Architecture Representation and the Perspective Hinge

Translation vs. Transcription

Architectural profession still hesitant to apply transparency and different means for representation even though artists etc have been using collage, etc. for years…

Drawings as reflection of precision for need for unambiguous representation of ideas…

Attempt to probe the possibilities of building architecture as a poetic translation, not a prosaic transcription, of its representations.

Architectural Meaning and the Tools of the Architect

Fascinating fact that many things like gothic cathedrals were built without many architectural drawings…

Act of construction to now simply representing through drawing (architecture)

Theories of Vision and the Reciprocity between Seeing and Being Seen

This first statement reminded me of the sidewalk chalk guy…

http://gprime.net/images/sidewalkchalkguy/

Impact of light in humans perceiving things and its geometrical properties…
And its transparent nature

From Architectural Perspective to Artificial Construction

God centered perspective leads to things like centralized churches, where views are all roughly the same…technically centered perspectives lead to nicely constructed architectural views of buildings that are not centered.

Renaissance formation of this type of drawing revolutionary

Again mathematics based

I really like the visual image and idea of light being emitted from the eyes and thereby creating the views we see

Optical correction amazing idea for building construction for buildings to appear vertical when in fact they are off to shift our perceived notion of them. Things like the entasis in the steps of the Parthenon, etc…this shows how a constructed view of things are extremely important in architectural representation.

Interesting notion that original perspectives were created with help of things like receding lines in floor patterns and regular, architectural linearity, this probably led to a preconceived notion to how ‘correct’ perspective drawings should look and has probably shaped the pedagogy architecture because of it…

All of this section keeps bringing to my mind the importance of framing views and constructing well crafted images to get your ideas across or to capture a special vantage point for any type of experience. Hence the project for this week of crafting and framing views in our first animation. This section was very interesting.