Linear geometric perspective in Architectural curricula and spatial skills development

Abstract

Curriculum, set up for the study program of Architecture and Urbanism at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, demands from the two semester long obligatory course of Descriptive Geometry and from the optional one semester long course of Perspective the thorough development of students' spatial skills. The course of Perspective, starting with the basics, i.e. a three point perspective through semi-drawn examples, apart from general theoretical concepts, teaches students to understand both metrical properties and spatial relationships. In the paper, we present the topics and their sequence in the course of Perspective for architects.