COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES

Catalog Description :

ADI S264/664 - Advanced Interior Design Communications

                This course is designed to advance presentation  techniques
                and reinforce the graphic and technical skills introduced in Interior
                Design Communications. Students will continue to develop their
                proficiency in "free-hand" sketching, rendering and perspective, and
                will have the opportunity to work with various schematic design level
                3D virtual reality rendering software.
                Prerequisites: ADI S104, ADI S106, Normally offered fall and
                summer semesters; 3 credits

Course Objectives :

This course will enhance the students understanding of design in 3D space and principals of perspective to augment their work in other design courses. Students will become familiar with design software, presentation software, and walk-through animations, presentation techniques, and the other computer based tools used by architects and interior designers (Architectural CADD).  They will also expand and enhance the hand rendering and presentation skills they learned in Design Communications as well as how to integrate these skills with their new digital design software skills.

This course familiarizes the student with interior design uses of architectural CADD software, digital imaging, productivity techniques, 3D modeling, and CADD rendering techniques.

Schematic design level 3D virtual reality software :  ArchiCAD,  SketchUp,  (DesignWorkshop)
Digital Imaging / Scanning Software :  PhotoShop, MS Paint
Presentation / Web Page portfolio design : Netscape Page Composer
Other Software :  LightScape
Web Resources :  www.greatbuildings.com, www.eproject.com, www.bluebolt.com

Two hours per week of lab time are required outside of class.

Student Evaluation and Grading Methods :

The students are asked to do several projects that are progressively more complex, each introducing more sophisticated concepts in both hand rendering as well as in design software.  They are graded not so much on design, but on how they have learned and implemented the various rendering, 3D modeling, and presentation techniques.

The grading of each project shall be weighted according to the complexity of the project -- the projects are about 90% of the course grade. There are also several quizzes on the lectures and reading that total another 10% of the course grade.

Course Requirements :

1) There will be several  project assignments, each lasting about 2 weeks which are intended to be completed during the three hour class time, with specified portions expected to be completed as homework

2) There will be 4-5 Quizzes on the reading (handouts and texts) and on the class lectures.

3) Each student will produce a project book binding all the drawings done during the semester.

Class Attendance is absolutely necessary, especially at the lectures, since the field is too new to rely solely on textbooks.
 

Required Texts :

1.  Rendering Shortcuts

2.  To Be Announced

3.  Architectural CADD : A Resource Guide, by Langdon, 2002, pub. by the Architectural CADD Press, Boston. available on CD
 

Recommended Texts :

1.  Color Drawing -  Michael Doyle

2.  Architectural Rendering,  Ching
 
3.  Koening
 

Required Materials for the Student to Obtain :

1. 3 Boxes of High Density disks (DS/HD) 3.5" disks (at least 30 disks, minimum)

2. 3 Iomega Zip cartridges (at least 3 disks, minimum)

3.  Sketchpad / Sketchbook  and roll of tracing paper
 

Software used in the Class :

ArchiCAD
SketchUp
PhotoShop, MS Paint
Netscape Page Composer
LightScape
 

Note :

All of the software used in the course is provided on at least 15 networked CADD workstations owned by the College, free to the students to use, 7 days a week.  The students are not required to buy computers or software.  If they wish to buy hardware or software, they should see the list of current recommendations on the Suffolk Univ. NESAD - Interior Design web site.

If the student already has a PowerMacintosh or a Pentium Windows based system, the following is strongly recommended :

1. ArchiCAD Student Version, a version of the Professional ArchiCAD software is designed specifically for students. It is a fully functional architectural CADD package, including 2D productivity macros and 3D modeling ability. Available directly from Graphisoft for $99. A significant discount from the usual professional price of $ 4,990.  Available at  www.intcad.com.

2. DataCAD, the Professional DataCAD software. It is a fully functional architectural CADD package, including 2D productivity macros and 3D modeling ability. Available directly from TechEd Products for $ 145. A significant discount from the usual professional price of $995. Available at
www.tech-ed.com.

3.  SketchUp, the schematic 3D modeling software, normally $500, is available to students to lease for $95 per year (after four years the student has full professional ownership).  Available at  www.sketchup.com

4.  PhotoShop, professional level digital imaging software, normally $800, is available to students for about $130, at www.journeyed.com.

5.  DesignWorkshop, the schematic 3D modeling software, normally $800, is available free (light version) from the www.artifice.com web site (or on the Langdon CD) and the Professional version for students at $130.

6.  MS Paint, a simple drawing/imaging software is a free built-in part of Microsoft Windows --  find it under Start/Programs/Accessories/Paint

7.  Netscape Page Composer, a simple visual web page creation software, is available free from www.netscape.com as part of Netscape Communicator.   The program is extremely large (downloading it via modem could take hours) so it is provided on the Langdon CD.

8.  LightScape, the photorealistic rendering software, is $400 from Autodesk, at www.autodesk.com

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Course Outline : (typical - will be revised somewhat after the surveys collected during the first class)

Week --- Topic

1  Course Overview  - 3D Architectural Modeling
1/13 - Course Outline, Requirements, Grading Criteria, Office Hours, Surveys, Intro to ArchiCAD
1/15 - ArchiCAD getting started with simple house Step by Step
Project :   Vacation House - Kit./Din./Liv

2  ArchiCAD Basics
1/20 - Holiday
1/22 - Work on Vacation House project

3  ArchiCAD to Hand Rendering
1/27 -  Printing  perspectives of house  8.5"x11 - Hand rendering
1/29 -  Rendering, color and shading

4  ArchiCAD Techniques
2/3 -  Drawing Aids, Space Planning, start new project
2/5 -  Project Extranets (eProject.com), Work on Law Firm project
Project :   Law Firm

5  ArchiCAD Modeling and Rendering
2/10 -  Custom Furniture, Work on Law Firm project
2/12 -  Print and Render

6   Hand Rendering Concepts, Principles, and Techniques
2/17 -  Holiday
2/19 -  Demo. of hand rendering entourage - people/plants/etc.

7   Hand Rendering
2/24 -  Work on rendering
2/26 -  Work on rendering

8   Presentations / Digital Imaging / Scanning
3/3 -  Pin-up Presentations of Law Firm
3/5 -  Demo. Digital Imaging - Paint and PhotoShop, start flowers project
Projects :   KaBloom Flowers, Digital Makeover, and Web Page

9    Presentation Techniques / Web Page Portfolio Design
3/10 -   Work on flowers and Web Page
3/12 -   Work on Web Page

10  Spring Break
3/17
3/19

11    ArchiCAD Advanced Concepts
3/24 -  Demo. multi-story buildings, custom stairs, digital camera, start new project
3/26 -  Web research - online object libraries, modeling techniques, Work on Shopping Mall project
Project :   Shopping Mall

12    Tips, Tricks, and Techniques
3/31 - Online image libraries, keeping personal object/image libraries, Work on Shopping Mall project
4/2   - LightScape photorealistic rendering and light studies, Work on Shopping Mall project

13   Putting it All Together - Hand / Digital  Techniques
4/7 -  BlueBolt fabric resource on web, Work on Shopping Mall project  both hand and digital
4/9 -  Importing/Exporting to/from ArchiCAD/AutoCAD, Work on Shopping Mall project  both hand and digital

14    Impress us with your new skills
4/14 - Work on Shopping Mall project  both hand and digital
4/16 -  Pin-up Presentations on Shopping Mall project

15   Applying Adv. Design Comm. Skills to current studio project
4/21 -  Holiday
4/23 -  Demo. integrating design software with current design studio project, work on studio project
Project :   Design Studio Project

16   Design Studio Project
4/28 -  Work on studio project - hand/digital
4/30 -  Work on studio project - hand/digital

17   Design Studio Project
5/5 -  Work on studio project - hand/digital
5/7 -  Update Web Page with Shopping Mall and Studio Projects, Presentations of studio project