Bodies and Space in Architectural Drawing
Bloomsbury Visual Arts (Verlag)
978-1-350-38558-0 (ISBN)
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Reimagining architectural drawing as a full-scale, bodily, and spatial practice, Marian Macken and Carl Douglas explore how architects perceive and shape space through drawing, positioning the body not just as a subject but as an active tool for design.
Bodies and Space in Architectural Drawing challenges conventional scale relationships and advocates for full-scale, performative drawing methods that expand the boundaries of architectural practice. Drawing becomes a verb—inhabited, present, and embodied—redefining how space is measured, represented, and understood. The authors examine diverse approaches to architectural drawing, including motion-capture and wearable technologies, movement-based drawing, and the role of time and duration. They highlight how drawing can be inhabited by both the drawer and the viewer, offering a dynamic, immersive experience. Through case studies and examples, the book reinstates drawing as a spatial, temporal, and bodily act.
Crucially, this book reframes the role of scaled artefacts—models, maps, and drawings—as intermediaries that mobilise architectural thinking. Rather than treating the body as a static reference point, it explores how moving, thinking bodies generate and reside within drawings. This is essential reading for students, practitioners, and researchers in architecture and spatial design seeking to rethink drawing as a performative and conceptual tool
Dr Carl Douglas is a senior lecturer in Spatial Design at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. He researches spaces that are diffused, decentralised, topological, temporary or indistinct; and the way drawing and imaging strategies address or produce them. He recently co-edited Interstices 21: Fixing, which addressed spatial practices of repair and disrepair. Dr Marian Macken teaches in design and architectural media in the School of Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland, New Zealand. She researches through creative works, primarily focussed on architectural drawing. Marian’s work has been acquired by various international public collections of artists’ books; she recently exhibited at Centre of Contemporary Art Christchurch, NZ. Her book Binding Space: The Book as Spatial Practice was published as part of the Routledge Design Research in Architecture series in 2018.
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction. Architectural Bodies
Chapter 1. Drawing in Space: Expansions of Architectural Drawing
Chapter 2. Drawing Out: Scale and the Displaced Body
Chapter 3. Drawing in Time: Tracking Lines in Motion
Chapter 4. Inhabiting Drawing: Fields of Encounter
Chapter 5. Drawing Room: Embodiment in Studio
Conclusion. Thinking Through Drawing
Notes
References
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.7.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Drawing In |
| Zusatzinfo | 105 colour illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik |
| Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► CAD-Programme | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-38558-1 / 1350385581 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-38558-0 / 9781350385580 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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