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Drawing for urban design / Lorraine Farrelly.

By: Series: Portfolio skills. Architecture.Publication details: London : Laurence King, 2011.Description: 192 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 1856697185 (pbk.)
  • 9781856697187 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA2708 .F367 2011
Contents:
Introduction : What is drawing? ; Drawing the city -- The city in context : 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 : Subject ; Drawing ; Observational sketching : Sketching the Duomo, Florence; Observational sketching on the go ; Characterization : Serial views through a city ; Types of drawing : Plan; Section; Axonometric ; Digital techniques ; Storyboard techniques : Dérive ; Painting and collage : Watercoloring a sketch -- The city as data : Analytical tools : Analysis through photos and drawing ; Diagrams : Massing analysis ; Visual notes ; Diagram sequences : Analyzing a site ; Outline and photography ; Mapping : Cognitive mapping: perception and knowledge ; Figure-ground mapping : Creating a figure ground ; Digital techniques : Enhancing digital photographs ; Models : Materials for modelmaking; Massing models; Process models; Abstract models; CAD modeling -- The city imagined : The image of the city ; Presentation drawing ; Abstraction ; Collage and photomontage ; CAD images and modeling : Enhancing a three-dimensional model ; Physical modeling : Making a physical model -- Masterplanning projects : A new quarter for a historic city: Art and Technology Quarter, Segovia, Spain / David Chipperfield Architects ; The city of the future: Vision 2030, Almere, The Netherlands / MVRDV ; The eco city: Eco City, Logroño Montecorvo, Spain / MVRDV ; Rebuilding a community: Arverne East, Rockaway Peninsula, Queens, New York / HOK ; The new Asian city: Lingang New City, China / von Gerkan Marg and Partners ; Sustainability in an extreme environment: Dead Sea Development, Jordan / Metropolitan Workshop ; The virtual CAD image / Kartal-Pendik Masterplan, Istanbul, Turkey / Zaha Hadid Architects -- Conclusion -- Glossary.
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection NA 2708 .F367 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 2024-12-20 5110159

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : What is drawing? ; Drawing the city -- The city in context : 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 : Subject ; Drawing ; Observational sketching : Sketching the Duomo, Florence; Observational sketching on the go ; Characterization : Serial views through a city ; Types of drawing : Plan; Section; Axonometric ; Digital techniques ; Storyboard techniques : Dérive ; Painting and collage : Watercoloring a sketch -- The city as data : Analytical tools : Analysis through photos and drawing ; Diagrams : Massing analysis ; Visual notes ; Diagram sequences : Analyzing a site ; Outline and photography ; Mapping : Cognitive mapping: perception and knowledge ; Figure-ground mapping : Creating a figure ground ; Digital techniques : Enhancing digital photographs ; Models : Materials for modelmaking; Massing models; Process models; Abstract models; CAD modeling -- The city imagined : The image of the city ; Presentation drawing ; Abstraction ; Collage and photomontage ; CAD images and modeling : Enhancing a three-dimensional model ; Physical modeling : Making a physical model -- Masterplanning projects : A new quarter for a historic city: Art and Technology Quarter, Segovia, Spain / David Chipperfield Architects ; The city of the future: Vision 2030, Almere, The Netherlands / MVRDV ; The eco city: Eco City, Logroño Montecorvo, Spain / MVRDV ; Rebuilding a community: Arverne East, Rockaway Peninsula, Queens, New York / HOK ; The new Asian city: Lingang New City, China / von Gerkan Marg and Partners ; Sustainability in an extreme environment: Dead Sea Development, Jordan / Metropolitan Workshop ; The virtual CAD image / Kartal-Pendik Masterplan, Istanbul, Turkey / Zaha Hadid Architects -- Conclusion -- Glossary.

'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.

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