Drawing Urban Design

Contents
Introduction
	What is drawing?
	Drawing the city
	About this book
The city in context
	Introduction
	Early views of the city
	The Renaissance and perspective
	Artists and their visions of the city
	Scale
	Twentieth-century precedents and realized urban ideas
	Representing the city in the twentieth century
The city as object
	Introduction
	Subject
	Drawing
	Observational sketching
		Step by step: Sketching the Duomo, Florence
		Step by step: Observational sketches on the go
		Characterization
		Step by step: Serial views through a city
	Types of drawing
		Plan
		Section
		Axonometric
	Digital techniques
	Storyboard techniques
		Step by step: Dérive
	Painting and collage
		Step by step: Watercolouring a sketch
The city as data
	Analytical tools
		Step by step: Analysis through photos and drawing
		Diagrams
		Step by step: Massing analysis
		Visual notes
		Diagram sequences
		Step by step: Analyzing a site
		Outline and photography
	Mapping
		Congnitive mapping: perception and knowledge
	Figure-ground mapping
		Step by step: Creating a figure ground
	Conceptual field
	Digital technologies
		Step by step: Enhancing digital photographs
	Models
		Materials for modelmaking
		Massing models
		Process models
		Abstract models
		CAD modeling
The city imagined
	The image of the city
	Presentation drawing
	Abstraction
	Collage and photomontage
	CAD images and modeling
		Step by step: Enhancing a three-dimensional model
	Physical modeling
		Step by step: Making a physical model
Masterplanning projects
	Case study: A new quarter for a historic city- David Chipperfield
	Case study: The city of the future- MVRDV
	Case study: The eco city- MVRDV
	Case study: Rebuilding a community- HOK
	Case study: The new Asian city- von Gerkan Marg and Partners
	Case study: Sustainability in an extreme environment- Metropolitan Workshop
	Case study: The virtual CAD image- Zaha Hadid Architects
Conclusion
Endmatter
	Glossary
	Further reading
	Useful websites
	A note on scales
	Index
	Picture credits
	Author’s acknowledgments