Communication idea for architect, problem know how

Problem that often faced by the architect and planner is can’t communicate the idea. Example, in his mind, a deconstructionist architect imagine a spectacular form, full with curving elements, with glossy materials while he closes his eyes. The architect design that form in his head, when the time to communicate the idea comes, there is a problem how to draw it on paper. Considering his planning idea is complicated and difficult to be drawn.

On emergency way to deal with this situation is drawing the idea sketch on paper as quick as possible. This kind of situation can be happened every where, when are at restaurant table we can use tissue as drawing media.

Perhaps at the first time, people will look at the first form sketch as something complicated to be understood. It is often happened, more than one sketch – in a messy group – perspective, view, plan, and details are collapsing each other. An architect always knows that the planning idea that goes through his brain must be caught on the paper so that it will not be just forgotten by, and become planning that just loss by.

In other side, the idea can be priced million dollars. This idea sketch drawing which is later becomes “shortcut” or quickly way to a bigger scenario in the architect brain. We ever heard an Architecture Institute student said “why building which got award as level as Guggenheim came from complicated messy free-hand sketch. The answer was so simple, according to us, the sketch could look like a mess but what in his mind of course more than that, and the most important thing was the sketch on these cheap papers was a mystical connection way between imagination and real world.

Pretty wonder it was, the sketch become some kind of top of the ice mountain which appeared only a little of its part above the water. After this hard time could be passed, then the next step was smoothing the planning idea using computer software. We have option that the development of architectural form nowadays as not disconnected with computer technology availability. Without computer aided design, catia etc, there wouldn’t be spectacular design trendsetter like FrankGehty’s, Coop Himmelblau’s, Libelskind’s etc because it was impossible those Architectural work that got many world appreciations were product of drawing machine and drawing desk without computer help. So did Frank Gehry and Coop Himmelblau couldn’t be this survive without big team that supported them in visualizing the idea from principal architect freehand sketch.

and the conclusion is :

Don’t let our knowledge limit about architectural design software become a barrier for our creativity of planning idea. For instance, we wanted to make one corner of our building in a conical form while at other corner we wanted to put at an angle. More specific, Architecture Institute student often said that “actually form which I meant was not this simple, but because I didn’t know how to draw it using computer software, so my creation become less dynamic form”

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