Drawing parallels : knowledge production in axonometric, isometric and oblique drawings /
Drawing Parallels expands your understanding of the workings of architects by looking at their work from an alternative perspective. The book focuses on parallel projections such as axonometric, isometric and oblique drawings. Ray Lucas argues that by retracing the marks made by architects, we can b...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Summary: | Drawing Parallels expands your understanding of the workings of architects by looking at their work from an alternative perspective. The book focuses on parallel projections such as axonometric, isometric and oblique drawings. Ray Lucas argues that by retracing the marks made by architects, we can begin to engage more directly with their practice as it is only by redrawing the work that hidden aspects are revealed. The practice of drawing offers significantly different insights, not easily accessible through discourse analysis, critical theory, or observation. Using James Stirling, JJP Oud, Peter Eisenman, John Hejduk and Cedric Price as case studies, Lucas highlights each architect's creative practices which he anaylzes with reference to Henri Bergson's concepts of temporality and creativity, discussing the manner in which creative problems are explored and solved. The book also draws on a range of anthropological ideas including skilled practice and enchantment in order to explore why axonometrics are important to architecture and questions the degree to which the drawing convention influences the forms produced by architects. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-199) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781472412836 1472412834 |