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The Faculty of Architecture

SFA-118 Descriptive geometry

The Faculty of Architecture / Architectural Conservation and Restoration
1st Year, sem 1, 2026-2027 | Compulsory Course | Hours/Week: 2C+1L | ECTS Credits: 4
Fișa disciplinei:
FA-C SFA-118 Geometrie descriptiva.pdf
Department:
Study of Form and Ambience
Course Leader:
lect.dr.arh. Ioana Avram
Learning outcomes:
The course provides students with the necessary formative elements for spatial perception training, as well as key information for creating architectural representations. There have been selected from classical descriptive geometry only those elements that are able to develop the architect's spatial thinking.
Content:
Lectures:

1+2. Types of architectural representations. Projection systems, geometric transformations.
Representation of the point
3+4. Elements of descriptive geometry – points, lines, and planes. Polyhedra
5+6. Roof geometry. Roofs with firewalls.
7+8. Change of projection plane.
9+10. Shadow construction in axonometry.
11+12. Shadow construction in double projection.
13+14. Vaults.

Practical exercises:
1. Axonometric and Monge projection representations: point, line, plane
2. Designing hipped roofs with equal slopes
3. Designing roofs with a firewall
4. Shadows in isometric orthogonal axonometry
5. Shadows in double orthogonal projection
6. Vaults
Teaching Method:
Lectures, computer drawings examples, study on 3D representations, practical works at the drawing board with guidance
Assessment:
The final grade will be calculated as follows:
Practical assignments average = Average of the 5 highest grades out of the 6 obtained for practical assignments
Exam grade = (Test 1 + Test 2) / 2
Test 1: roofs with party walls
Test 2: axonometric representation of a vault
Final average = 40% Seminar average + 60% Exam average, provided the exam average is higher than 5

Further information regarding the organization of the exam can be obtained via email at: oana.avram@uauim.ro
Bibliography:
M. ENACHE și I. IONESCU, Descriptive geometry and Perspective, Ed. Didactică și Pedagogică, București, 1983;
A.TĂNĂSESCU, Descriptive geometry, Axonometry and Perspective, Ed. Tehnică, 1975;
Doina NICULAE – Notions of Descriptive Geometry in Architectural Representations, Ed. universitară "Ion Mincu", București, 2004.
Doina Niculae și Iulius Ionescu, Geometry of Architectural Shapes, Ed. universitară "Ion Mincu", București, 2009