Univ. of Hong Kong M.Arch Course 65741
CHANGES IN ARCHITECTURAL DEPICTION

I. The Mechanism of Architectural Representation

II. Social role of Drawings: Working Tool vs. Aesthetic Object

III. The Evolution of Drawing Systems: Ortho, Axon & Perspective

IV. Language, Symbols and Abstraction in Spatial Depiction

• Art as Symbolic Communication
• Visual Perception of Form and Space
• Symbolic and Representational Color
• Diagrams & Maps

V. Traditional Methods of Realism

• Study Drawings and the Human Trace
• Physical Models & Spatial Experience

VI. Multiple images

• Still Combinations: Juxtapositions and Multiples
• Depicting Movement

VII. Technological Innovations and Visual Thinking

• Past Innovations: Photography
• Collage
• Image Processing: Relative Truth & Social Implications
• Digital Design & Visualization Tools

VIII. Virtual Space

• Visionary Images
• Networked Virtual Communities
• Hypermedia/Multimedia
• Virtual Reality