Methodology of Representation and Transcription of Architectural Space: Discovering the Hybrid Model of Architectural Drawing

Abstract

This paper problematizes the position of contemporary architectural drawing by examining its manifestations in new, hybrid forms and roles of drawing, as a consequence of the paradigmatic changes brought about by the digital revolution. Furthermore, it assumes that the drawing in the architectural design process becomes a versatile, multi-layered and hybrid tool, which has an increasingly important role in the field of architectural research. Digital technologies are influencing the way in which the architectural drawing participates in the design process and the process of representing architectural space by establishing different models of drawing. One of these models is based on the methodology of transcribing architectural space, which includes the simultaneous use of drawing as a means of research and representation. Selected model discussed in this paper, examines the use of traditional drawing techniques, everyday tools for documenting space and digital applications for simulating virtual reality experience. Combining these three, arises the possibility of creating a novel visual language in architecture, which is here to be discussed.