Technical Drawing
Technical drawing, also known as ‘draughting’, is the act and discipline of composing drawings that visually communicate how something functions or is to be constructed. This Main Lesson is an opportunity for Class 10 to begin to explore dimensions and gain a clear understanding of this concept and learn to apply it effectively in their work.
The importance of technical drawing in industry and engineering is emphasised so that pupils are in a position to grasp its significance in communicating ideas.
They work towards being able to use familiar symbols, perspectives, units of measurement, notation systems, visual styles, and page layouts to make their drawings easier to understand.
Together, such conventions constitute a visual language, and help to ensure that the drawing is unambiguous and relatively easy to understand.
Once the class understands the laws of technical drawings, they are challenged to design several little projects for the school grounds in small groups.
Striving to use this visual language effectively in their work to produce drawings that are clear and concise, some pupils’ strength will be creating concepts, while others may excel at producing hand drawings, 3d drawings and scale drawings.
Working together to bring their individual talents to the project can yield purposeful end results. Being able to design projects of this nature is not something you would typically expect 16 years old to be able to do as it requires an understanding of human philosophy, a great spatial awareness, as well as a flexible mind, not to mention working well collectively.
The Main Lesson is delivered by experienced Waldorf Teacher Rachel Craig, who worked in the architecture sector before turning her hand to education. Madame Craig has a Bachelor of Arts in Spacial Architecture from the University of the Arts London and project managed the Growing Spaces Project: East and West Coach Houses renovations.
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