Course+Syllabus

 **2011-2012 **
 * //__Architectural Design Course Outline __//**


 * //SOFTWARE: //**//At the website: www.autodesk.com/school you can get the 2011 version of AutoCAD (32 bit),Inventor, and Revit free if you have a student issued email address from a college (.edu). All downloads must be done on your home PC, not on Lab PCs. //

**__1st Semester __** 8/22-8/26 Review Course Description, Syllabus, School Handbook, Skills USA Club information, and Introduction “World of Architecture”. 8/29-9/2 People and their structures, Contemporary Structures, Trends in Architecture, Multifamily Housing 9/5-9/9 Basic House Design 9/12-9/16 Primary Considerations 9/19-9/23 Architectural Drafting Fundamentals 9/26-9/30 //Re- Teach, Review, Make Up Week for Tests// 10/3-10/7 Drawing Instruments and Techniques 10/10-10/14 Identify Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) 10/17-10/21 Review Architectural Lettering & Lines 10/24-10/28 Introduction to Computer Aided Drafting and Design Software ( AutoCAD) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">10/31-11/4 CADD Basic Commands and Functions <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">11/7-11/11 //Re- Teach, Review, Make Up Week for Tests// <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">11/14 -11/18 Draft & Design Plot Plans <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">11/21-11/25 Thanksgiving Holiday (All Week) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">11/28-12/2 Draft & Design Foundation Plans (Wall Sections) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">12/5 – 12/9 Draft & Design Floor Plan <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">12/12 – 12/16 Draft & Learn Basic Roof Designs <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">12/19 – 12/23 Winter Holidays (All Week) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">12/26 – 12/30 Winter Holidays ( All Week) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">1 / 2 – 1 / 6 Draft & Design Elevations <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">1/ 9 – 1/ 13 //Re- Teach, Review, Make Up Week for Tests// **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">2nd Semester __** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">1/16-1/20 Draft & Design Residential Electrical Plan <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">1/23 – 1/27 Draft & Design Residential Plumbing Plan <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">1/30 – 2/3 Draft & Design Residential Climate Control Plan <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">2/6 – 2/10 Presentation Drawings & 3D Model Presentation <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">2/13 – 2/17 Draft & Design All Commercial Floor Plans <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">2/20 – 2/24 Draft & Design All Commercial Floor Plans ( Friday Holiday) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">2/27 – 3/2 //Re- Teach, Review, Make Up Week for Tests// <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">3/5 – 3/9 Draft & Design All Commercial Floor Plans <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">3/12 – 3/16 Spring Break Holiday ( All week) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">3/19 – 3/23 Basic Mechanical Drafting Project <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">3/26 – 3/30 Basic Civil Drafting Project <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">4/2 – 4/6 Electrical Drafting Project (Friday Holiday)