sketching next week

like last year, while in barcelona, we will all (yes, teachers too) use the A5 sketchbooks (that you all should - or soon will- have received from cristian ) for producing analytical, architectural sketches.

we will thus have a  meeting every evening to assess the work produced, get aquainted with the procedures (none, or very few words, just simple black and white drawings (!!!); the sketches are meant to supplement photos you would otherwise make, and focus on simple architectural issues ranging from smaller (urban) objets to exploded views of urban space(s). during our stay we will attempt to refine this way of working, so that it also can become a useful tool in any future excercise.

thomas has oploaded 3 examples of sketchsbooks with analytical architectural sketches: looking at corbu's ronchamp, la tourette and petite maison here, a study trip to finland lots of aalto here, and from last year's  trip to barcelona > click here;

except for last year's example, you can note, there are no real urban situations in the examples. this is something that we will examine while drawing in barcelona. ["..note there are no people or objects/products other than what is to be understood as urban spatial/architectural details, overviews or conditions in the sketch-book-examples. these should be analytical drawings in the sense that they are immediate, not formed or rendered, just registered quickly and intuitevely. numbers and letters as relevant layers of info are allowed...."]

remember to bring your sketchbook with you ! (and also bring a private one, so as to have a possibility to write and note.) 8B and Filia will be provide by thomas in barcelona.

regarding observation(s): here is a short excerpt from georges perec  (compulsory)

more tomorow here on the blog on the short and exiting barcelona abduction excercise that cristian will introduce you in the morning.