Urban space reading can be done in different ways, but its understanding and its full meaning can only takes place through the drawing. Using different means of representation, at our disposal today, we can grasp different aspects of the investigated area. Both pencil and creation of a virtual model represent the place in an objective or subjective way, but the results obtained in the second case gives the possibility of interactive interpretation and reuse. The substantial difference between the two methods is therefore that the first is static and the second is dynamic: one does not replace the other, rather they complement each other. Working with some students in the Faculty of Architecture of Cagliari, in a drawing workshop, we tried to compare the two methods, integrating them, and obtaining as a result the final virtual model of a portion of the city of Cagliari, rich in cultural, historical, and social meanings. The realization of the virtual model has uncovered problems and peculiarities of the place that otherwise would not have emerged. As you draw you are forced to investigate the place you want to represent, in all the details that make it up, and then you can take and play them in the model. In conclusion, the creation of the virtual model has enabled us to deep the knowledge of the place having a more complete picture, which should lead to a more conscious design. “Drawing is an element of self-knowledge, pursuit of our awareness of things, reflection on our ability to understand what you watch and what you think. Only when you start drawing you realize that there are things you thought clear and instead are much more complicated than expected and others, that seemed dark and become clear only when you draw them.” (Ferreira Nunes 2008)
Rappresentazione e simulazione virtuale di uno spazio urbano di Cagliari
CASU, PAOLA;PISU, CLAUDIA
2011-01-01
Abstract
Urban space reading can be done in different ways, but its understanding and its full meaning can only takes place through the drawing. Using different means of representation, at our disposal today, we can grasp different aspects of the investigated area. Both pencil and creation of a virtual model represent the place in an objective or subjective way, but the results obtained in the second case gives the possibility of interactive interpretation and reuse. The substantial difference between the two methods is therefore that the first is static and the second is dynamic: one does not replace the other, rather they complement each other. Working with some students in the Faculty of Architecture of Cagliari, in a drawing workshop, we tried to compare the two methods, integrating them, and obtaining as a result the final virtual model of a portion of the city of Cagliari, rich in cultural, historical, and social meanings. The realization of the virtual model has uncovered problems and peculiarities of the place that otherwise would not have emerged. As you draw you are forced to investigate the place you want to represent, in all the details that make it up, and then you can take and play them in the model. In conclusion, the creation of the virtual model has enabled us to deep the knowledge of the place having a more complete picture, which should lead to a more conscious design. “Drawing is an element of self-knowledge, pursuit of our awareness of things, reflection on our ability to understand what you watch and what you think. Only when you start drawing you realize that there are things you thought clear and instead are much more complicated than expected and others, that seemed dark and become clear only when you draw them.” (Ferreira Nunes 2008)
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