Located on the eastern slopes of the Hudson River Valley, the site consists of rolling hills, open meadow and dense hardwood forest. The cascading path of the charcoal line drawing upon trace can be seen translated into the structural steel frame of the guest house of the Duchess County Estate. It’s not meant to be singular in its outcome.”Ī Continuous Line - inspiration for the Duchess County Residence Guest House by Allied Works ArchitectureĪllied Works was commissioned to design a residence, guesthouse and private gallery on 350 acres in Dutchess County, New York. “When and if representation becomes part of that discussion and how that might hopefully engender a different way of thinking about built space as well as representation. In his own words, the work lends itself to larger conversations about architecture. Here, drawing becomes a laboratory, a testing ground to subvert and entice. Look no further than the work of Bryan Cantley, where drawings are not building instructions or depictions, but invitations asking us to reframe, reinterpret and reorder. Through sections, plans, sketches and projections, we discover the ideas driving architecture’s evolution. Accordingly, the architect’s sketches show a house that appears to hover above rolling bluffs - creating what Kundig describes as an elegant and comfortable tree fort.įleas and Surface Applicants, Courtesy Form:uLAįleas and Surface Applicants by Bryan Cantley The main level of the house was raised about 10 feet above the ground, partly to maximize the views, but also to get up above the humidity and insects in the summertime, and the snow in the winter.
The building is thin enough that each room, as you move through the house, balances a feeling of interior refuge with distant prospect views. The house stretches along the line where the forest meets the meadow. Set on three hundred acres of rolling Berkshire landscape, this residence by Olson Kundig was sited in the ecotone - the border between two adjacent ecological systems. Daxböck’s work studies the city through this lens, analyzing the elements and composition of the city and the medium through which it is spread and distributed.īerkshire Residence by Tom Kundig, New Marlborough, Massachusetts Manga is fun and entertaining to read, rooted in the daily life of millions of Japanese people. Manga or 漫画 (composed of the two kanji 漫 meaning “whimsical or impromptu” and 画 meaning “pictures) is a Japanese manifestation of a globalized mediascape for the mass circulation of images, primarily via printed media like comic books, magazines and newspapers but also now via new media like internet, video games and mobile phones. Alex utilizes a common graphic and visual language as an alternative representational tool for architectural designs. 東京都 – Tokyo Metropolis by Alexander DaxböckĪt first glance, Alexander Daxböck’s 東京都 – Tokyo Metropolis looks totally outside conventions of hand drawing. Will hand drawing ever die out? If these sketches are anything to go by, don’t count on it: Their incredible variety points to the fact that, as a medium, the storytelling power of hand drawings are limited only by the imagination of their creator. The following collection looks at the different ways in which architects have utilized hand drawing techniques to represent buildings over the decades, from traditional drafting to modern, graphic imagery. Both hand drawings and CAD drawings are eligible for the competition, and it will prove fascinating to see which medium entrants choose to tell their visual stories. Today, the debate continues: What is the role of hand drawing in contemporary practice? This question lies at the heart of Architizer’s global ideas competition, the One Drawing Challenge.
But as Computer Aided Design (CAD) and digital technology became popularized, the role of hand drawing has been questioned. Consequently, for the majority of human history, the ability to draw by hand was central to the practice of architecture. Get started on your submissionand hurry - the Main Entry Deadline of October 21st is fast-approaching.Īs a profession and an art, architecture has long been defined by a dependence on line and delineation, by the need to describe buildings and spaces. The Fourth Annual One Drawing Challenge is open for entries! Architecture’s most popular drawing competition is back and bigger than ever, including larger prizes.
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