Workshop in Classical Architectural Design: Auburn University

What You Will Learn

• Layout a block form of the entire Tuscan Order and explore the proportional relationships of the parts to the whole.
• Produce a detailed drawing of the base, capital and entablature and learn the nomenclature of the various parts.
• Produce a drawing of a portico using the Tuscan Order to explore issues of syntax in application of the classical order within a composition, including the pediment and principle of intercolumniation.
• Explore how the canonical Tuscan order can be modified in built examples in different regions.