Course Syllabus

Course Information：

Year-Semester Course Number Course Name Phase Credits Hours Required/Elective Instructor Class Student NO. Withdraw Note

Spring Semester
Year 2026 359252 Analytical Sketching 1 3.0 3 ★ Nan-Ching Tai IDI 8 0 Pre-enrollment limit: 16 students.

Year-Semester	Course Number	Course Name	Phase	Credits	Hours	Required/Elective	Instructor	Class	Student NO.	Withdraw	Note
Spring Semester Year 2026	359252	Analytical Sketching	1	3.0	3	★	Nan-Ching Tai	IDI	8	0	Pre-enrollment limit: 16 students.

Course Plan：

Instructor Nan-Ching Tai　Office Hours

Email nctai@ntut.edu.tw

Last Updated 2025-12-17 19:15:22

Course Objective Seeing is a creative process that involves our eyes and mind to transform what we see into what we know, but sometimes the process is reversed—we rely on what we know to interpret what we are seeing. To draw what we see can, therefore, be a process of the interaction of seeing and understanding. The goal of this course will focus on this seeing, thinking, and drawing interaction while drawing architecture on location. This course introduces the concept of analytical drawing process, and how to utilize it in design sketching. 1. Introduce the concept of analytical drawing process and techniques of freehand sketch. 2. Develop the ability to see and analyze the three-dimensional characteristics of an observed object and encountered environment through analytical drawing process. 3. Familiar with both conceptual and perceptual form of representation, and be able to take a visual note to document an investigated subject.

Course Schedule Week 01.Introduction Week 02.Perceptual Sketch: Structure Weak 03.Perceptual Sketch: Space Week 04.Tonal Value Week 05.Field Trip, Sequence Perspective I Week 06.Field Trip, Sequence Perspective II Week 07.Conceptual Sketching: Object Week 08.Conceptual Sketching: Structure Week 09.Conceptual Sketch: 3D Transformation Week 10.Diagramming & Visual Note Taking Week 11.Diagramming Week 12.Sketch: Composition Week 13.Color Week 14.Visual Note I Week 15.Visual Note II Week 16.Visual Note III Week 17.Workday Week 18.Show & Tell: Visual Note

Evaluation and grading policy On-site exercise:60% Sequence Perspective:15% Visual Note:15% Participation:10%

Materials All right reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.

Foreign-language textbooks:Yes
Francis D.K. Ching, 2011, 設計圖學, 藝術家出版. ISBN：9789862820254 Francis D.K. Ching, 2010, Design Drawing, John Wiley & Sons Inc. ISBN：9780470533697 Gabriel Campanario, 2012, 手繪城市：畫遍全世界, 積木出版社. ISBN：9789866595899 Gabriel Campanario, 2012, The Art of Urban Sketching: Drawing on Location Around the World, Quayside Pub Group. ISBN：9781592537259

The access to curricular consultation If there is any question, please contact instructor, Nan-Ching Tai, nctai@mail.ntut.edu.tw

The course corresponds to the SDGs SDG4：優質教育（Quality Education）

Does the course incorporate AI ● 無（None）

Note
　

Instructor	Nan-Ching Tai　Office Hours
Email	nctai@ntut.edu.tw
Last Updated	2025-12-17 19:15:22
Course Objective	Seeing is a creative process that involves our eyes and mind to transform what we see into what we know, but sometimes the process is reversed—we rely on what we know to interpret what we are seeing. To draw what we see can, therefore, be a process of the interaction of seeing and understanding. The goal of this course will focus on this seeing, thinking, and drawing interaction while drawing architecture on location. This course introduces the concept of analytical drawing process, and how to utilize it in design sketching. 1. Introduce the concept of analytical drawing process and techniques of freehand sketch. 2. Develop the ability to see and analyze the three-dimensional characteristics of an observed object and encountered environment through analytical drawing process. 3. Familiar with both conceptual and perceptual form of representation, and be able to take a visual note to document an investigated subject.
Course Schedule	Week 01.Introduction Week 02.Perceptual Sketch: Structure Weak 03.Perceptual Sketch: Space Week 04.Tonal Value Week 05.Field Trip, Sequence Perspective I Week 06.Field Trip, Sequence Perspective II Week 07.Conceptual Sketching: Object Week 08.Conceptual Sketching: Structure Week 09.Conceptual Sketch: 3D Transformation Week 10.Diagramming & Visual Note Taking Week 11.Diagramming Week 12.Sketch: Composition Week 13.Color Week 14.Visual Note I Week 15.Visual Note II Week 16.Visual Note III Week 17.Workday Week 18.Show & Tell: Visual Note
Evaluation and grading policy	On-site exercise:60% Sequence Perspective:15% Visual Note:15% Participation:10%
Materials	All right reserved. Do not reproduce without permission. Foreign-language textbooks:Yes Francis D.K. Ching, 2011, 設計圖學, 藝術家出版. ISBN：9789862820254 Francis D.K. Ching, 2010, Design Drawing, John Wiley & Sons Inc. ISBN：9780470533697 Gabriel Campanario, 2012, 手繪城市：畫遍全世界, 積木出版社. ISBN：9789866595899 Gabriel Campanario, 2012, The Art of Urban Sketching: Drawing on Location Around the World, Quayside Pub Group. ISBN：9781592537259
The access to curricular consultation	If there is any question, please contact instructor, Nan-Ching Tai, nctai@mail.ntut.edu.tw
The course corresponds to the SDGs	SDG4：優質教育（Quality Education）
Does the course incorporate AI	● 無（None）
Note