Architectural Drawing & Representation I

ADR I investigates the current concepts, techniques, and working methods of computer-aided “drawings” in architecture. The focus is on the construction of architectural representations. However, rather than just experimenting in technique, the course encourages one to define how these new operative techniques are changing the role of drawing in architecture. Students study the operative relationship between 2D and 3D data, exploring the reaches of their analytic and representational potential. While the class is a foundational course in architectural computing, it builds on the students’ advanced ability to question, shape, and interrogate space and time. The goal is to reassert the speculative nature of representation in the creation of conceptual, provocative, and data‐filled drawings.