Lecture 2

Arch 200c 2012 Fall

Course Arch 200c
Date 2012/09/11
Learning Objectives In contrast to the relatively private and discipline-specific mode of orthographic projection, analytical drawings and diagrams are an important mechanism through which architects embed their work within relationships with the larger world.
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Lecture 2

Some uses of diagramming in architectural design.

Readings For Topic 2

  • Stan Allen, “Mapping the Unmappable: on notation,” in Practice: architecture, technique and representation (Psychology Press, 2000), 31-47.
  • Stan Allen, “Diagrams Matter,” in Any 23: Diagram Work, ed. Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, vol. 23 (Anyone Corporation, 1998), 16-19.
  • Brian McGrath and Jean Gardner, Cinemetrics: Architectural Drawing Today (Chichester: Wiley, 2007), Chapter 1
  • James Corner, “The Agency of Mapping: Speculation Critique and Invention,” in Mappings, by Denis Cosgrove (London: Reaktion Books, 1999), 213-252.
  • Mark Garcia, ed., The Diagrams of Architecture - AD Reader (Chichester: Wiley, 2010).
  • Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, “Techniques: Network Spin, and Diagrams,” in Rethinking Technology, New edition edition. (Routledge, 2007), 367-370.
  • Kevin Lynch, Image of the City (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1960). Chapters 1 & 3.
  • Luis Fernández-Galiano, Fire and Memory - On Architecture and Energy, trans. Gina Cariño (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000). Chapter 1

Resources

http://archinect.com/news/article/54767042/drawing-architecture-conversation-with-perry-kulper