These initial studies also integrate aesthetic concerns with physical and psychological human factors and environmental influences. Class meets two days a week for 6 credit hours and is team taught by an interior designer and an architect. This course investigates and examines materials used in the creation and completion of interior space. Emphasis is on historical context, style and design influences, theatrical applications, creative use of materials, and techniques of material construction, with attention to detailing.
Students attend and participate in lectures, field trips, and research assignments.
Drawing the idea in perspective is the most widely used means of communication in the architectural profession. Rendering skills enable the designer to take a perspective line drawing to a more realistic, artistic, or expressive level. Specific methods of mixing and applying the different media to various surfaces are explored.