Category: BASICS ARCHITECTURE

Research sketchbooks

A research sketchbook is a collection of ideas and references surrounding a particular aspect of the design concept (for example, the use of a particular material within the scheme), allowing the element to be investigated, developed and shaped into its final form. The research may be recorded as notes, photographs, photocopies or web images, as […]

Design diaries

A design diary is a sketchbook that is updated daily with thoughts, references and ideas. As the name suggests, the key point here is that it is treated like a diary and is personal, honest and complete. Some ideas in a design diary will be quickly recorded and never referred to again, while others will […]

Conceptual field

As well as being used at the beginning of the design process, as the scheme of a building further develops, many of the architectural drawings produced are analytical (even the detail drawings that explain the assembly of a building are themselves a form of analysis). For example, analytical sketches can be used to explain site […]

Analytical sketches

Analysis of an idea requires a way of thinking that separates, simplifies and clarifies. An analytical sketch usually follows the same working principles, and as such is a device that can help explain complex aspects of architecture. Analytical drawings can be used to isolate specific aspects of an architectural idea, and describe them as a […]

Line hierarchy

When sketching it’s an excellent idea to have a range of pens, pencils and colouring media at your disposal because the thickness of the lines in a sketch are extremely important. There is a hierarchy associated with the line and its values vary in sketching. A fine line can be used for shading and detail […]