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Drawing the building and building the drawing

Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2014.

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Other Authors: Van Rensburg, Rudolf Johannes
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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/45292 Drawing the building and building the drawing Van Rensburg, Rudolf Johannes Barker, A.A.J. (Arthur Adrian Johnson) Mouton, Jacques P. Drawing Eidetic image Impressionistic perspective Paul Kruger precent Archive UCTD Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2014. The way we build is inherently bound to methods implemented when representing any proposed intervention. Superficially, it would seem that the techniques used for representing architecture have rapidly progressed, especially with regard to the influence technology has on the depiction of architectural form in a graphically accessible manner. However, when critically examining the consequential products that arise from either method, it becomes evident that very little has been gained through employing these new methods of creation and depiction. Through accepting, wholeheartedly, drawing conventions adapted from generation to generation- combined with the digitisation of methods used for depicting architectural intent and/or instruction, a schism emerged. There exists a divide between the act of drawing, and the primal meaning represented through the product. To escape the doldrums created by the aforementioned condition, this dissertation presents a fourfold investigation on ‘architectural drawing’ as entity. The four individual chapters should be understood as reflections on the methodological approaches employed in the formation of the resulting intervention. The summarised topics are as follows: It is important to note that all the drawings presented in this document were done by hand, and drawn with considerable love and precision. As such, The drawings are intended to be carefully studied and contemplated - with specific regard to the preceding text - in order to create a holistic view of the project. The resulting intervention is informed by, and thus a direct product of, investigative sketches that act as research- and mapping devices. This process enables the communication of internalised ideas, both to oneself and to others. Since communication is fully dependent on the clear translation of ideas, drawings become the embodiment of the formulated approach, instead of a representation of internalised ideas. The programme housed by the resulting architecture aims to further strengthen the proposed theoretical premise through emphasising the impact that drawing has on spatial hierarchy. The act of drawing possesses the power to define or alter perceptions of hierarchal value contained within artefacts. through manipulating the emphasis placed on an object within a drawing it becomes possible to manipulate it’s perceived importance. Architecture MArch(Prof) Unrestricted 2015-05-26T08:48:21Z 2015-05-26T08:48:21Z 2015 2014 Mini Dissertation Mouton, JP 2014, Drawing the building and building the drawing, MArch(Prof) Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45292> S2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45292 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle Drawing
Eidetic image
Impressionistic perspective
Paul Kruger precent
Archive
UCTD
Drawing the building and building the drawing
title Drawing the building and building the drawing
title_full Drawing the building and building the drawing
title_fullStr Drawing the building and building the drawing
title_full_unstemmed Drawing the building and building the drawing
title_short Drawing the building and building the drawing
title_sort drawing the building and building the drawing
topic Drawing
Eidetic image
Impressionistic perspective
Paul Kruger precent
Archive
UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45292