What are Architectural Drawing Conventions? First Year Architecture Lecture 

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I’m 14 too and watching for the same reasons 😅

Good on you@@JensyGarcia-or2ty

same lol

Well done@@ElissaFraser

Thank you, Bruno!

Thank you for sharing, that’s great to hear. Thank you for your kind words too.

Thanks, Frank!

How kind of you. Thank you for watching.

Glad it was helpful!

Great to hear!

That’s great, I’m glad I could help. A favourite book on Architecture basics is called “101 Things I Learned in Architecture School” Then, after that, another great entry book for architecture is called “Thinking Architecture” by Peter Zumthor. Enjoy, and let me know how you go.

Glad you think so!

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

Glad you like them. The way I structured our course is Sketchup first to give students the opportunity to learn the fundamentals and play with 3D forms, Rhino second to explore boundless creativity, and Revit third to tie in with their gained knowledge of construction techniques, materials and legislation. To answer your question, Sketchup would give students more freedom to explore, and could lead to many different pathways, whereas Revit is really a tool for documenting how something must be built. Of course you can be creative in Revit too, but I argue that at a high school level, it will be easier to be creative in Sketchup. Ultimately, it’s up to the students, you, and the intention of the curriculum.

Thank you, more coming soon hopefully.

Glad I could help! I recommend talking to current college students studying architecture. They will be much closer to the action than I am. (I finished my Masters degree over 10 years ago, and I’m sure my opinions will be different to someone who is currently studying.) All the best!

Glad you liked it!

Never too late, Doc. I have students in their 60s, 70s and 80s with similar stories. You could do a one year Diploma or a three year undergrad course to learn all the fun stuff without worrying about all the professional certification that comes later. Some of our students are happy just doing the three year course and designing small projects for themselves, family and friends. No need for the professional architect registration for that kind of work. Enjoy.

@@ChrisMewburn Definitely something I am considering in a few years time.

My pleasure!

Ha! Thank you.

Very kind of you!

Glad you enjoyed the video. That’s the whole class.

Good on you! You're certainly ahead of the curve.

@@ChrisMewburn I mean it’s nothing crazy because it’s only first year architect. I’m going into my 2nd year of highschool.

Also I wanted to ask, are you an architect? Or do you just teach others?

Sorry if I’m asking to questions but I was kind of curious why their is a cut from A-A and a cut from b-b. Why would you need a cut that’s going through an architectural floor plan?

@@zgamez3419 The cuts represent where the sections would be cut. If you're interested in learning more about how architectural drawings work, read Julia McMorrough's Drawing for Architects.

AutoCAD first and then I clean them up in Adobe Illustrator so that lineweights are appropriate for the screen presentation.

Thanks so much!

Never too late. I have students in their 70s

Never too late. Depending on your university, they might let you add one or two architecture units to your degree as electives.

Generally speaking - width, you usually have a wider external door to allow furniture and appliances to get in; and the thickness/solidness of the door leaf. Many practices will draw internal doors without a leaf (rectangle) for the door and just us a single line, reserving the full leaf (rectangle) for external doors only to represent the difference.

Go for it!

You're welcome 😊

“Mill” is millimeters. 100mill is about 4 inches :)

@@ChrisMewburn thank you!

Curtin University. This lecture was Perth/Boorloo, Australia, but Curtin has other international locations too.

Glad you think so. Thanks!

I’d love to if I had the time. I am a full-time lecturer at Curtin University, and my workload is already stretched beyond capacity. I do also teach online in the Architecture course with Open Universities Australia, so if you were part of their course I’d be able to meet with you briefly to chat. Otherwise, I try to post all my content here and on my website for free, so you can have it all.

Fair enough. The students are the ones giving the answers, but there are no room mics, so there’s not much I can do about that. Try listening with headphones to see if you can hear the answers. Otherwise, they’re all universal dimensions, that’s the whole point of “conventions” - so you can look them up too.

@@ChrisMewburn anyway thanks for sharing!

Glad you enjoy it!