Year 2 - Art and design
Drawing like an architect
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Unit Summary
A diverse range of approaches will be used in this unit to investigate houses in both an artistic and an architectural style. Drawing and printing techniques will be explored before pupils investigate how architects design environmentally friendly houses or flats, then design their own eco-home.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use different lines and shapes to draw key features of buildings.
Key Notes
- Architects create architectural drawings to share their ideas and so that builders know what to build.
- Buildings have key features such as arches, columns, windows and domes.
- Architects often use straight and curved lines to create simple, clear architectural sketches.
Vocabulary To Learn
- architect: a person who designs buildings and helps plan how they will be built
- architectural drawings: a drawn plan to show how a building will look once built and how to build it
- horizontal: a line that runs from left to right across a space
- vertical: a line which runs up and down a space
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All architectural designs are symmetrical.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Architects create architectural drawings to share their ideas and so that builders know what to build. Buildings have key features such as arches, columns, windows and domes.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'architect'
a person who designs buildings and helps plan how they will be built.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All architectural designs are symmetrical. Correction: Some buildings are also asymmetrical.
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