Instruments & Materials

 

 

 

You probably own most of the following instruments and materials from your first year studio courses. Buy additional instruments only as they are needed. The drawing instruments should last you for years and be used in many of your courses at Cal Poly. Purchase ones that feel good to you and are of the best quality that you can reasonably afford. Brands noted in the list are provided as references. Any brand that does the job and is satisfactory to you is acceptable.

Books

The following books will be used as references for most of the year in one form or another. They are all great for your own personal library. If your book budget is very tight, I suggest that you get DESIGN DRAWING first and add the others later.

Adams, CONCEPTUAL BLOCK-BUSTING

Ching, ARCHITECTURE: FORM, SPACE AND ORDER

Crowe and Laseau, VISUAL NOTES

Hertzberger, LESSONS FOR STUDENTS OF ARCHITECTURE

Koberg & Bagnall, UNIVERSAL TRAVELER

Laseau, GRAPHIC THINKING

Lockard, DESIGN DRAWING or DRAWING AS A MEANS TO ARCHITECTURE

Thiis-Evensen, ARCHETYPES IN ARCHITECTURE (currently out of print)

The following books you should be familiar with:
Alexander, PATTERN LANGUAGE
Le Corbusier, THE MODULOR
von Meiss, ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE

If you want to know more about my specialty, Architectural Programming, you may want to buy my book: Duerk, ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAMMING: Information Management for Design; available at El Corral.

Instruments [* = required]

  • * Cutting Surface: Cuts will be cleaner and blades will last longer if you cut on a soft surface. Illustration and chip board are OK. There are also expensive plastic cutting surfaces available. Protect the table surfaces!
  • * 45° Adjustable Triangle: Plastic, 8", 10" or 12"
  • * Architectural Scale: Triangular, 12" long. Metric is useful too!
  • * Desk or Dusting Brush: Various sizes and shapes.
  • * Drawing Board: Use the desk that is provided or bring your own board.
  • * Erasing Shield: Stainless Steel.
  • * Knife: X-Acto #5, with #24 blades.
  • * Straight Edge: Used for constructing perspectives. (Metal Ruler, 36" or 24"). It can also be used for cutting.
  • T-Square or Parallel Bar: 36" minimum.
  • 30/60° Triangle: Plastic, 8", 10" or 12".
  • 45° Triangle: Plastic, 8", 10" or 12".
  • Circle Template.
  • Compass Extension.
  • Compass.
  • Universal Adapter: Allows technical pens, pencils, felt tips, etc., to be used with the compass.
  • Cutting Edge: Cutting Guard, 24".
  • Technical Pens: As needed.

    Materials
    The following list includes the basic materials needed for the course. Other materials will be required during the quarter and you will need to replenish some of the materials as you use them up.

  • * Fiber Tip Pens: Black. Have some at all times. Various line weights are very useful.
  • * Lead Pencils: Have some at all times.
  • * Sketch Tracing Paper: This is essential stuff. Always have some available. Roll of lightweight white or yellow tracing paper - 12" or 18". 12" works best for putting into sketch book/process record.
  • * Board Cover: You will need to provide a smooth surface for class work. Hot press light colored illustration board or vinyl board cover.
  • Colored Pencils: As needed.
  • Drafting Dots or tape.
  • Drafting Vellum: As needed.
  • Eraser: Pink Pearl, Gum or Kneaded.
  • Illustration Board: As needed. (Crescent, 201, White, Hot Press, 20" x 30").
  • India Ink: As needed.
  • Markers: As needed.

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    CONTRAST

    The recognizeable DIFFERENCE between the elements.

     

     

     

    Exercise: List all the elements and the attributes that illustrate CONTRAST.

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