WWW Drawing: Architectural Drawing from Pencil to Pixel

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WWW Drawing Architectural Drawing From Pencil to Pixel

What is the role of hand drawing for architecture in a digital age? How might computer-generated drawings emulate the ambiguities and nuances of the hand? As drawing moves off the page and onto the screen, what are the prospects for architectural drawing?

Artists and architects of a younger generation — Daniel Cardoso Llach, Andrew Heumann, Jürg Lehni, Jane Nisselson, Seher Shah and Ann Tarantino — address various aspects of architectural drawing, both analog and digital

WWW Drawing—a project of Pennsylvania State University’s Department of Architecture—explored these issues through events including a giant-scale drawing workshop and a symposium held at the Drawing Center, New York.

Together, their research and creative explorations—into contrasting ideologies of early computer-aided design; technology as expressive vocabulary; and drawing as live performance, whether done by hand or robotic drawing machines—cast architectural drawing in a fresh light.

WWW refers both to the World Wide Web, and the Three Ws: architects Michael Webb, Mark West and James Wines, who reflect on their individual approaches to hand drawing in this volume.

Janet Abrams, Editor and Producer Mehdrad Hadighi, Project Director

Janet Abrams · Mehrdad Hadighi Daniel Cardoso Llach · Andrew Heumann · Jürg Lehni Jane Nisselson · Seher Shah · Ann Tarantino Michael Webb · Mark West · James Wines


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