DRAWING IS THINKING.
Before an architect can design a space, they must first learn how to see one.
Architectural drawing is often introduced as a technical skill: how to draw a plan, how to construct a perspective, how to use a drafting program.
These skills are important. But they are only the beginning.
In this course, drawing becomes a method of observation, interpretation and architectural thinking.
We draw to understand form, space, people, place and atmosphere.
THE HAND
LEARNS
BEFORE
THE MIND
EXPLAINS.
When students draw a building, they begin to notice things that photographs often hide.
They notice the thickness of a wall, the relationship between a person and a doorway, the direction of light, the rhythm of columns, the depth of a threshold and the way people move through space.
Drawing therefore becomes a form of architectural investigation.
THE CITY
IS OUR
CLASSROOM.
Architecture cannot be fully understood from a screen.
Throughout the semester, students will leave the classroom and enter the everyday environments of Denpasar.
Streets, markets, temples, courtyards, public spaces, neighborhoods and buildings become living drawing laboratories.
The objective is not simply to visit interesting places.
The objective is to learn how to see them architecturally.
They should be able to see better.