Ebook: Architects Sketches

Concepts from architects' minds evolve through sketches and as a mode of transference are conveyed to the finished building. This book compares qualities of sketches to reveal unique approaches to the instruments of thinking in which all architects engage. It provides new insight into the relationship between architectural sketches and the process of creative manipulation. Sketches comprise a thinking mechanism, and through the qualities of ambiguity, quickness and change, they initiate a dialogue for architects. As a medium to facilitate communication, recording, discovery and evaluation, the.;Cover; ARCHITECTS' SKETCHES: DIALOGUE AND DESIGN; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION AND THE SKETCH; ARCHITECTURAL SKETCHES AND A COMPARISON TO DIALOGUE; METHODOLOGY; THE NATURE OF SKETCHES; VISUAL PERCEPTION AS IT PERTAINS TO ARCHITECTURAL SKETCHES; HOW ARCHITECTS USE SKETCHES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 2 PLAY, QUICKNESS AND FESTINA LENTE; ILLUSION AND ALLUSION; A KNOWLEDGE GAINED; PLAY AT WORK; QUICKNESS AND FESTINA LENTE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 3 MEMORY, IMAGINATION AND FANTASY; MEMORY; IMAGINATION; FANTASY; BIBLIOGRAPHY.