Axonometric drawings are often held to offer a more holistic view than perspectives, for example: the singular viewpoint being replaced by one which is impossible through optics, and which renders space with a degree of neutral equality between one space and another. The indeterminacy of parallel projection is exploited fully by this, and other projects at the time – frustrating the expectation of the viewer. This challenges some of the descriptions of the distinction between oblique and axonometric conventions in parallel projection.
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Instead, a series of axonometric drawings are produced which show the north, south, east, and west views in the manner of a series of elevations (see images 1, 2, and 3). In copying the axonometric drawings of Wall House 1, it is notable that the conventional 45° angled plan is not used. Central to each study are the author’s re-drawings, a practice that Lucas presents as the most direct means of engagement and a way to reveal hidden aspects of drawings that are not easily accessible through discourse analysis, critical theory, or observation. Available here.ĭrawing Parallels explores the uses of parallel projection in the work of five twentieth century architects: James Stirling, JJP Oud, Peter Eisenman, John Hejduk, and Cedric Price. The following text is extracted, with permission, from Drawing Parallels: Knowledge Production in Axonometric, Isometric and Oblique Drawings by Ray Lucas, published by Routledge © 2020.
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