Illusion and reality: architectural representational drawing

Abstract

Architectural representational drawing has been and continues to be an important means of communication, not only within the architectural profession, but to the wider community. The way of communicating through drawing has an effect in emphasizing architecture, by its abstraction and reality. This report gives an insight to the concepts and uses of drawing in architecture. The extent and means of representation, abstraction and true meaning are examined. The report also gives a brief account of a history in representational drawing and a study of visual perception. It discusses the ideas of three Wellington architects and analyses their drawings which are compared with the literature investigation. Finally it concludes in a relationship by which abstraction and reality co-exist in an architectural representational drawing and suggests futher investigation in this field.