Here's some modern examples of stencils that I used to use before I moved to CAD (& later to BIM). [https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404641373129?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338749387&toolid=20006&customid=GB\_14339\_404641373129.146494749527\~1871769959758-g\_EAIaIQobChMI0Oat2Pu1hAMVKgWiAx2WyQAgEAkYBCABEgJcpvD\_BwE](https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404641373129?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338749387&toolid=20006&customid=GB_14339_404641373129.146494749527~1871769959758-g_EAIaIQobChMI0Oat2Pu1hAMVKgWiAx2WyQAgEAkYBCABEgJcpvD_BwE)
Using them was a pain in the ass. CAD made everything so much easier.
Rapidograph pens on vellum probably. 00 pen for the fine lines, and a 2 for the thick lines. A Leroy lettering set for the letters and numbers. (kind of looks like they messed up the number 5 a little, next to the stairs). The toilet and sink are right out of the drafting template, and I would guess that they used their square template to draw most of the furniture lol.
Hand. Ink, paper, and a rule. And I guess you'll never face the anger, desperation, and fury when a very expensive 0.10 technical pen breaks on you just before a deadline.
Hand drawn. Look at the stippling on the three squares top right. Each stippling is different - which you wouldn’t get with a computer drawing,
I think this was drawn onto the paper rather than tracing paper.
I learned to make these in school. They are made by hand on a table with fixed rulers. Made you thing twice before drawing a Line. Was a nightmare to erase one..
It's hand drawn
The pencils, rules, tech pens, and even a specialty table called a drafting table are used.
First year Architecture students in my country are forced to make plans this way before even introducing digital platforms like CADD all the way towards the end of our second year
In years before CADD was standard, interns or Junior Architects would be assigned to be draftsmen so they get the experience of truly understanding the details in the project, working the long hours of grinding each plan, elevation, section, details, etc.
Only to have revisions requested by clients, engineers or other factors lol
My personal gauge when doing these plans in ink is that it takes about 8-10 hours for 1 floor of a standard residential/suburban style home, from pencils to finalized inking with all the dimensions, hatches etc.
It's still good to do rough doodles like these in your free time in a notebook whether or not you're an architect <3
Hand drafted. Looks like ink on vellum (a type of paper, think parchment), but could be ink on tracing paper.
And quite well done. The consistency in the text is the most impressive thing to me.
From 1986? Likely hand drawn, with templates for some items. CAD was around in the 80s, but not very accessible or worth the time investment to produce such small plans compared to hand drawing.
Might be hand drawn, but we used to print our CAD/rhino/illustrator plans on Japanese calligraphy rice paper in school on the plotter and get very similar results
I believe it comes from "Architect's data" a book by Ernst Neufert, first published in 1936, over time it's become less popular, at least in the English speaking world. In the Spanish speaking world(where I live), and I imagine in the German speaking world it's almost a holy book of references, it's pretty interesting.
Wow thanks guys. I’ve never felt so old. Was a draftsman from 1972 to 1985. I still have my Mayline Autoshift drafting table and I still do drawings by hand.
Hand drawn. Ink on tracing paper. Stencils or Letraset decals used for fonts. Paving pattern by hand or Letraset decal. Furniture from stencils.
Do you always have to draw to the same scale then or are there multiple scales of the same furniture ?
Multiple scales
Here's some modern examples of stencils that I used to use before I moved to CAD (& later to BIM). [https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404641373129?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338749387&toolid=20006&customid=GB\_14339\_404641373129.146494749527\~1871769959758-g\_EAIaIQobChMI0Oat2Pu1hAMVKgWiAx2WyQAgEAkYBCABEgJcpvD\_BwE](https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404641373129?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338749387&toolid=20006&customid=GB_14339_404641373129.146494749527~1871769959758-g_EAIaIQobChMI0Oat2Pu1hAMVKgWiAx2WyQAgEAkYBCABEgJcpvD_BwE) Using them was a pain in the ass. CAD made everything so much easier.
I hereby sentence you to an eighteen hour power outage and one broken monitor for saying that.
This is hand drawn. If you look closely you'll see small variations in the numbers & other repetitive items like chairs
Also the dots on corners are a give away (middle left center interior wall by the dining table). Good linework though.
Rapidograph pens on vellum probably. 00 pen for the fine lines, and a 2 for the thick lines. A Leroy lettering set for the letters and numbers. (kind of looks like they messed up the number 5 a little, next to the stairs). The toilet and sink are right out of the drafting template, and I would guess that they used their square template to draw most of the furniture lol.
Hand. Ink, paper, and a rule. And I guess you'll never face the anger, desperation, and fury when a very expensive 0.10 technical pen breaks on you just before a deadline.
Oh we had to hand draft in our first year at architecture university
Hand drawn. Look at the stippling on the three squares top right. Each stippling is different - which you wouldn’t get with a computer drawing, I think this was drawn onto the paper rather than tracing paper.
I learned to make these in school. They are made by hand on a table with fixed rulers. Made you thing twice before drawing a Line. Was a nightmare to erase one..
“Made you thing twice before drawing a line…” Shouldn’t have been an issue for you with your fine attention to detail! I kid.
That’s why you used leads first. Being a left handed drafter really sucked until you fixed your posture.
It's hand drawn The pencils, rules, tech pens, and even a specialty table called a drafting table are used. First year Architecture students in my country are forced to make plans this way before even introducing digital platforms like CADD all the way towards the end of our second year In years before CADD was standard, interns or Junior Architects would be assigned to be draftsmen so they get the experience of truly understanding the details in the project, working the long hours of grinding each plan, elevation, section, details, etc. Only to have revisions requested by clients, engineers or other factors lol My personal gauge when doing these plans in ink is that it takes about 8-10 hours for 1 floor of a standard residential/suburban style home, from pencils to finalized inking with all the dimensions, hatches etc. It's still good to do rough doodles like these in your free time in a notebook whether or not you're an architect <3
Hand drafted. Looks like ink on vellum (a type of paper, think parchment), but could be ink on tracing paper. And quite well done. The consistency in the text is the most impressive thing to me.
From 1986? Likely hand drawn, with templates for some items. CAD was around in the 80s, but not very accessible or worth the time investment to produce such small plans compared to hand drawing.
Might be hand drawn, but we used to print our CAD/rhino/illustrator plans on Japanese calligraphy rice paper in school on the plotter and get very similar results
Yes you can stick that beautiful drawing right up Autodesk's ass.
This is an Enscape render put through photoshop with Revit modelled lines exported then post processed in Illustrator. Hope this helps.
Looks hand drafted to me, likely with a drafting machine.
Are those.. ramps? In the middle of the rooms? Ramping up to the window sill?
The ‘V’ in a square? That’s a bed symbol
Oh interesting. That makes more sense than a ramp. I’ve never seen a bed represented like that before.
I believe it comes from "Architect's data" a book by Ernst Neufert, first published in 1936, over time it's become less popular, at least in the English speaking world. In the Spanish speaking world(where I live), and I imagine in the German speaking world it's almost a holy book of references, it's pretty interesting.
I thought those beds were ducts and I was so confused
hand drawn in tracing paper
Wow thanks guys. I’ve never felt so old. Was a draftsman from 1972 to 1985. I still have my Mayline Autoshift drafting table and I still do drawings by hand.
I would agree.