Preface Drawing a building is a way of remembering it properly. The intention of this book is to help students develop an To draw you have to look very hard and I think it is in appreciation for observation and learning about the the looking itself that the building is impressed upon designed environment through freehand drawing.By the mind.Often I measure it and make a plan,putting observing I mean,as Caroline Mauduit endorses in her the dimensions on the drawing,because I know from introduction to An Architect in Italy,that we consider the experience that only by doing that can I understand designed,and by extension,the natural environment what I'm looking at. carefully with a critical and inquisitive eye.Carefulness is vital in reaching below the surface and beyond what is Caroline Mauduit,An Architect in Italy' literal.Unlike the casual glance or photograph,even the fastest,literal drawing is an inherently careful and active engagement.Drawing is a way of digesting the environ- ment in order to come away with a greater understanding of how the environment might have been formed,what it contributes or does not contribute and what lessons might be embedded in it.While I do not offer definitive methods, I do offer an approach that might lead to a disciplined search when truly looking at buildings.In the fifteen years of teaching freehand analysis,I have come to believe that students need an introduction to a methodology that can inform and guide yet not constrain them.I have made mistakes and have constantly revised the courses and ways to introduce a methodological approach.Some years I seem to get it and then,when I try to duplicate it the following year,I stumble. www.ebook3000.com8 Preface Drawing a building is a way of remembering it properly. To draw you have to look very hard and I think it is in the looking itself that the building is impressed upon the mind. Often I measure it and make a plan, putting the dimensions on the drawing, because I know from experience that only by doing that can I understand what I’m looking at. Caroline Mauduit, An Architect in Italy1 The intention of this book is to help students develop an appreciation for observation and learning about the designed environment through freehand drawing. By observing I mean, as Caroline Mauduit endorses in her introduction to An Architect in Italy, that we consider the designed, and by extension, the natural environment carefully with a critical and inquisitive eye. Carefulness is vital in reaching below the surface and beyond what is literal. Unlike the casual glance or photograph, even the fastest, literal drawing is an inherently careful and active engagement. Drawing is a way of digesting the environ￾ment in order to come away with a greater understanding of how the environment might have been formed, what it contributes or does not contribute and what lessons might be embedded in it. While I do not offer definitive methods, I do offer an approach that might lead to a disciplined search when truly looking at buildings. In the fifteen years of teaching freehand analysis, I have come to believe that students need an introduction to a methodology that can inform and guide yet not constrain them. I have made mistakes and have constantly revised the courses and ways to introduce a methodological approach. Some years I seem to get it and then, when I try to duplicate it the following year, I stumble. 008-057_DD_part_0-1_final.indd 8 24.09.12 16:12 www.ebook3000.com