16|17 A人6 Project:Theatrum Gedanense Project:Dartford Town Centre (left) (above) Location:Gdansk,Poland Location:Dartford,UK Architect:Design Engine Architect:Witherford Watson Mann Date:2004 Date:1998 The old fencing school These sketches are not created to This is a bird's eye perspective (c.seventeenth century) a particular scale,but using simple sketch of a proposal for a town shapes they explain the idea of the centre design.In this sketch it is Theatrum Gedanense's roof by possible to see that the east-west referencing other building forms, road and rail infrastructures are including a fencing school and flattened and used as a series of another theatre design.The design horizons,with the River Thames proposes a roof that can be both at the top of the sketch and open and closed,creating a flexible the River Darent running through The Globe Theatre use of the space to produce an it.The balance of the proposal's (c.seventeenth century) open-air theatre and an arena. volumes,public spaces and landscapes are shown in this drawing in the context of their metropolitan and landscape setting. pue Theatrum Gedanense (twenty-first century interpretation)C M Y K T Cheryl Basic Architecture Upon approval Please sign: Name and Date: 001-033 chapter 1cw (7).qxd 8/15/07 2:32 PM Page 17 Project: Theatrum Gedanense (left) Location: Gdansk, Poland Architect: Design Engine Date: 2004 These sketches are not created to a particular scale, but using simple shapes they explain the idea of the Theatrum Gedanense’s roof by referencing other building forms, including a fencing school and another theatre design. The design proposes a roof that can be both open and closed, creating a flexible use of the space to produce an open-air theatre and an arena. Project: Dartford Town Centre (above) Location: Dartford, UK Architect: Witherford Watson Mann Date: 1998 This is a bird’s eye perspective sketch of a proposal for a town centre design. In this sketch it is possible to see that the east–west road and rail infrastructures are flattened and used as a series of horizons, with the River Thames at the top of the sketch and the River Darent running through it. The balance of the proposal’s volumes, public spaces and landscapes are shown in this drawing in the context of their metropolitan and landscape setting. 16 | 17 The old fencing school (c. seventeenth century) The Globe Theatre (c. seventeenth century) Theatrum Gedanense (twenty-first century interpretation) Tools and materials › Conceptual sketches › Analytical sketches 001-033_R+T_1stp_SN.qxd 10/11/07 1:47 PM Page 17