Architects Sketches: Dialogue and Design

153 Pages·2008·8.6 MB·English

by  Kendra Schank Smith PhD in History Theory Criticism and Representation

A RCHITECTS’ SKETCHES
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A RCHITECTS’
SKETCHES
DIALOGUE AND DESIGN
KENDRA SCHANK SMITH
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C ONTENTS
L ist of illustrations vii
A cknowledgements xiii
C hapter 1 Introduction and the sketch 1
A rchitectural sketches and a comparison to dialogue 2
M ethodology 7
T he nature of sketches 1
V isual perception as it pertains to architectural sketches 14
H ow architects use sketches 18
B ibliography 24
C hapter 2 Play, quickness and F estina Lente 26
I lusion and alusion 27
A knowledge gained 32
P lay at work 3
Q uicknes and Festina Lente 35
B ibliography 42
C hapter 3 Memory, imagination and fantasy 43
M emory 43
I magination 57
F antasy 64
B ibliography 70
C hapter 4 Caricature as a mode of transformation 72
H istory of caricature 73
D efi nition of caricature 75
C aricature evident in architectural sketches 78
Bibliography 101
C hapter 5 The grotesque sketch 103
H istory of the grotesque 104
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G rotesque sketches 108
B ibliography 121
C hapter 6 Observation/compendium and l ikeness 123
D igital sketches 127
L ikenes and the marginal 130
Conclusion 133
B ibliography 133
I ndex 135
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L IST OF
ILLUSTRATIONS
F igure 1.1 Triumphal Arch, Tripoli
© Stapleton Collection, UK/Bridgeman Art Library
F igure 1.2 Lorcan O’ H erlihy; Idea sketch of unfolding light well in a structure
L OHA Lorcan O’ H erlihy Architects
F igure 1.3 Steven Holl; Cactus Towers, Live Work Lofts
C ourtesy Steven Holl
F igure 1.4 Antoine Predock; Staglieno Cemetery, Genova, Italy, 1988
A ntoine Predock Architect PC
F igure 1.5 Morten Schmidt; Extension of the Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen
© schmidt hammer lassen
F igure 1.6 Merrill Elam; Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library, University of
California, Berkeley, North Elevation
M ack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects
F igure 1.7 Merrill Elam; Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library, University of
California, Berkeley, South Elevation
M ack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects
F igure 1.8 Merrill Elam; Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library, University of
California, Berkeley, West Elevation
M ack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects
F igure 1.9 Merrill Elam; Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library, University of
California, Berkeley, East Elevation
M ack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects
F igure 2.1 Michel de Klerk; Apartment Block 2, Spaarndammer-plantsoen,
Amsterdam, 1914–16
N etherlands Architecture Institute
F igure 2.2 Eric A. Kahn; Urban Fabric: Mexico City (D.F.) 2003
C entral Offi ce of Architecture
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F igure 2.3 Reima Pietilä; Dipoli Student Assembly Building, Ontaniemi, Espoo
M useum of Finnish Architecture
F igure 2.4 Francesco Borromini; Gateway for S . Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
A lbertina Museum, Vienna, AZ Rom 159a
F igure 2.5 Jun Itami; Stone House 1982
(i n Drawings by Contemporary Japanese Architects)
J un Itami Architect A Research Institute
F igure 2.6 Floris Alkemade; Zeche Zollverein Masterplan, 2008, Offi ce for
Metropolitan Architecture
© OMA/Rem Koolhaas
F igure 2.7 Robert Venturi; House in Northern Delaware
V enturi Scott Brown and Associates, Inc.
F igure 2.8 Lorcan O ’H erlihy; Idea sketch for Landmark Tower/U2 studio in
Dublin, Ireland
L OH Lorcan O’ H erlihy Architect
F igure 2.9 Yoshio Taniguchi; Seishun Shirakaba Art Museum 1982
( in D rawings by Contemporary Japanese Architects)
F igure 3.1 Pentti Karoeja; Westend Iuonnoskirja Day Nursery
A rk-house Architects
F igure 3.2 Antoine Predock; Royal Palace Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand, 2000
A ntoine Predock Architect PC
F igure 3.3 Antoine Predock; Chenonceaux, France 1982
A ntoine Predock Architect PC
F igure 3.4 Steven Holl; Knut Hamsun Museum
C ourtesy Steven Holl
F igure 3.5 Renzo Piano; London Bridge Tower
R enzo Piano Building Workshop s.r.l.
F igure 3.6 Erich Mendelsohn; Library and Offi ce Building for Salmon Schocken
M OMA 96.2000 © Art Resource
F igure 3.7 Michael Rotondi; idea-gram
R oTo Architects, Inc. Michael Rotondi
F igure 3.8 Michelangelo Buonarroti; Sketches of columns and faces
© British Museum, London, UK/The Bridgeman Art Library
F igure 3.9 Reima Peitilä; Kaleva Church, Tampere
M useum of Finnish Architecture
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F igure 3.10 Carlo Scarpa; Pianta dell ’a rea di esposizione della statua di
Cangrande; studi per il supporto della statua esquestre in un’ i potesi a colonne, n°
inv. 31587 recto
A rchivio Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona
F igure 3.11 Ieoh Ming Pei; East Wing of the National Gallery of Art,
Washington, D.C.
P ei Cobb Freed Partners
F igure 3.12 Mayumi Miyawaki; Sketch of Yokoo Residence, 1979
D rawings by Contemporary Japanese Architects
F igure 3.13 Cesar Pelli; Petronas Towers
P elli Clarke Pelli Architects
F igure 3.14 Y. Tanguy, A. Breton, M. Duhamel, M. Morise; Exquisite Corpse, 1934
© Private Collection/Peter Willi/The Bridgeman Art Library
F igure 3.15 Sir Norman Foster; Norman Foster Concept Sketch
F oster + Partners
F igure 3.16 Robert Venturi; Gordon Wu Hall
V enturi Scott Brown and Associates, Inc.
F igure 4.1 Eric A. Kahn; Cathedrals: Notre Dame, Paris 2004
C entral Offi ce of Architecture
F igure 4.2 Gianlorenzo Bernini; A caricature of a Cardinal in bed, ART 321510
© Art Resource
F igure 4.3 Carlo Scarpa; Schizzi vari per un allestimento, n° inv. 32168 recto
A rchivio Museo de Castelvecchio, Verona
F igure 4.4 Jørn Utzon; Bagsvaerd Community Church
U tzon Associates Architects
F igure 4.5 Leonardo da Vinci; Study of Heads, ALI 161559
© Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy/Alinari/ The Bridgeman Art Library
F igure 4.6 Santiago Calatrava, Human/Structure Sketches
S antiago Calatrava LLC
F igure 4.7 Rafael Viñoly; Van Andel Institute project sketch
R afael Viñoly Architects, PC
Figure 4.8 Michael Rotondi; Architecture and Art Building at Prairie View
A& M University
R oTo Architects, Inc., Michael Rotondi
F igure 4.9 Denise Scott Brown; Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Princeton University
V enturi, Scott Brown Architects, Inc.
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