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The How to Create a School Sculpture Garden Manual
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Courtyard
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Courtyard
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Courtyard
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Courtyard
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Courtyard
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Lesson
1 - Measuring, Sketching, and Drawing Elevations, and Plot Drawing of a Courtyard
Objectives
Students will
- Use a tape measure and graph paper to make rough sketches of wall elevations. (Thinking Skill: Application)
- Make a rough sketch of the plot of the courtyard area. (Thinking Skill: Application)
- Use AutoCAD design software if available to draw the elevations and plot of courtyard to scale, or complete the final drawing by hand. (Thinking Skill: Application)
Materials
- Tape measures
- Graph paper
- Computers with AutoCAD design package
- Paper for freehand drawings to scale
Vocabulary
- Sketch
- Scale
- Plot
- Elevations
Teacher Preparation
- Familiarize yourself with the courtyard. Walk around the courtyard (without students); anticipate any questions the students might have. Prepare answers for these questions.
Procedure
Phase 1
- Define and give examples
of these vocabulary terms to students:
- Elevation: A two-dimensional, geometric drawing of the source objects that ignores perspective.
- Plot: A two-dimensional view of the layout and placement of the trees, drains, bushes, and concrete pads of their subject.
- Sketch: A freehand drawing of their subject (plot, elevation).
- Scale: A ratio that
exists between a representation of an object and the actual object (to
fit on paper).
- Tell student teams they will make freehand plot drawings of their courtyard during this lesson.
- Visit the courtyard with the students and stand in the center. Ask students to observe the site and its current landscape.
- Give each team a tape measure, clipboard, and graph paper. Ask the teams to draw a freehand sketch of the perimeter around the courtyard. (Explain the use of a line to represent one wall then another line to represent the next wall, etc.)
- Check groups to make sure they are doing this correctly. After the students have drawn the perimeter of the courtyard, have the class work together to measure with their tape measures the length of each wall (how long the wall is from end to end). Students should write this measurement on the freehand drawing next to the line representing that wall. Example: If the wall measures 58 feet 6 inches it would be written 58'-6". Students would then proceed to do this for the remaining walls until they are all measured and recorded on their sketch. This completes the elevation. Students can then add key elements of the courtyard sketch such as existing trees, drains, bushes, air conditioner units, etc. This is known as a plot drawing.
Phase 2
- Ask each group to pick a wall and complete a freehand sketch of it. Example: If there are 3 groups and 6 walls, have each group pick 2 different walls so that when finished, all six of the walls have been drawn. This time have students measure the height as well as the length of the wall. Students will then measure their walls and place these measurements on their sketch. Example: If the wall is 10 feet high (tall) and 20 feet long, (length) it would look like this: 10' x 20'. Any exterior features then are added (windows, doors, etc.). Note: measurements to the nearest inch will be accepted for drawings.
- If you are using AutoCAD, have the students use their sketches as guides and draw full size drawings of their elevations and plot drawing using the AutoCAD design package. Drawing the perimeter of the courtyard with the line command icon completes this. After the perimeter is drawn students then place existing trees, drains, and any other important parts of the courtyard that should be shown.
- If AutoCAD is not available and students are completing their final drawings by hand, give the students a scale appropriate for the paper size you have selected, for example: 1inch = 30 feet or 1 inch = 40 feet. Once the students know the proper scale, the perimeter of the courtyard should be drawn to scale. After the perimeter is drawn then the students may draw in the trees, drains, etc.
- Once the drawings are drawn to full size (true to actual size), have the students plot their finished drawings to a scaled version. Drawing a scaled version will now make the drawing fit on the predetermined paper. A good common scale to plot the elevations and plot drawings is 1/8 inch = 1 foot (1/8" = 1'-0").
- Assess student work
(see Assessment Rubric).
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