Drawing Architecture

We are in the second decade of the 21st century and, as with most things, the distinction between digital and analogue has become tired and inappropriate. This is also true in the world of architectural drawing, which paradoxically is enjoying a renaissance supported by the graphic dexterity of the computer. This new fecundity has produced a contemporary glut of stunning architectural drawings and representations that could rival the most recent outpouring of architectural vision in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Indeed, there is much to learn by comparing the then and the now. The contemporary drawing is often about its ability to describe the change, fluctuations and mutability of architecture in relation to the virtual/real 21st-century continuum of architectural space. Times have changed, and the status of the architectural drawing must change with them. This reassessment is well overdue, and this edition of AD will be the catalyst for such re-examination. Features the work of: Pascal Bronner, Bryan Cantley, Peter Cook, Perry Kulper, CJ Lim, Tom Noonan, Dan Slavinsky, Neil Spiller, Peter Wilson, Nancy Wolf, Lebbeus Woods and Mas Yendo. Contributors include: Nic Clear, Mark Garcia, Simon Herron and Mark Morris.

We are in the second decade of the 21st century and, as with most things, the distinction between digital and analogue has become tired and inappropriate. This is also true in the world of architectural drawing, which paradoxically is enjoying a renaissance supported by the graphic dexterity of the computer. This new fecundity has produced a contemporary glut of stunning architectural drawings and representations that could rival the most recent outpouring of architectural vision in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Indeed, there is much to learn by comparing the then and the now. The contemporary drawing is often about its ability to describe the change, fluctuations and mutability of architecture in relation to the virtual/real 21st-century continuum of architectural space. Times have changed, and the status of the architectural drawing must change with them. This reassessment is well overdue, and this edition of AD will be the catalyst for such re-examination.* Features the work of: Pascal Bronner, Bryan Cantley, Peter Cook, Perry Kulper, CJ Lim, Tom Noonan, Dan Slavinsky, Neil Spiller, Peter Wilson, Nancy Wolf, Lebbeus Woods and Mas Yendo.* Contributors include: Nic Clear, Mark Garcia, Simon Herron and Mark Morris.

5 EDITORIALHelen Castle6 ABOUT THE GUEST-EDITORNeil Spiller8 SPOTLIGHTVisual highlights of the issue14 INTRODUCTIONArchitectural Drawing: Grasping for the Fifth DimensionNeil Spiller20 All Night Long: The Architectural Jazz of the Texas RangersMark Morris28 Emerging Technologies and Drawings: The Futures of Images in Architectural DesignMark Garcia36 Two Sides of the Page: The Antifact and the ArtefactBryan Cantley44 New MalacoviaPascal Bronner50 AVATAR: Nothing is ImpossibleNeil Spiller56 A World BelowPerry Kulper64 A Two-Speed Landscape: The Reforestation of the Thames EstuaryTom Noonan70 Drawing TimeNic Clear80 Looking and DrawingPeter Cook88 Augmented Landscapes and Delicate MachineryMark Smout and Laura Allen94 Plug-In, Clip-On, Tune-Up: A Throwaway Architecture with Optional ExtrasSimon Herron102 London Short Stories: Drawing NarrativesCJ Lim108 Dragons Adrift: The New Chinese LandscapeNancy Wolf112 The Poetics of the Island of VesselsNeil Spiller120 Bildungsroman Series: Architectural Daring for the 21st CenturyDan Slavinsky124 Could Architectural Drawings Save Us From Philosophical Bankruptcy?Mas Yendo128 COUNTERPOINTThe Art of DrawingMario Carpo134 CONTRIBUTORS