sketching

sketching and architecture go hand in hand. A sketch is a quick study of very particular moments and done in very particular ways. After reading Professor Arturo's post on story boarding I have been revisiting many of the sketches and diagrams that I have been working on for the past few years and have found that in each one there is a particular story that is being outlined. For instance one particular drawing that I had been working on was of the Kimbell Art Museum i Ft. Worth Texas by Architect Louis Kahn. After spending several days drawing many buildings and works of art I realized that the drawings that I was doing were too representational, too picturesque, I was not analyzing what the building was about, how it worked, why was it important. but in a moment of Aha! I began to disect my skectches into primary elements, such as light, and structure. By focusing on only one detail at a time I began to tell the real story of the building, The strongest drawings that I have are no more that a handful of lines detailing the effect of light in a particular space. No these are not pretty drawings, I do not have the greatest hand in the world, but they are understandable by pretty much anyone who sees them. (the sketch below is not mine)

Sketch of the proposed kimbell art museum addition by Renzo Piano.

Sketches are also instructive documents which in brief detail demonstrate a sequence of actions. Over the past few months I have been doing research on my thesis which is about the relationships between gastronomy and architecture. thorough this research I have been diagraming the action of creating certain dishes. These diagrams serve as a storyboard for the production of food items and how independent elements are brought together to form a cohesive final product.