Drawn to design
Subtitle: analyzing architecture through freehand drawing
By: Eric J. Jenkins
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Basel, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9783034607988; 9783038211921
Subjects: Architectural drawing; Technique; Freehand technical sketching
Description: The book is a guide for students and teachers to understand the need for, the role of and the methods and techniques of freehand analytical sketching in architecture. The presentation focuses on drawing as an approach to and phase of architectural design. The conceptual goal of this approach is to use drawing not as illustration or depiction, but exploration. The first part of the book discusses underlying concepts of freehand sketching in design education and practice as a compliment to digital technologies. The main component is a series of chapters that constitute a typology of fundamental issues in architecture and urban design; for instance, issues of "facade" are illustrated with sketch diagrams that show how facades can be explored and sketched through a series of specific questions and step-by-step procedures. This book is especially timely in an age in which the false conflict between "traditional vs. digital" gives way to multiple design tools, including sketching.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-305) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Sketching, thinking, learning; title: Design acts; title: Holistic acts.