Craighead Diocesan School Craighead Diocesan School

Year 10 Architectural DVC

10ARC
Subject Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs K. Gray.

Topics Covered

Semester 1: Project Focus

Interior architecture and drawings skills

Semester 2: Project Focus

Exterior architecture and drawing skills


The course includes:

* Creative thinking and design literacy

* Modelling and Technical Skills

* Visual communication and drawing skills

Year 10 Architectural DVC

Students will develop a range of drawing and modelling skills.  They will learn to interpret drawing and communicate information in appropriate graphic form.  They will be encouraged to develop individual and innovative solutions to a design brief by working through the design process, applying design language, researching existing solutions, and analysing and evaluating their ideas as they develop a final outcome.  They will gain knowledge of materials, processes and components, and of their application to space and architectural design.

Departments:

Technology


Assessment Information

Ongoing assessment throughout the course by submission of skills tasks and a portfolio at the end of each semester.
The course will cover: Graphics Practice, Knowledge of Design Practice and Visual Communication

Career Pathways

Animator/Digital Artist, Mining Engineer, Copywriter, Sales and Marketing Manager, Patternmaker, Architectural Technician, Artist, Film and Video Editor, Barrister, Tailor/Dressmaker, Cutter, Fashion Designer, Graphic Designer, Interior Designer, Communications Professional, Pharmacy Technician, Industrial Designer, Jeweller, Technical Writer, Editor



			
					
					Subject Costs
										
$20 may need to be spent on stationery items, as needed will be charged to accounts

Purchase a yearly Creative Cloud licence (approx. $8 organised as a user licence through the schools Adobe account) This will be charged to your account.

There may be costs associated with new modelling software that are yet to be determined - you will be advised at the beginning of the 2025 school year. (Possibility of needing to purchase a SketchUp licence $80 if the free version becomes unavailable)

A Device: As per the school's Device recommendations that will run Photoshop.