Introduction to Freehand Architectural Design

Overview

“Architectural plants are representations on a horizontal plane, that is, seen from above at a height determined by ourselves. When we draw architectural plans it is as if we cut the building or object horizontally to see its entire interior from above, including the materials from which the walls are made.”

In this video lesson Héctor López addresses the topic: Architectural plan: see the architecture from above, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Freehand Architectural Design. Learn how to illustrate a custom architectural space with layouts, perspectives, and human scale.

Partial transcription of the video

“Architectural plan: See the building from above We have already begun to exercise the observation muscle, and we begin to understand basic things like proportion and depth. However, we will now begin to tackle the architectural plan. The architectural plan is the most common visualization in architecture and it is the basis for understanding our architectural projects. From now on, what I'll do is draw architectural spaces that can be linked, I'll put some measurements and notes, while I explain to you the development of this type of drawing. For this purpose I will use my house, the apartm...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Freehand Architectural Design

• Level: Beginner
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• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 1m)
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• Category

  Architecture & Spaces, Illustration

• Areas

  Architectural Illustration, Architecture