Development of drawing as a tool for reading the cityscape through the experiment on Block 30 in New Belgrade

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identify the intersection point in the process of the building of the drawing as a methodological tool that occurred during PhD research, as well as to demonstrate the subsequent development of drawing experiments concerning the turning point for methodology. In the first part of the paper, we will try to explain why cityscape transformations are the subject of research. Through a brief historical analysis, we will point out the basic characteristics of the transformations of the space of Block 30. After that, we will cross the drawing as a methodological tool with the polygon for the experiment, i.e. with Block 30, and slowly start showing the steps that took place during the study on the elective course Architecture and Visual Language. The selected experiment aims to shed light on the turn that happened at that time for the methodology itself, but also to further point out the potential of contemporary drawing through layering and the connection between differently positioned architectural tools. In the final sections, we will discuss methodology reversal by examining current drawing experiments to see if it allows methodology to be constantly transformed and drawing to move from its static role to dynamic tool development. In this way, the drawing is enabled to include and follow contemporary currents in the design process at a higher level, as well as to move towards one that can respond to the speed and density of spatial changes that occur and provide innovative knowledge.