Course syllabus

Presentationsteknik och portfölj
Building a Graphic Vocabulary and Portfolio

AFO025, 3 credits, G2 (First Cycle)

Valid for: 2012/13
Decided by: Education Board 3
Date of Decision: 2012-04-20

General Information

Elective for: A3
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish

Aim

• Develop the ability to constructive reflexion regarding aesthetic and graphical quality in their own as well as others production.
• To gain knowledge about form and colour as significant characteristics in design communication.
• Broaden the capacity in graphic composition.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to establish graphic relations between image and text.

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to design their own portfolio.
• be able to use both traditional and experimental presentation techniques in their graphic production.

Contents

• Training in traditional and experimental techniques of presentation.
• Layout principals and balance between text and image.
• Text analysis and image analysis of own compositions.
• With the help of earlier skills from this course about visualisation techniques, the work is concentrated to documentation of the student’s own working process.

The course will be presented in two parts:

The first one is based on a series of lectures by professional architects. They will show their respective methods in communicating with their clients, visually and verbally.

In the other part the students work with their own material, with intense guidance from teachers. (architects and graphic designers).

Examination details

Grading scale: UG
Assessment: Approved exercises. 80% attendance is demanded at lectures and 100% attendance at tutorials.

Admission

Admission requirements:

• Passed courses within the program of architecture comprising at least 80 credits, or equivalent

The number of participants is limited to: No
The course might be cancelled: If the number of applicants is less than 10.

Reading list

• No compulsary literature.

Contact and other information

Course coordinator: univ.lektor Tomas Tägil, tomas.tagil@arkitektur.lth.se
Further information: The course will be given in the late afternoon.