Theory and History of Architectural Drawing
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This is a review of facsimile editions of two architects' sketchbooks, Eduardo Souto de Moura and Wang Shu. One factor in the staying power of the sketch is its immediacy, another is its physicality. In a world in which we increasingly... more
En este libro se analiza un conjunto ejemplar de dibujos de la Modernidad que han llegado a formar parte del imaginario de muchos arquitectos. En sucesivos capítulos se aborda el cambio en el modo de dibujar de Le Corbusier antes y... more
El análisis gráfico es una herramienta muy útil en la restauración de monumentos, pero en realidad su uso está muy restringido. Lo que habitualmente se realiza, en todo caso, son análisis Implícitos en los propios planos de levantamiento,... more
Twenty years ago the British architect and urban designer Gordon Cullen died, without Spanish journals paying any particular attention to his legacy. As 2014 sees Cullen’s centenary, this article is intended to be a small homage to his... more
During the last five centuries, a great number of ingenious drawing instruments that allow to divide a segment into a fixed number of equal parts have been made by several skilful craftsmen. Despite the apparent difference between the... more
Este libro trata de cómo se reflejan las ideas y las realidades arquitectónicas sobre un plano gráfico. El dibujo de arquitectura se examina desde una perspectiva teórica, al tiempo que se ofrece un breve repaso histórico de sus ejemplos... more
El levantamiento arquitectónico es uno de los grandes temas dentro del dibujo de arquitectura. Tuvo su origen en el interés de los arquitectos renacentistas por las ruinas romanas, pero con el tiempo se extendió a todo tipo de... more
Las obras de arquitectura se presentan ante nosotros con unas formas definidas y tienen una imagen que puede ser real o únicamente gráfica, dependiendo de que se hayan construido o se hayan quedado sobre el papel. Este libro trata de cómo... more
La presente tesis doctoral nace como consecuencia de una labor docente e investigadora en el campo del dibujo de arquitectura llevada a cabo en los seis últimos años dentro de la Segunda Cátedra de Análisis de Formas Arquitectónicas de la... more
The "THEATRES OF ARCHITECTURAL IMAGINATION: FRASCARI 5 SYMPOSIUM" [May 27-29, 2021, Winnipeg / Montréal / Adelaide / Zoom] was Co-Chaired by Lisa Landrum, University of Manitoba and Sam Ridgway, University of Adelaide, and in... more
Abstract: Dealing with Gordon Cullen’s ideas in the decade of the fifties refers us to his articles in the magazine “The Architectural Review” and the campaign orchestrated by its publishers to defend the ideas of Townscape applied to... more
Architectural drawings can be problematic for traditional archives. Unlike paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts, which are accessioned, architectural sketches (and in some cases, drawings) may not. They can be the flotsam and jetsam... more
The tradition of stereotomy developed in the different Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula between the late XIV and the early XV century will allow to materialize in stone the new Renaissance system which had arrived from Italy.... more
De acuerdo con la idea del canon occidental, se trata de los dibujos más representativos o conocidos de la arquitectura del Movimiento Moderno. Se seleccionan diez dibujos que podrían formar parte de un museo imaginario de los dibujos de... more
La arquitectura como hecho material va unida a la historia del hombre. Su consideración como hecho cultural lleva aparejado su estudio como una disciplina en sí misma, y en la materialización de ese estudio el dibujo ocupa un lugar... more
Este texto forma parte del libro 'El dibujo de arquitectura: teoría e historia de un lenguaje gráfico', publicado por la editorial Nerea.
Neben ihren bedeutsamen Altbeständen an historischen Drucken und Manuskripten bewahrt die Herzog August Bibliothek auch einen eher weniger bekannten Bestand an bemerkenswerten Handzeichnungen des 16. bis 19. Jahrhunderts auf. Darunter... more
The primacy of vision within western culture, metaphorically and literally, has many sources and trajectories – from Plato’s cave to the Edenic garden. Genesis 3: 4-5, recounts “And the serpent said unto the woman...God doth know that in... more
Methodological research into the paradoxical relationship between architecture and people: the urban artifact is a man-made object and precedes man, and they both have their own histories of different durations. This has consequences for... more
El presente texto acomete un recorrido a lo largo de algunas de las relaciones que se establecen entre Arquitectura y Dibujo, consideradas fundamentales para cualquier aproximación a la arquitectura dibujada. Este acercamiento se produce... more
The paintings and drawings of the architect Louis Kahn were catalogued in a book by Jan Hochstim (1991), which allowed those interested in his graphic work to study them in greater depth in later publications. This essay is intended to... more
Although studies on Le Corbusier appear to have covered almost all the topics possible, strange though it may seem, the few visits he made to Britain have still not been investigated in detail. A recent publication under the title Le... more
Some time ago the author made an attempt, by means of an analogy with Darwinian processes of adaptation to the environment and the success of species better fitted to it, to explain how images change and adjust to the various functions or... more
The contemporary model of the Design Studio is constantly being tested and revised, before a rising heterodoxy of programs and methods. As a key, it is proposed the retrieval of John Ruskin’s essay 'The Seven Lamps of Architecture'.... more
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https://drawingmatter.org/sets/drawing-week/ink-on-his-hands-montanos-visceral-roman-architectures/
https://drawingmatter.org/sets/drawing-week/ink-on-his-hands-montanos-visceral-roman-architectures/
Wer entwirft, versucht dem Unbekannten eine Form zu geben, er oder sie baut eine – durch graphische Repräsentationen und Modelle vermittelte – Brücke ins Nichts. Im modernen Sprachgebrauch benennt das »Entwerfen« nahezu alle Praktiken,... more
VISIO-CONFÉRENCE LE JEUDI 15 AVRIL 2021 DE 18H À 20H Conférence organisée dans le cadre des séminaires communs d'histoire des techniques de l'université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (« Ecrits, dessins et modèles artisanaux à l'époque... more
This exploration of the role of imaginal bodies in architectural design begins with the work of a pupil and is followed by an analysis of his teacher. In both drawing and construction, these architects establish a dialogue between bodies... more
Laddove i progressi nel campo della tecnologia dell'immagine rendono disponibili monitor, schermi e touch-screen con risoluzione sempre maggiore-nei quali la misura di ogni singolo pixel sembra ridursi sino alla soglia della effettiva... more
The aim of this contribution is to show how the perspective drawing, using soft graphite Pencils, Wolff’s Carbon Pencils or Charcoal was the most common technique of drawing and the most emblematic in the interwar period, during the... more
A graphic score for eight hands and four pianos in three parts
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No es fácil distinguir cuándo un dibujo puede considerarse un verdadero levantamiento. sobre todo si se trata de un ejemplo histórico. Pero si tomamos como idea de levantamiento una concepción más bien general, podremos incluir en él... more
In recent decades, architecture has persistently engaged with defining its relationship to digitization. The practice of architectural drawing has often been at the centre of this discussion, which has questioned its relevance by putting... more