This is a refinement of my previous question as I continue to explore the core activities
involved in the architectural design process. I have picked out diagramming try to limit the scope of the question.
I have also attempted to frame the question for the benefit of architectural novices as they (myself included) grapple with learning the complex skills required in architectural design.
Well what i believe is that diagrams are essential representations for thinking, problem solving, and communication in the design disciplines, in particular those concerned with making physical form: mechanical and civil engineering, graphic design, and architecture and physical planning. In architecture, drawings are
the primary form of representation; they carry a design from conception to construction. Except for physical models (which can be considered a kind of three-dimensional drawing) all external design representations in architecture are drawings.
Architectural design is ultimately about the configurations, connections, shape, and orientations of physical forms. Even the most abstract design diagrams are early efforts to explore and resolve spatial layout concerns. Architectural diagrams represent not only physical elements, but also forces and flows (e.g., forces of sun and wind and flows of people and materials). Thus arrows, lines, and other symbolic representations of forces and flows appear in architectural
diagrams conveying spatial characteristics such as magnitude and direction. In the early phases of designing, architects draw diagrams and sketches to develop, explore, and communicate ideas and solutions. Design drawing, an iterative and interactive act, involves recording ideas, recognizing functions, and finding new forms and adapting them into the design. Thus drawing is not only a vehicle for communication with others; it helps designers see and understand the forms they
work with.
I hope this helped you in somewhat way. Wish you all the best with the rest of your research.
Reagrds,
Danushka
Diagrams in architecture are only useful if they indicate built configurations.
I know there is a present day vogue of diagramming everything but these are only useful as analytical tools not as proposals for built development.
as such i wouldn't consider them architectural productions.
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