Architectural Study DrawingsISBN: 978-0-471-28502-1
Paperback
136 pages
June 1993
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Study drawings play a key role in the exploration and development
of architecture in the early stages of design. Yet, these principal
tools for graphic thinking have been largely taken for granted in
the design professions. This guide brings study drawings into the
foreground by analyzing actual drawings used by architects past and
present. Architectural Study Drawings is the first source to
provide a basis for understanding the primary means of graphic
thinking used in the creation of these drawings. It also explains
versatile applications of these drawings in architectural practice,
teaching, and research. Evaluations of more than 80 drawings and
diagrams demonstrate how study drawings are active participants
in--rather than passive records of--the designer's graphic
thinking. The author probes characteristics and properties of study
drawings, in addition to how graphic and cognitive processes
combine to guide design decision-making. Drawings of great past
architects ranging from Leonardo da Vinci and Le Corbusier to Carlo
Scarpa are analyzed. Excerpts are included from recent interviews
with five contemporary architects--Joseph Esherick, Helmut Jahn,
Robert Stern, Stanley Tigerman, and Peter Eisenman. Readers will
learn from these masters how to enhance the value of study drawings
in various design situations. Throughout, the author clarifies how
theoretical aspects of study drawings relate to actual design
practice. Detailed chapters discuss key topics such as:
* The theoretical structure of study drawings
* Applications for handmade drawings
* How to make better use of current computer-aided design (CAD) systems
* Examples of drafting room dialogue in practice that help improve design working processes
Architectural Study Drawings offers valuable insights that can be applied on the drawing board in the school and office, in teaching of both media and design, and in research and development for CAD systems.
* The theoretical structure of study drawings
* Applications for handmade drawings
* How to make better use of current computer-aided design (CAD) systems
* Examples of drafting room dialogue in practice that help improve design working processes
Architectural Study Drawings offers valuable insights that can be applied on the drawing board in the school and office, in teaching of both media and design, and in research and development for CAD systems.