Drawing Architecture and the Urban

Description

Drawing is an important means to analyse information and develop rigorous arguments both conceptually and visually. Going beyond the how-to drawing manual, this book provides an instrumental approach to drawing, especially computer-generated drawings; it outlines how drawings should be used to convey clear and analytical information in the process of design, as well as the communication and discussion of a project. In depth examples are provided how to communicate effectively. The final section demonstrates how to transform case-studies, directly connecting an analytical approach with the design process.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

• Description, Analysis and Transformation: Drawing as Diagram

CHAPTER 1: CONVENTIONS

• 1 Point, Line, Plane and Volume
• 2 Plan Conventions
• 2.1 Orthographic Projections (Elevation)
• 2.2 Cut-away Views (Plan and Section)
• 2.3 Paraline Drawings
• 2.4 Perspective Drawings
• 3 Graphic Conventions
• 3.1 Line Weight, Style and Type
• 3.2 Hatching, Texture, Material and Shading
• 3.3 Colour
• 3.4 Drawing Scale and Paper Size
• 3.5 Annotation and Dimensioning

CHAPTER 2: ARCHITECTURE

• 1 Description
• 1.1 Context: Location Plan and Site Section
• 1.2 Building: Plan, Elevation and Section
• 1.3 Building: Axonometric and Perspective
• 2 Analysis
• 2.1 Context: Figure-Ground Plan
• 2.2 Context: Orientation
• 2.3 Building: Massing
• 2.4 Building: Structural Organisation
• 2.5 Building: Programme
• 2.6 Building: Circulation-to-Use
• 2.7 Building: Part-to-Whole
• 2.8 Building: Repetitive-to-Unique
• 2.9 Building: Geometrical Order
• 2.10 Building: Parti
• 3 Comparison
• 3.1 Free Plan vs Raumplan
• 3.2 Deconstruction of Whole to Parts
• 3.3 Vertical vs Horizontal
• 3.4 Sectional Organisation
• 3.5 Landscape and Landform
• 3.6 Modularity
• 4 Comparative Matrices
• 4.1 Massing
• 4.2 Conceptual Organisation
• 4.3 Disposition
• 4.4 Distribution
• 4.5 Circulation
• 4.6 Difference
• 4.7 Growth

CHAPTER 3: THE URBAN

• 1 Description
• 1.1 Urban Plan
• 1.2 Land Use
• 1.3 Density
• 1.4 Circulation (Transport)
• 1.5 Open Spaces
• 1.6 Infrastructures
• 2 Analysis
• 2.1 Figure-Ground Plan
• 2.2 Hierarchies and Organisation
• 2.3 Part-to-Whole and Repetitive-to-Unique
• 2.4 Built Environment
• 2.5 Phasing
• 3 Comparison
• 3.1 Block
• 3.2 Enclave
• 3.3 Ground
• 3.4 Infrastructure
• 4 Comparative Matrices
• 4.1 Size
• 4.2 Distribution
• 4.3 Hierarchy and Layering
• 4.4 Difference
• 4.5 Growth
• 4.6 Architectural Types and Urban Morphology

CHAPTER 4: TRANSFORMATION

• 1 Typological Transformation
• 1.1 Timeline
• 1.2 Comparative Matrix
• 1.3 Comparative Diagrams
• 1.4 Typological Transformation Diagrams
• 1.5 Transformative Matrix
• 2 Design Examples
• 2.1 Tokyo Podium by Sakiko Goto
• 2.2 The City Campus by Marcin Ganczarski
• 2.3 The Chinese Unit by Yuwei Wang
• 2.4 Cité Housing by Alvaro Arancibia Tagle
• Drawing Acknowledgements and References

328 pages / 21,5 x 28 cm / English