Since the Renaissance, architects have sketched and measured all facets of architecture in portable bound books. Architects have used the sketchbook to record historical artifacts in both pictorial representation, three-dimension sketches, and carefully measured drawings drawn to scale.
This course will introduce the student to a method of sketchbook drawing that is focused on accurately measured drawings of accessible architectural details, drawn-to-scale in a sketchbook. This course will emphasize analytical orthographic drawings of plan, section, elevation, and profile. Subject matter for measuring and drawing can range from large-scale urban elements, such as squares, streets, street sections, courtyards, gardens, etc., to small details such as doorways, windows, stairs, ornamental stone carving, column capitals and bases, mouldings, ironwork, millwork, paving, etc.
The course is intended for both students, emerging, and seasoned professionals, as drawings can be tailored to the individual’s experience level.
This class will have two parts:
Part I – Introduction Lecture – The Architects Measured Sketchbook
April 26, 2024 via Zoom
Clay Rokicki will give a brief introduction to the history of measured field drawings as done by architects’ past and present as well as a step-by-step methodology of how to set up a field drawing.
Part II – Field Drawing at Drayton Hall
April 27 from 9:45-3:00 at Drayton Hall
Participants will make measured field drawings:
9:45 – 10:30 Group arrival and tour
10:30 – 12:30 Interior Measured Drawing
12:30-1:15 pm Boxed Lunch on the Drayton Hall Grounds
1:15-3:00 Exterior Measured Drawing
Materials List - Suggested
1. Sketchbook; hardbound (+/-) 6” x 9”, stitched binding so the book can open flat, (Suggested style: Fabriano Venezia Drawing Book - 6x9in https://www.amazon.com/Fabriano-Venezia-Drawing-Book-15x23cm/dp/B004V8LYG6 ) on any stitch bound sketchbook that will open flat.
2. 12” triangular architects scale, with 1/8”, 1/4”, 3/4”, 1 1/2” and 3” scales.
3. Mechanical pencil with 0.5 HB lead. (Alvin Draft/Matic or similar)
4. Eraserstick; (Tuff Stuff Eraser Stick or similar)
5. 12ft steel tape measure in feet and inches, to the 1/16”.
6. Laser measure (optional)
7. Folding wooden rule, 6ft (optional)
8. Small pencil bag or case to keep drawing supplies.
INSTRUCTORS
Clay Rokicki
Clay Rokicki started at Historical Concepts in 2006 after graduating summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in architecture and a concentration in furniture design. In 2010, Clay was awarded the J. Neel Reid Fellowship from the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, enabling him to sketch his way through southern England. He currently serves on the Education Committee of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art’s Southeast Chapter and was instrumental in founding the Young ICAA in the Southeast Chapter for emerging professionals and students. Clay is a Partner at Historical Concepts and co-leads a design studio with the firm founder Jim Strickland.
Thomas Podhrazsky
Thomas Podhrazsky is a Principal at Tom Henry Design Company, Charleston, SC where he applies his knowledge of traditional design after a decade of documenting historic buildings, drafting construction documents, and designing new traditionally styled residences. Thomas began his career after graduating as valedictorian at the American College of Building Arts with a specialization in Timber Framing. Thomas has had three projects win the Carolopolis Award, is an ICAA Christopher H. Browne Scholar, and his Elliptical Stair project received the ICAA SE Shutze Award for Artisan/Craftsmanship.
Rene Salas
Rene Salas currently works at D. Stanley Dixon Architecture in Atlanta where he designs contemporary classical and traditional homes. Rene received his Bachelor Science degree from the University of Texas School of Architecture, and he received the Master of Architecture and Master of Architectural Design and Urbanism degrees from the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. Rene is a winner of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation’s Neel Reid Prize as well as a winner of the ICAA SE Shutze Awards, Emerging Professional. Rene is currently serving as the chair of the ICAA SE Education Committee and works closely in cultivating new relationships with ICAA SE young and emerging professionals in the Guild.