15
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A8
 39 81 120
Personal attention
A4
 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). In an extraordinary situation (state of alarm or territorial confinement) students will also be served by video conferences.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A8
 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 and all of them must have a grade higher than 5.

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.

In case of an extraordinary situation (state of national alarm or territorial confinement), an extraordinary call can be foreseen. In this case, students would be informed of this new fact.

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.