| Course Unit Title | OBSERVATION AND SKETCHING |
| Course Unit Code | BACOM01 |
| Course Unit Details | BA Architecture (Expression and Representation) - |
| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 3 |
| | Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:- Define general ideas, methods, techniques and issues of sketching as a way of communication of a visual language, presentation of ideas, and rendering of expression.
- Identify the use and need of drawing in visualizing concepts and plans in art and architecture and recognize how these could be translated and actualised in reality.
- Apply drawing skills in order to examine and solve advanced technical, compositional and conceptual problems.
- Analyze the significance and meaning of perspective drawing and pictorial space and experiment by questioning spacial relations conceptually and in representation
- Create with alternative methods of composition, by constructing new ideas using issues of conventional rendering systems, and invent how these could be applied in expressing innovative ideas.
- Evaluate the outcome of their work, justify the solutions to their drawing projects and appraise the significance of drawing in the advancement of their visual language.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
| Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE |
| Recommended optional program components | NONE |
| Course Contents | · A General introduction to a survey of concepts, methods, and issues of sketching as a vehicle of visual organization, thought, and expression.
· A comprehensive exploration of drawing techniques and concepts designed to expand awareness of the art of drawing and to expose students to issues relevant to contemporary art and architecture.
· Exploration of the subject of drawing through lectures, discussions, critiques, and of the process of making images and objects. Emphasis is given to shading, drawing techniques, composition, and sensitivity to shape and form, advanced technical and compositional skills in order to provide a basis for creative growth and expression.
· Provide students with a working knowledge of the fundamental theories of linear perspective and the role they play in the development of drawings. Throughout the term, the class will progress from setting up simple drawings to more complex perspectival compositions.
· An intensive focus on experimentation, process, content/thematic focus, and numerous drawing strategies. Exploration of alternative drawing methods and the process of drawing as a vehicle of personal expression, thought, and creative discourse.
· Enhance their oral and visual communication skills for maximum effectiveness. Focus on the visual presentation of their work such as use of materials, layout rules and other presentation techniques.
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| Recommended and/or required reading: |
| Textbooks | - Peter Cook, Drawing: The Motive Force of Architecture (John Wiley& Sons, 2008)
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| References | - Neil Spiller, Visionary Architecture: Blueprints of the Modern Imagination (Thames and Hudson: Reprint Edition, 2007)
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, presentations and demonstrations but mainly though their studio practices. Students go though personal tutoring, group critiques and final assessments. |
| Assessment methods and criteria | | Class Participation | 20% | | Exercises | 10% | | Mid-term presentation 1 | 15% | | Mid-term presentation 2 | 15% | | Final Presentation | 40% |
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| Language of instruction | Greek |
| Work placement(s) | NO |
