Architectural Drawing II and Laboratory

Module Laboratory of Architectural Drawing II

The laboratory aims to provide students with theoretical and practical training in the field of knowledge, documentation and two and three-dimensional representation of existing architectural heritage, using advanced digital tools and methodologies. During the training activities, students will develop skills in integrated surveying, critically and consciously applying various data acquisition and analysis techniques — including direct, instrumental and photogrammetric surveying — in architectural and urban contexts. The ultimate aim is to train professionals capable of working effectively in the territory, mastering tools and methodologies appropriate to each specific context, from architectural to urban scale. Particular attention will be paid to the correct graphic representation of historical assets, with reference to the different scales of representation and in respect of the morphological, material and historical characteristics of the built environment.

The program shares the following Agenda 2030 objectives: SDG 4 – Quality Education: development of digital skills and new professional profiles; SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth: technological innovation as a driver for new qualified employment; SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities: protection and enhancement of historical, artistic, and cultural heritage.

Teaching will mainly be conducted in a frontal mode, with theoretical lessons and graphic exercises in the classroom, to be carried out with a ruler and set square on the topics covered. Intermediate submissions of graphic works are planned. Activities will also include practical exercises in the classroom and on-site surveys. Students will be assigned a group project involving architectural surveying (direct, instrumental and photogrammetric), to be developed during the course and presented at the exam together with the exercises carried out. Each group will be assigned a historic-architectural building to survey and represent graphically in a comprehensive manner. Students will also be required to carry out documentary and archival research ( Cadastre, Municipal Technical Office, Historical and State Archives, oral sources, etc.) to reconstruct the design history and original form of the building.

Students must have taken the Architectural Drawing 1 and Architectural Drawing Laboratory 1 examinations. Attendance at the History of Architecture 1 course is also recommended.

70% attendance of the course hours is required.

The Architectural Drawing II Laboratory explores the content covered in the Drawing course in greater depth through practical exercises dedicated to survey drawing. In particular, it addresses the topics of digital surveying, 3D modelling and the study of the geometry underlying architectural design, with the aim of producing complete graphic documentation of the site under study. Students are required to critically examine the surveyed architecture, using software dedicated to instrumental and photogrammetric surveying (topographic surveying, SfM techniques, photogrammetric rectification) and to graphically translate the results into interpretative models capable of rendering the architecture in its physical-material and stylistic-formal consistency.

Di Guardo D., Il disegno a mano libera come primo atto della composizione architettonica, Aracne Editrice, Roma 2008

Docci M., Manuale di disegno architettonico, Ed. Laterza, Bari 1992

Docci M., Maestri D., Storia del rilevamento architettonico. Ed. Laterza, Bari 2002

Docci M., Maestri D., Manuale di rilevamento architettonico e urbano, Ed. Laterza, Bari 2002

Docci M., Teoria e pratica del disegno, Ed. Laterza, Bari 1996. 

The final exam is individual and can only be taken after completing and consigning both the graphic drawings with ruler and set square and the CAD survey project drawings. There are intermediate deadlines for the consignment of the drawings. The exam consists of an oral discussion, during which the student will be invited to resolve and/or illustrate, using appropriate technical language and freehand drawing, some of the theoretical and practical content covered in class or developed in the Drawing II drawings. The discussion will also include a focus on the survey drawings and the theoretical concepts that form the basis of the practical phase carried out during the Laboratory.

The evaluation will take into account:

•    ability to apply survey methodologies appropriate to the project objectives;

•    proficiency in the correct drafting of a survey or project graphic at the appropriate scales;

•    ability to read and interpret graphics of surfaces in space.

Photogrammetric Survey: Guidelines and Methods for Use in the Survey Project

Instrumental Survey: 3D Laser Scanner

Differences Between Products Obtained from 3D Laser Scanner Surveys and Photogrammetric Surveys

Underlying Regulatory Traces