Project words

The issue of representing what cannot be seen or measured

Authors

  • Fernando Monti Universidad Nacional de Rosario

Keywords:

representation, drawing, words, taste

Abstract

We have been taught and we have learned how to draw a croissant, how to measure it and how to lay it out. We could carry out the blueprints for building a set number of croissants. But, where does the taste fit in this process? How do we represent it? And, if the taste is missing, does architecture exist?
It seems that we need other means to represent (and reflect upon!) what we cannot see and measure.
Which is the relationship between drawing and text in architecture? We are dealing with not only representation but also project. Do drawings and words suffice to express everything that matters in a project?
The architectural discipline regards drawing as one of the most important tools in spite of the fact that it is bisected by textual and material dimensions. Therefore, an exclusively graphic perspective implies a meaningless reductionism.
The aim of this paper is to introduce the intersections lying between word and line as constitutive features of the project genesis considering that both of them should be present in order to attain mutual effectiveness.

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Author Biography

Fernando Monti, Universidad Nacional de Rosario

Arquitecto (FAPyD -UNR, 2009). Maestrando de la Maestría en Diseño Arquitectónico Avanzado (FADU-UBA).

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Published

2018-11-21

How to Cite

Monti, F. (2018). Project words: The issue of representing what cannot be seen or measured. A&P Continuidad, 3(4), 210–217. Retrieved from https://www.ayp.fapyd.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ayp/article/view/123

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 4 (2016): ARCHITECTURE: REPRESENTATIONS

Section

Thematic dossier

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