UNIVERSITY OF MINDANAO

College of Architecture and Fine Arts Education

BS Architecture Program

Physically Distanced but Academically Engaged

Self-Instructional Manual (SIM) for Self-Directed Learning (SDL)

Course/Subject: AR 112 - ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHICS 1

Name of Teacher: Ar. Enerio E. Barez II, PIA-UAP

THIS SIM-SDL MANUAL IS A DRAFT VERSION ONLY, NOT FOR

REPRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE OF ITS INTENDED
USE. THIS IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE STUDENTS
WHO ARE OFFICIALLY ENROLLED IN THE COURSE/SUBJECT.s
EXPECT REVISIONS OF THE MANUAL.
NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
 Course Outline: AR 112 – ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHICS 1

Course Coordinator: Ar. Enerio E. Barez II, PIA-UAP

Email: eneriobarez@umindanao.edu.ph
Student Consultation: By appointment
Mobile: +639175945637
Phone: (82) 3050647 local 109
Effectivity Date: June 2020
Mode of Delivery: Blended (On-Line with face to face or virtual sessions)
Time Frame: 126 Hours
Student Workload: Expected Self-Directed Learning
Requisites: None
Credit: 3
Attendance Requirements: A minimum of 95% attendance is required at all
Scheduled Virtual or face to face sessions.

Course Outline Policy

Areas of Concern Details

Contact and Non-contact This 3-unit course self-instructional manual is designed
Hours for blended learning mode of instructional delivery with
scheduled face to face or virtual sessions. The
expected number of hours will be 126 including the
face to face or virtual sessions. The face to face
sessions shall include the summative assessment
tasks (exams) since this course is crucial in the
licensure examination
for teachers.

Assessment Task Submission Submission of assessment tasks shall be on 3 rd, 5th, 7th
and 9th week of the term. The assessment paper shall
be attached with a cover page indicating the title of the
assessment task (if the task is performance), the
name of the course coordinator, date of submission
and name of the student. The document should be
emailed to the course coordinator. It is also expected
that you already paid your tuition and other fees before
the submission of the assessment task.

If the assessment task is done in real time through the

features in the Blackboard Learning Management
System, the schedule shall be arranged ahead of time
by the course coordinator.

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Plagiarism Check To ensure honesty and authenticity, all assessment
tasks are required to be submitted through Turnitin
with a maximum similarity index of 30% allowed. This
means that if your paper goes beyond 30%, the
students will either opt to redo her/his paper or explain
in writing addressed to the course coordinator the
reasons for the similarity. In addition, if the paper has
reached more than 30% similarity index, the student
may be called for a disciplinary action in accordance
with the University’s OPM on Intellectual and Academic
Honesty.

Please note that academic dishonesty such as

cheating and commissioning other students or people
to complete the task for you have severe punishments
(reprimand, warning, expulsion).

Penalties for Late The score for an assessment item submitted after the
Assignments/Plates designated time on the due date, without an approved
extension of time, will be reduced by 5% of the
possible maximum score for that assessment item for
each day or part day that the assessment item is late.

However, if the late submission of assessment paper

has a valid reason, a letter of explanation should be
submitted and approved by the course coordinator. If
necessary, you will also be required to present/attach
evidences.

Return of Assignments/ Assessment tasks will be returned to you two (2)

Assessments weeks after the submission. This will be returned by
email or via Blackboard portal.

The course coordinator will require some or few of the

students for online or virtual sessions to ask
clarificatory questions to validate the originality of the
assessment task submitted and to ensure that all the
group members are involved.

Assignment Resubmission You should request in writing addressed to the course

coordinator his/her intention to resubmit an
assessment task. The resubmission is premised on
the student’s failure to comply with the similarity index
and other reasonable grounds such as academic
literacy standards or other reasonable circumstances
e.g. illness, accidents financial constraints.

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Re-marking of Assessment
Papers and Appeal
Grading System
Preferred Referencing Style
Student Communication
You should request in writing addressed to the
program coordinator your intention to appeal or
contest the score given to an assessment task. The
letter should explicitly explain the reasons/points to
contest the grade. The program coordinator shall
communicate with the students on the approval and
disapproval of the request.
If disapproved by the course coordinator, you can
elevate your case to the program head or the dean
with the original letter of request. The final decision
will come from the dean of the college.
All culled from BlackBoard sessions and traditional
contact
Course discussions/exercises – 30%
1st Major Exam – 10%
2nd Major Exam – 10%
3rd Major Exam – 10%
All culled from on-campus/onsite sessions (TBA):
Final exam – 40%
Submission of the final grades shall follow the usual
University system and procedures.
APA 6th Edition.
You are required to create a umindanao email
account which is a requirement to access the
BlackBoard portal. Then, the course coordinator shall
enroll the students to have access to the materials
and resources of the course. All communication
formats: chat, submission of assessment tasks,
requests etc. shall be through the portal and other
university recognized platforms.
You can also meet the course coordinator in person
through the scheduled face to face sessions to raise
your issues and concerns.
For students who have not created their student
email, please contact the course coordinator or
program head.
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Contact Details of the Dean
Contact Details of the
Program Head
Students with Special Needs
Online Tutorial Registration
Help Desk Contact
Contact details of Library
Ar. Iluminado DC Quinto Jr.
Email: iluminadoquinto@umindanao.edu.ph
Phone: 082-3050647 local 109
Ar. Camilo Quibod
Email: camiloquibod@umindanao.edu.ph
Phone: 082-3050647 local 109
Students with special needs shall communicate with
the course coordinator about the nature of his or her
special needs. Depending on the nature of the need,
the course coordinator with the approval of the
program coordinator may provide alternative
assessment tasks or extension of the deadline of
submission of assessment tasks. However, the
alternative
assessment tasks should still be in the service of
achieving the desired course learning outcomes.
You are required to enroll in a specific tutorial time for
this course via the consultation with the course
coordinator. Send your coordinator an email about
this concern. Please note that here is a deadline for
enrollment to the tutorial.
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Phone: (+63) 9513766681
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Course Information – see/download course syllabus in the Black Board LMS

CC’sVoice: Hello prospective Architects! Welcome to this AR 112 – Architectural

Graphics 1. By now, I am confident that you really want to become an
Architect and that you have already visualized yourself as a Practicing
Architectural Designer, determined to turn your interior design ideas into
concrete reality.

CO Architectural Graphics 1 is the introduction of measured drawings

comparative to visual perception, the study and exercises of different linear
and aerial perspective drawings, parts of pictorial presentations and
perspective projections. In this course you will be learning to Construct plane
figure and an axonometric drawing of objects based on orthographic views in
proper scale and dimensioning.

Let us begin!

Big Picture

Week 1-18: Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO): At the end of the unit, you are expected to

Week 01 - To demonstrate lettering using mechanical drafting materials.

Week 02 - 04 - To demonstrate Lines & Circles using mechanical drafting
materials.
Week 05 - 18 - To demonstrate Multiview Drawings using drafting instruments.

Big Picture in Focus: ULO-a. To demonstrate lettering using

mechanical drafting materials.

Metalanguage

This introduces the instruments available for guiding the eye and hand while drawing, and
the surfaces suitable for receiving the had-drawn lines.

By now, you should be able to account your background knowledge relevant to this course
as we are about to discuss the basic equipment in drafting. Here are the most essential
equipment that you are going to use.

1. Mechanical Pencils
o Mechanical pencils utilize 0.3 mm, 0.5 mm, 0.7 mm, and 0.9 mm leads.
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 o A push-button mechanism advances the lead automatically through a metal
sleeve. This sleeve should be long enough to clear the edges of drafting triangles
and straightedges.
2. Technical Pens
o Technical pens can produce precise, consistent ink lines without the application
of pressure. As with lead holders and mechanical pencils, technical pens from
different manufacturers vary in form and operation.
3. T-Square
o T-squares are straightedges that have a short crosspiece at one end. This head
slides along the edge of a drawing board as a guide in establishing and drawing
straight parallel lines.
4. Triangles
o Triangles are drafting aids used to guide the drawing of vertical lines and lines at
specified angles. They have a right angle and either two 45° angles or one 30°
and one 60° angle.
5. Templates
o Templates have cutouts to guide the drawing of predetermined shapes.

6. Compass
o The compass is essential for drawing large circles as well as circles of indeterminate
radii.
7. Erasers
o One of the advantages of drawing with a pencil is the ability to easily erase pencil
marks. Always use the softest eraser compatible with the medium and the
drawing surface. Avoid using abrasive ink erasers.
8. Scale
o In drawing, "scale" refers to a proportion determining the relation of a representation to
the full size of that which is represented. The term also applies to any of various
instruments having one or more sets of precisely graduated and numbered spaces for
measuring, reading, or transferring dimensions and distances in a drawing.
9. Engineer's Scales
o An engineer's scale has one or more sets of graduated and numbered spaces,
each set being divided into 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. or 60 parts to the inch.
10. Metric Scales
o Metric scales consist of one or more sets of graduated and numbered spaces, each set
establishing a proportion of one millimeter to a specified number of millimeters.
o Common metric scales include the following: 1:5,1:50, 1:500,1:10, 1:100,1:1000,1:20,
and 1:200
11. Tracing Papers
o Tracing papers are characterized by transparency, whiteness, and tooth or surface
grain. Fine-tooth papers are generally better for inking, whereas medium -tooth papers
are more suitable for pencil work.
12. Orthographic Projection
o Orthographic projection represents a three-dimensional form or construction by
projecting lines perpendicular to the picture plane.
13. Oblique Projection
o Projectors are parallel to each other and oblique to the picture plane.
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14. Isometric Projection
o Isometric projection is an axonometric projection of a three-dimensional subject inclined
to the picture plane in such a way that its three principal axes make equal angles with
the picture plane and are equally foreshortened.

Essential Knowledge

To perform the aforesaid big picture (unit learning outcomes) for the first week of
the course, you need to fully understand the following essential knowledge that will be laid
down in the succeeding pages. Please note that you are not limited to exclusively refer to
these resources. Thus, you are expected to utilize other books, research articles and other
resources that are available in the university’s library e.g. ebrary, search.proquest.com
etc.

Architectural Lettering
Architectural lettering is a great way to improve your handwriting. If you are
interested in learning how to write like an architect which is essential when you draft by
hand as a designer. This style of handwriting, simply stated, are uniform block letters that
are easy to read. This lettering was established by architects long ago so that all writing on
blueprints were legible; therefore, costly mistakes would not be made.

Some Simple Rules to Follow

1. Use guidelines on your piece of paper. Your guidelines can be drawn by yourself
with a ruler or you can use lined paper or grid paper to practice.
2. Guidelines control the height and line space of architectural lettering. The maximum
size is 3/16 of an inch. Beyond this size, the letters require a width beyond what a
single stroke can produce.
3. Use a small triangle ruler to control the straightness of your vertical.
4. Keep all verticals perpendicular to your guidelines.
5. Begin all strokes from the top of your guideline. Never draw a stroke from the bottom
up.
6. Circular strokes are plump ovals on a forward slant. Circles are made in a single
circular motion.
7. Horizontal strokes are drawn left to right. Top and bottom horizontals are drawn on
top of the guidelines and middle horizontals split the distance from the top and the
bottom.
8. All letters are roughly the same width and when done correctly they should be as
wide as they are tall. Each letter sits inside an imaginary square.
9. Do not cross the strokes of individual letters if you can help it.
10. Do not leave gaps between the strokes of your letters.

Video Clip 1: How to Write Like an Architect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=eGUDQ1F5tco&feature=emb_title

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 Self-Help: You can also refer to the sources below to help you further
understand the lesson:
Ching, F. D. (2015). Architectural Graphics, Sixth Edition. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Let’s Check
Activity1. Let us try to check your understanding on the Overview of Mechanical Drafting
Materials

1. What is Mechanical Pencil?

2. What are Technical Pens?
3. What is a T-square?
4. What is a triangle?
5. What is the use of a Triangle?
6. What is a compass?
7. What is a scale?
8. What is Orthographic Projections?
9. What is Isometric Projections?
Let’s Analyze
Activity 1. Getting better in Architectural lettering needs a lot of practice.

1. Let us try to practice your architectural hand writing by copying the alphabets and numbers in
the attached phot.

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In a Nutshell
Activity 1. The process of improving your lettering requires a lot of practice to improve
your accuracy and speed.

In this activity we will be filling up an A4 bond paper with your architectural lettering.

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 a. Big Picture in Focus: ULO-b. To demonstrate Lines & Circles using
mechanical drafting materials.

Metalanguage
In this section, to demonstrate ULO-b, an overview on drafting equipment and tools
needed to demonstrate mechanical drafting of lines and circles.

Please proceed immediately to the “Essential Knowledge” part since the lesson is
also definition of essential terms.

Essential Knowledge

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 Self-Help: You can also refer to the sources below to help you further
understand the lesson:
Ching, F. D. (2015). Architectural Graphics, Sixth Edition. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Let’s Check
Activity 1. Let us try to check and demonstrate Lines & Circles using mechanical drafting
materials. In this activity, let us try to draft the attached drawings in an A3 size bond
paper.

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Activity 2. Let us try to check and demonstrate Lines & Circles using mechanical drafting
materials. In this activity, let us try to draft the attached drawings in an A3 size bond
paper.

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Activity 3. Let us try to check and demonstrate Lines & Circles using mechanical drafting
materials. In this activity, let us try to draft the attached drawings in an A3 size bond
paper.

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 Big Picture in Focus: ULO-c. Identify and apply Color theories,
schemes, psychology and harmony

Metalanguage
For you to demonstrate ULO-c, you must learn to demonstrate Multiview Drawings
using drafting instruments.

The central task of architectural drawing is representing three-dimensional forms,

constructions, and spatial environments on a two-dimensional surface. Three distinct
types of drawing systems have evolved over time to accomplish this mission: Multiview,
praline, and perspective drawings. This chapter describes these three major drawing
systems, the principles behind their construction, and their resulting pictorial
characteristics. The discussion does not include media that involve motion and animation,
made possible by computer technology. Nevertheless, these visual systems of
representation constitute a formal graphic language that is governed by a consistent set
of principles. Understanding these principles and related conventions is the key to creating
and reading architectural drawings.

Essential Knowledge

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 Self-Help: You can also refer to the sources below to help you further
understand the lesson:
Ching, F. D. (2015). Architectural Graphics, Sixth Edition. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Let’s Check
Activity 1. Let us try to check and demonstrate Lines & Circles using mechanical drafting
materials. In this activity, let us try to draft the attached drawings in an A3 size bond
paper.

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Let’s Check
Activity 2. Let us try to check and demonstrate Lines & Circles using mechanical drafting
materials. In this activity, let us try to draft the attached drawings in an A3 size bond
paper.

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