Sketching for Architecture + Interior Design

Design- und Architekturstudenten entwerfen heute mit dem Computer, können aber oft nicht freihändig zeichnen. Das Skizzieren und die genaue Beobachtung sind aber auch in Zukunft unerlässlich. Das Buch führt in 45 Step-by-Step-Übungen von einfachen Formen über Möbel bis zu komplexen Gebäudefassaden und Stadtlandschaften. Zu den technischen Themen gehören Werkzeuge, Perspektive, Proportionen, Komposition etc.

Préface
The debate surrounding hand drawing versus computer-generated imagery has become a hot topic

Auteur

Stephanie Travis is Director and Associate Professor of the Interior Architecture and Design Program at The George Washington University, Washington, DC. She has extensive academic and professional experience, and was also Associate Editor of the International Journal of Design Education, 2014.

Résumé

The debate surrounding hand drawing versus computer-generated imagery has become a hot topic. Having grown up with computers, today's interior design and architecture students are extremely adept at creating computer imagery, but often lack confidence in their freehand sketching skills, or do not know how to sketch at all. Sketching, and the careful observation that it entails, is essential for the successful development of the next generation of designers.

Forty-five step-by-step exercises take the student from the simple three-dimensional forms of furniture, to interiors, to complex building exteriors and cityscapes. Technical topics covered include tools, line weights, perspective, proportion, composition, shading, serial views and context. Exercises are illustrated with beautiful sketches specially created by the author.

Sketching for Architecture + Interior Design is an indispensable and practical guide for students wishing to master the art of looking and sketching.