48-132 Architectural Drawing I: A Tactile Foundation Units: 9.0 Department: Architecture Related URLs: http://www.arc.cmu.edu Architectural Drawing I: A Tactile Foundation is the introductory course in a sequence of three drawing courses required by the school of architecture for its professional degree program. It consists of exercises in free-hand perspective, orthographic drawing, and general life-drawing. Part 1 focuses on volume, Part 2 on contour, and Part 3 on mass: a structure that parallels, in some respects, the on-going work in 48-100. Topics are introduced through figure drawing and lecture demonstrations and subsequently applied to architectural subjects. The approach of each part is based on the work of Kimon Nicholaides as presented in his landmark book, the Natural Way to Draw. Part 3 provides a review of earlier work as well as two joint projects with the design studio 48-100. This course is open to other disciplines.

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