Lesson Summary

In this lesson, students explore architectural design by creating a home floor plan and developing it into a 3D perspective drawing inspired by professional architectural illustrations like the example shown. Students will learn how architects organize space, communicate function, and suggest depth using line, color, and perspective. The final artwork will combine planning, structure, and expressive rendering using markers and colored pencils.

Learning Objectives

• Understand how architects plan and organize interior spaces

• Read and interpret an aerial cutaway floor plan

• Translate a 2D floor plan into a 3D one-point perspective drawing

• Use color, value, and line weight to clearly define rooms and materials

• Design a functional, visually balanced home layout

What You Do

Step 1: Floor Plan Planning

• Design a home floor plan and label the rooms.

• Include at least 4–6 rooms (e.g., living room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom).

• Think about:

  1. How people move through the space

  2. Which rooms should be close together

  3. Where to include doors and windows. 

Step 2: Aerial Cutaway Drawing

• Draw walls using thicker lines, inspired by the example.

• Add basic furniture to show scale and function.

Step 3: 3D Room Extension into One-Point Perspective

• Review horizon line and vanishing point.

• Extend walls, floors, and furniture toward the vanishing point.

Step 4: Rendering & Details

Use colored pencils and markers to add:

• • Flooring textures

  • Furniture details

  • Shadows and depth

Step 6: Reflection & Presentation

Students share their work and discuss:

• Why they arranged their home the way they did

• Which room they focused on and why

• What was challenging about planning vs. perspective