Drawing for Urban Design

DrawingforUrbanDesignexploresarangeofwaystorepresentthecity,fromfreehandsketchingtothesophisticatedinteractivecomputermodelofthecityofthefuture.Therearemanywaystoengagewithimagesofthecitybyexploringandconsideringwhatexistsaswellasimaginingfutureideasforthedevelopmentofthecity.Manyprofessionalsneedtodescribecityenvironmentsinthecourseoftheirwork.Thiscanbedonethroughmaps,sketches,computerrenderingsormodels.Thisbookprovidesanintroductiontothesetechniqueswhileexplainingtheprocessesassociatedwithdescribinganddesigningurbanenvironments.Followingabriefintroductionthebookisdividedintofiveparts.Chapteronetracesthehistoricalcontextofurbandesign.Chaptertwoexplorestraditionalandcontemporarymethodsofdrawingandrepresentingcities.Chapterthreeintroducesanddescribesarangeoftoolsandtechniquesforanalyzingandmappingcitiesandurbanspaces.Chapterfourdealswiththeimaginedcityofthefutureandthevirtualcity,andchapterfiveshowcaseseightmasterplanningprojectsfromaroundtheworldbyinternationallyrenownedarchitects,rangingfromtheregenerationofahistoricenvironmenttothecreationofanentirelynewcity.Thebookisillustratedthroughoutwithexamplesofrepresentationsofthecitycreatedusingarangeoftechniques,fromsimplefreehandpencilsketchesthroughtothemostcomplexCADvisualizationsandcomputermappingtechniques.Thisbookwillprovidethearchitectureandurbanplanningstudentwithaninvaluablevisualgrammarforrepresentingthecontemporarycity.