architectural sketches – the poetry of expressing ideas of architecture
‘in this time of computer-aided drawings, computer generated perspectives, and 3D animations, what more with software bearing the name of “Sketch-up”; the physical act of sketching and drawing BY HAND seems to be losing favor among the younger generations of architects who are more at ease and proficient in “drawing” and “sketching” with the keyboard’- Ar. Lee Chor Wah – Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia’s President 2007-2008.
what a good introduction by our honorable PAM President in his short note for the PAM’s 2008 specially printed ‘sketch book’ made available by the generosity of Johnson Suisse [Malaysia].
i personally do agree with our mr. president. i myself too in the same understanding with him. nothing is wrong with the introduction of whatever new technologies to improve the drawing skill of the new generation of architects. but we must never forget our ROOT basic. never let loose our craft of creativity to genuinely preserve the art in exploring ideas of architecture. as defined by our mr. president that ‘sketching’ is the act of drawing in search of ideas and it has always been the repertoire of many great architects of the world.
i had the opportunity to pay a visit to an exhibition of original drawings by one of the notable [the 1990 Pritzker Prize winner] Italian architect Aldo Rossi at the York City Art Gallery, in York, England on the 5th. December 1987. everyone agreed including the then Secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects Mr. Patricik Harrison, that Aldo Rossi was more influential by his rough architectural sketches and his final formal architectural hand drawings than his finished works. however what more important was Aldo Rossi with his elusive, simple and practical but at times powerful approach in architecture, had created an effective visual language for others to view not just his own architectural ideas but also the world in which they [his architecture] took place. this has been forever be part of a great poetic gift to the world of art in architecture that they [Rossi’s sketches] forever remains as bearer of a unique message: the architecture of Aldo Rossi.
a citation from the 1990 Pritzker Price Jury on Aldo Rossi:
‘in this time of computer-aided drawings, computer generated perspectives, and 3D animations, what more with software bearing the name of “Sketch-up”; the physical act of sketching and drawing BY HAND seems to be losing favor among the younger generations of architects who are more at ease and proficient in “drawing” and “sketching” with the keyboard’- Ar. Lee Chor Wah – Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia’s President 2007-2008.
what a good introduction by our honorable PAM President in his short note for the PAM’s 2008 specially printed ‘sketch book’ made available by the generosity of Johnson Suisse [Malaysia].
i personally do agree with our mr. president. i myself too in the same understanding with him. nothing is wrong with the introduction of whatever new technologies to improve the drawing skill of the new generation of architects. but we must never forget our ROOT basic. never let loose our craft of creativity to genuinely preserve the art in exploring ideas of architecture. as defined by our mr. president that ‘sketching’ is the act of drawing in search of ideas and it has always been the repertoire of many great architects of the world.
i had the opportunity to pay a visit to an exhibition of original drawings by one of the notable [the 1990 Pritzker Prize winner] Italian architect Aldo Rossi at the York City Art Gallery, in York, England on the 5th. December 1987. everyone agreed including the then Secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects Mr. Patricik Harrison, that Aldo Rossi was more influential by his rough architectural sketches and his final formal architectural hand drawings than his finished works. however what more important was Aldo Rossi with his elusive, simple and practical but at times powerful approach in architecture, had created an effective visual language for others to view not just his own architectural ideas but also the world in which they [his architecture] took place. this has been forever be part of a great poetic gift to the world of art in architecture that they [Rossi’s sketches] forever remains as bearer of a unique message: the architecture of Aldo Rossi.
a citation from the 1990 Pritzker Price Jury on Aldo Rossi:
“Known for many years as a theorist, philosopher, artist and teacher, Rossi has spent time developing his architectural voice, and pen. Words as well as drawings and buildings have distinguished him as one of the great architects. As a master draftsman, steeped in the tradition of Italian art and architecture, Rossi's sketches and renderings of buildings have often achieved international recognition long before being built.”
when winning the above prestigious Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1990, an architectural critic who was one of the Pritzker juror, had described Rossi as:
"a poet who happens to be an architect."
