Tauranga Boys’ College

11 Design & Visual Communication

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Lyndon Sheehan.

Prerequisites

Open Entry - 10 DVC preferred

This course focuses on nurturing a more mature and independent approach that will level up your design and drawing skills in a creative nature. Through three engaging real-life scenarios, students will first tackle the "Life-Saving Drone” brief followed by the “Life-Saving Tower" brief. Using a design process students will visually communicate their ideas through design drawing skills and CAD (Computer Aided Design) drawings to come up with a final solution to both the Product and spatial design projects. The third project is the "Classic Kiwi Beach Bach" brief, where they'll design a beachfront dwelling and produce a 3D CAD representation with 2D floor plans. The year concludes with students selecting their best work from the three project and showcase them in a digital portfolio. Assessments cover design drawing skills, freehand sketching, CAD drawings, Graphics Practice, design thinking and presentation techniques such as 3D modelling, video fly-throughs and design boards.

Course Overview

Term 1
Assessment 1 (Weeks 1-4):
• Focuses on cultivating your design drawing skills. The aim is to equip you with the ability to convey your ideas logically and clearly through visual means.

Assessment 2 (Weeks 5-10): “Life-Saving Drone” - Product Design
• Building on the foundation established in the first assessment, you'll use your developed graphics practice skills to navigate the design process and develop a concept for a life-saving drone.

Term 2
Assessment 2 (Weeks 1-2): “Life-Saving Drone” - Product Design
• Your journey continues as you refine your life-saving drone concept, working it into a finalised design.

Assessment 3 (Weeks 3-10): “Life-saving Tower” - Spatial Design
• In this spatial design project you'll use your graphics practice skills to develop a concept for a life-saving tower.
• You will refine your life-saving tower concept, working it into a finalised design.

Term 3
Assessment 4 (Weeks 1-6): Part 1 “CAD Working Drawings”
• In this next assessment, you will develop a logical layout and creative outcome of a Classic Kiwi bach.
• Using Computer Aided Design (CAD), you'll bring your Classic Kiwi Bach design to life on software utilised by architects called "Archicad." The workflow will involve creating a 3D model and subsequently generating a set of 2D working drawings, comprising floor plans, site plans, elevations, and intricate sectional views.

Assessment 4 (Weeks 7-10): Part 2 “Digital Portfolio”
• Following from your CAD project you will create a digital portfolio that will showcase your best work from the year.

Term 4
Assessment 4 (Weeks 1- 3):
To conclude the year, you'll construct a physical model to represent the final outcome of one of you Design Projects to add to your portfolio.

Learning Areas:

Technology

Assessment Information

Year 11 Tauranga Boys College Certificate (Te Punga Certificate)

Paper	Description	Type	Weighting
Paper 11DVC1	Design drawing skills	Internal	10.00%
Paper 11DVC2	Graphics Practice - Spacial/Product design	Internal	20.00%
Paper 11DVC3	CAD - 3D Modeling and 2D Working Drawings	Internal	20.00%
Paper 11DVC4	Presentation (A portfolio of your best work)	Internal	50.00%

Advertising, Animation, Architecture, Building/Construction, Boatbuilding & design, Cabinet Maker, Carpenter, Clothing & Textiles, Computer Aided Design, Designer, Draughting, Engineering (degree or technical) Environmental Study, Graphic Design, Fabrication Engineer, Illustration, Industrial Designer, Interior Designer, Landscape Architecture, Marine Engineer, Marketing, Multi Media, Packaging, Product designer, Quantity Surveyor, Sign maker, Surveying, Teaching, Technologist.