Participants:

Martin Grech 

Jacky Choi 

Mike van Weerde 

Martynas Kilius 

Öykü Su Ökkan 

Oliver de Castro 

Matteo Armenant 

Thomas Ibrahim 

Nando van der Veen 

Turan Ziaiemehr 

Saja Al Khamissi 

Mariane Hermann 

Oana Cioploiu

Santiago Reinel 

Melle Haak 

Feng Geng

Fenna Regenboog 

Sebastian von Rosen 

Qiyang Tao 

Ragna Nordström

Mirthe Andriessen 

Natalia Drożdżowska 

Dan Xie

Jana Scheithauer 

Ekin Arin 

Sophie Latour

Hsiu-Ju Chang 

Yu-Ching Huang 

Francesca Crotti 

Juulia Jääskeläinen 

Louis Bailyu 

Dominika Kopiarova 

Daniel McNally 

Edward Zammit 

Verne Ekkel 

Paulien de van der Schueren 

Rianne Reijnders 

Alice Ka Yee Chau 

Rui Wei 

Yifei Zhang

Tutors:

Stefano Milani 

Negar Sanaan Bensi 

Gökçe Önal

‘Experiments in Drawing Theory’ investigates the speculative power of drawing in developing an architectural position by analyzing three seminal architectural work: Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s Carceri d’Invenzione series (1745/50 – 1761), Aldo Rossi’s Città Analoga (1976-1981) and Cedric Price’s Fun Palace (1961-1985).

In this course, drawing is not only considered to be a technique or instrument for architectural design but also as an autonomous form of architectural knowledge as well as a concept of critical reflection and innovative thinking. The relationship between drawing and theory belongs to a long and well-established tradition, according to which drawing is seen as a significant instrument of representation, namely in its double function of constituting architectural knowledge and as an act of creative construction, capable of modifying the real and refocusing it within the dimension of theoretical and practical construction - often with a pronounced ideological content. More specifically, herein, it is advanced that the rigorous graphic investigation of these remarkable works can disclose the aspects of their theoretical value that cannot be grasped from the simple observation.