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CADD - Architectural Design CPU Objectives

Activity 1

1-1. Test your preexisting knowledge of the course material.

1-2. Discover the field of architecture and the importance of the modern architect’s role in society.

1-3. Become introduced to the various styles of residential architecture.

1-4. Consider the number of encounters you have with architecture everyday.

Activity 2

2-1. Discover the way computer-aided drafting and design (CADD) has affected the world of architecture.

2-2 Become introduced to the Envisioneer software interface.

2-3. Create a simple cottage with Envisioneer software.

2-4. Evaluate the usefulness of CADD given your creation of a simple structure.

Activity 3

3-1. Read more about the importance of freehand sketching.

3-2. Recognize the many elements of floor plan design.

3-3. Identify the different styles and manufacturing methods of interior and exterior walls.

3-4. Discover the different styles and dimensioning techniques of staircases.

3-5. Begin drafting the floor plan of your ranch house by completing the interior and exterior walls and the staircase.

3-6. Consider your own residential structure and its implementation of floor plan elements.

Activity 4

4-1. Define sleeping area.

4-2. Examine the specifications of designing sleeping areas.

4-3. Discover the methods of window design and installation.

4-4. Define rough opening.

4-5. Inspect the sleeping area rooms in your ranch house.

4-6. Install windows into your ranch floor plan.

4-7. Draft a Floor Plan Priority List and explain your decisions.

Activity 5

5-1. Define living area.

5-2. Examine the specifications of designing living areas.

5-3. Discover design elements of fireplaces and define flue.

5-4. Identify methods of door design and installation.

5-5. Inspect living area rooms in your ranch house.

5-6. Install entryways, doors, a porch, and a fireplace into your ranch floor plan.

5-7. Consider the various functions of your own living area in context to the many titles living area rooms assume.

Activity 6

6-1. Define service area.

6-2. Examine the specifications of designing service areas.

6-3. Define and discover the methods of calculating a work triangle.

6-4. Discover the methods of floor design and installation.

6-5. Inspect service area rooms in your ranch house.

6-6. Install room-specific flooring into your ranch floor plan.

6-7. Officially name the rooms in your ranch floor plan.

6-8. Describe a “walk-through” of an ideal service area and why its design supplements the overall house efficiently.

Activity 7

7-1. Identify different roof designs and their various installation methods, including chimney construction.

7-2. Define hip roof.

7-3. Discover ceiling construction and installation.

7-4. Install a hip roof, with chimneys, on your ranch house using Envisioneer.

7-5. Install ceilings into your ranch house using Envisioneer.

7-6. Define elevation, and discover methods of producing elevation drawings.

7-7. Produce a front view elevation of your ranch house.

7-8. Consider the usefulness of CADD software in light of its significant difference from tangible structure construction.

Activity 8

8-1. Identify the significance of plumbing plans and electrical plans to residential architecture.

8-2. Draft a plumbing plan for your ranch house.

8-3. Draft an electrical plan for your ranch house.

8-4. Explore the professions of electricians and plumbers.

8-5. Assess CADD software’s ability to offer intricate detailing options to CADD software users.

Activity 9

9-1. Define foundation.

9-2. Discover the significance and installation methods of foundations in residential architecture.

9-3. Identify the different types of foundations.

9-4. Define foundation plan.

9-5. Create a foundation plan for your ranch house.

9-6. Explore the carpentry profession.

9-7. Given your experience with CADD, make a prediction about how difficult a task you could complete with CADD.

Activity 10

10-1. Discover interior design as an art and how it operates in tandem with architecture.

10-2. Identify interior design tactics and approaches used in sleeping, living, and service areas.

10-3. Add room labels to your ranch house.

10-4. Design the interior of your ranch house’s master bedroom, master bathroom, living room, and breakfast room.

10-5. Add external dimensions around your ranch house.

10-6. Explain what you’ve found most interesting about architectural design and drafting, and/or interior design tactics, using specific terms and ideas from this course.

Activity 11

11-1. Define presentation drawings and walkthrough animations and discover their significance to the architect.

11-2.View a walkthrough animation of your ranch house.

11-3. Add brief landscaping elements to, and around, your ranch house.

11-4. Create a presentation drawing of your ranch house.

11-5. Generate a walkthrough animation of your ranch house.

11-6. Consider the significance and appeal of rooms and room combinations in terms of walkthrough animations.

Activity 12

12-1. Begin challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives.

12-2. Consider and explain why you chose the challenge that you did.

Activity 13

13-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives.

13-2. Consider how and why your learning about architecture has colored your impression of architecture as an artform.

Activity 14

14-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives.

14-2.Write a cogent paragraph arguing for architecture’s being an artform or a learned skill.

Activity 15

15-1. Select appropriate vocabulary terms based on the definitions provided.

15-2.Test your comprehension of concepts gained during this course.

15-3.State and explain your opinion of the CADD—Architectural CPU.

The objectives for the challenges in Activity 11 through Activity 15 of this CPU include:

Challenge 1

You will conduct research on a career of your choice in the CADD—architectural field. Share your findings in a presentation.

Challenge 2

You will install interior design elements to the basement of the ranch house you’ve drafted throughout this course.

Challenge 3

You will accommodate the ranch house you’ve drafted throughout this course—or another structure you’ve designed yourself—for people confined to wheelchair mobility.

Challenge 4

You will refer to Activity 10 in this Student Guide to help you design your own walkthrough animation depicting the interior and exterior of either your ranch house or another structure you’ve designed.

Challenge 5

You will design a floor plan for a two or three story house and draft it using Envisioneer.

 

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