Course Overview

Professional planners must be able to communicate their design concepts through graphical means. Use of hand and technical drawings, colour renderings, computer modelling and graphic layout design all are vital means of communication with councils, development authorities, developers and communities. To boost this communication knowledge and skills on graphics as well as ability to be creative and proficient in producing works that are graphically well presented are paramount. This course would introduce undergraduate planning students to different concepts and techniques on use of graphic elements, colour and science of composition and student would gain competence in drawing conventional architectural drawings manually.

Course Objectives

The course is designed to achieve:

·       the importance and scope of graphics in urban planning;

·       elements of graphics and the key principles of using these elements in graphical composition;

·       conventional architectural drawing;

·       students’ ability to produce and read architectural drawings at plot and site scale. 

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

Once completed students will have the abilities to:

·       Reproduce their knowledge of colour, composition and software skills;

·       Demonstrate their ability on architectural drafting;

·       Draw and interpret the conventional architectural drawing at plot and site scale.