Writer: Lok-Kan Chau

Álvaro Siza: Fast and Slow Lines
20 October 2021

Álvaro Siza: Fast and Slow Lines20 October 2021

Álvaro Siza began working on the ‘Quinta da Malagueira’ project in 1977. In his sketchbooks, he would doodle iterations of the proposal over and over, together with other observational scenes, figures, calculations, and schedules. The sketches have various line qualities. Some are steadier, thicker in the middle, and thinner at… Read More

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Schinkel: ‘Precisely Loose’
19 June 2018

Schinkel: ‘Precisely Loose’19 June 2018

– Lok-Kan Chau

What light may Schinkel’s drawings shed on Building Information Modelling (BIM) practice? In 1806 the young Schinkel was asked to develop a residence design from a set of initial layout plans. He drew a façade section, a peristyle detail and a column capital, before the war began and the commission… Read More

Tagssection elevation presentation domestic construction drawing DMC

Lantau Commune
19 October 2017

Lantau Commune19 October 2017

– Lok-Kan Chau

This collection of drawings is about process, both literal and methodological. It is about how the appreciation of the process of making and dwelling leads to an architectural proposition, as well as how that appreciation translates into a drawing method. Certainly we appreciate architecture as a spatial presence, but there… Read More

Tagssketch social engagement section DMC projection (axonometric isometric) presentation civic & municipal exhibition urban form public space