Massey High School Massey High School

Year 10 Design & Visual Communication

10DVC
Course Description

Teacher in Charge: S. Weir, J. Crawford.

Recommended Prior Learning

Open entry

Learn about and practice the core ideas of architecture, product design and landscape design. Develop visual communication skills in drawing, rendering, model making and graphic design.

Course Overview

Term 1
Students are re-introduced to the beginning steps of DVC drawing and Sketchup and tasked with designing easter egg packaging to practice these skills and are learning how to follow brief guidelines.

Term 2
Introduction to the assessment:
1) Students research a famous NZ architect (eg; John Scott) and make a poster about them, this teaches them to identify design characteristics which will later help them use design terminology in future projects.

2) Students are tasked with re-designing the school Wharenui. Students learn key concepts of tapu and noa. Wharenui as living entity rather than merely matter.

Students learn the importance of spatial awareness through bubble diagrams, floor plans, site analysis etc. Revisit their design influences/architects to help inspire their own designs.

Term 3
Students begin the initial drawing stages, using wooden block modelling and referencing John Scott architecture.

The exploration stage can be expressed through sketchup or hand drawings. Students are understanding Matauranga Maori in context to their design.

They will then start to analyse their own and others’ outcomes to inform the development of ideas for feasible outcomes.

Understand how evidence, reasoning, and decision making in functional modelling contribute to the development of design concepts and how prototyping can be used to justify ongoing refinement of outcomes.

Term 4
Term 4 sees the students bringing their designs to life; whether it is CAD modelling, Hand built to scale modelling or animation modelling.

Faculties:

Year 10, Design and Visual Communication


Pathway

Level 1 Design and Visual Communication

Architecture, product design, graphic design, landscape design, urban planning, set design, creative directing, typography and advertising.



			
					
					Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
										
A set of pencils (2H, H, HB, B, 2B), 2 erasers, ruler.