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Paperback
310 illustrations
192 pages
280 x 216 mm
ISBN 978 1 85669 718 7
$35.00
Published May 2011
Contents
Introduction
The city in context
The city as object
The city as data
The city imagined
Masterplanning projects
Conclusion
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Drawing for Urban Design explores a wide range of ways to represent the city, from freehand sketching to sophisticated computer models. Architects and urban planners need to describe cities in the course of their work, be it through maps, diagrams, sketches, computer renderings, or models. This book provides a practical introduction to these techniques for students while explaining the processes associated with describing and designing urban environments - it is an invaluable visual handbook for representing the contemporary city.
Lorraine Farrelly is Deputy Head of the Portsmouth School of Architecture. Her studio teaching focuses on the idea of the city and how it is read and interpreted. In particular she seeks to promote the mixture of freehand and computer drawing skills to encourage a range of approaches to architectural drawing and representation. Her previous books include 'Representational Technique's and 'Fundamentals of Architecture' (both 2007).
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'A vital resource that students of architecture and urban design will turn to again and again.'
Nick Dunn, Principal Lecturer, Manchester School of Architecture
'This highly accessible book provides a broad yet concise survey of techniques for understanding and designing the city at multiple scales and modes, from the organizational to the experiential.'
Michael Robinson, Lecturer of Architecture, Rice University
'Farrelly is to urban design students as Ching is to students of architecture. This is a text that will grace the design studio for generations to come.'
Alex Bitterman, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, Rochester Institute of Technology
Wonderful resource for students and professionals
14/04/2011
This is a useful, readable and well illustrated introduction to the important skills of drawing and recording key aspects of the urban fabric as a basis for design in context. The book will be particularly useful for students of architecture, landscape and planning, and those engaged in working on urban development. It introduces a wide range of techniques, and forms an invaluable primer with sufficient references to allow the reader to investigate particular approaches in more depth.
by Peter Beacock, Director of Architecture, Northumbria University
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