Drawing for urban design, Lorraine Farrelly
Type
Label
Drawing for urban design, Lorraine Farrelly
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (page 185) and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Drawing for urban design
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
1805417851
Responsibility statement
Lorraine Farrelly
Series statement
Portfolio skills. Architecture
Summary
'Drawing for urban design' explores a range of ways to represent the city, from freehand sketching to the sophisticated interactive computer model of the city of the future
Table Of Contents
Introduction; What is drawing?; Drawing the city; About this book; The city in context; Introduction; Early views of the city; The Renaissance and perspective; Artists and their visions of the city; Scale; Twentieth-century precedents and realized urban ideas; Representing the city in the twentieth century; The city as object; Introduction; Subject; Drawing; Observational sketching; Step by step: Sketching the Duomo, Florence; Step by step: Observational sketches on the go; Characterization; Step by step: Serial views through a city; Types of drawing; Plan; Section; AxonometricDigital techniquesStoryboard techniques; Step by step: Dérive; Painting and collage; Step by step: Watercolouring a sketch; The city as data; Analytical tools; Step by step: Analysis through photos and drawing; Diagrams; Step by step: Massing analysis; Visual notes; Diagram sequences; Step by step: Analyzing a site; Outline and photography; Mapping; Congnitive mapping: perception and knowledge; Figure-ground mapping; Step by step: Creating a figure ground; Conceptual field; Digital technologies; Step by step: Enhancing digital photographs; Models; Materials for modelmaking; Massing modelsProcess modelsAbstract models; CAD modeling; The city imagined; The image of the city; Presentation drawing; Abstraction; Collage and photomontage; CAD images and modeling; Step by step: Enhancing a three-dimensional model; Physical modeling; Step by step: Making a physical model; Masterplanning projects; Case study: A new quarter for a historic city- David Chipperfield; Case study: The city of the future- MVRDV; Case study: The eco city- MVRDV; Case study: Rebuilding a community- HOK; Case study: The new Asian city- von Gerkan Marg and PartnersCase study: Sustainability in an extreme environment- Metropolitan WorkshopCase study: The virtual CAD image- Zaha Hadid Architects; Conclusion; Endmatter; Glossary; Further reading; Useful websites; A note on scales; Index; Picture credits; Author's acknowledgments