ALTE NATIONALGALERIE
In Berlin last week, I was surprised that the Alte Nationalgalerie ended up being one of my favorite buildings in the city. And given the enormous architectural wonders of Berlin, that is saying a...
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UNITY OF OPPOSITES 13-18
This is the third and final installment of our look at Unity Of Opposites as they apply to Transparent Drawing. The first two installments can be found here and here. I hope that you...
VORONOI DIAGRAMS
I have found a new inspiration source, voronoi diagrams. A voronoi diagram is a scientific / mathematical graphic which divides a plane into regions based on sets of points on that plane. The first...
UNITY OF OPPOSITES 7-12
This is the second installment of our look at Unity Of Opposites as they apply to Transparent Drawing. The first installment can be found here. Seven TD: Real Object RS: Faithful Vision Drawings that...
UNITY OF OPPOSITES 1-6
Today, and for the next two Mondays, we will look at a Unity Of Opposites as they apply to Transparent Drawing. Each page will have 6 Opposites, for a total at the end of...
KNOWLEDGE AND EMOTION
Why do we draw? I say in these pages that we should draw for knowledge, rather than emotion. But what, exactly, do I mean by that? What do I mean when I say that...
TRANSPARENT LANDSCAPE
Can we learn from a Renaissance landscape painting? The drawing above tries to answer that question. The painting in question is titled The Harvesters and it is by Pieter Brugel the Elder, done in...
READY TO BUILD
The fashion industry has it’s ready to wear collections. Why don’t architects have their Ready To Build collections as well? For a quick update on tReady To Build in Transparent Drawing, these pages have...
THE UNVISIBLE
Suzuki tells us that the foundation of Zen Buddhism is the concept of the unconscious. “Spatially, it is called ‘formless’, against all that can be subsumed under form; temporarily, it is ‘non-abiding’, as it...
ORDINARY BUILDING BIZEN
Just another ordinary building in Bizen, Japan. After getting off the train and then starting to walk thru the town, this was the second building that I took photos of. There are many buildings...
REPRESENTATION IS DEAD
Why do we even teach representation as the mode with which to draw to solve problems? Why are we even taught to draw representationally? Why are we culturally ingrained to draw for emotion, rather...
FOLDING WINGS
On this Monday morning, I wanted to share what I hope is an inspirational design resource. At this link, you will find a paper written by Japanese scientists in which they create holistic and...
LIFE IS NOT LIKE AN OIL PAINTING
“Life delineates itself on the canvas called time; and time never repeats: once gone, forever gone, and so is an act: once done, it is never undone. Life is a sumiye-painting, which must be...
ARTICLES ON DRAWING
Two articles on drawing that I came across and want to share with you. The first is by Sam Jacobs and the article is titled Rendering: The Cave of the Digital. This is published...
HILBERT SPACE 2
While we are on the subject of Hilbert Space, another drawing. (Our introduction to Hilbert Space is at the previous page.) In my research into this mathematical construct, I came across the image below,...
HILBERT SPACE
How many dimensions can we draw in? If we are within Hilbert Space, then the number of dimensions is infinite. David Hilbert was a great mathematician working in the early part of the 1900s. ...
NOTE TAKING
I’ve started to draw in a slightly new way. And the best way I can describe it is that I am taking notes. For most of my drawings of existing buildings, I have devoted...
THE PATHETIC STATE OF ARCHITECTURAL COMMENTARY
Time was, the arrival of a copy of the print magazine Architectural Record, was a big deal. The subscription was expensive. It’s contents were mysterious. Times have changed. Now it shows up in our...
PAIN AND ARCHITECTURE
The scientific study of pain is evolving to a great degree; they can now quantify it. This has import for architecture. While this may sound crazy, let’s look at the link between pain and...
THRESHOLD OF FORM COMPREHENSION
Is there a threshold for form knowledge? That is to ask, can we draw so that we are at the threshold of form comprehension? Is there a form threshold? This question was asked a...
QUANTIFIABLE ARCHITECTURE
Let’s establish Quantifiable Architecture. Architecture should be quantified. Architecture can be quantified. That is to say, metrics can be established which give numerical values to aspects and features of our buildings. And we establish...
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