Survey / Matthew Wells ; edited by Sarah Handelman.

Main entry:

Wells, Matthew, 1988- author.

Title & Author:

Survey / Matthew Wells ; edited by Sarah Handelman.

Publication:

Zurich : Park Books ; Wincanton : Drawing Matter, [2021]
©2021

Description:

76 pages, 90 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map, plans ; 30 cm + 1 sheet (28 x 21 cm).

Series:

Architecture iconographies series

Notes:
Poster used as dust cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Measuring possibility -- Surveys in practice -- John Soane: the construction site -- C R Cockerell: the survey of antiquity -- Hippolyte Lebas, Henri Labrouste: the envoi of Rome -- Viollet-le-Duc: landscapes and restoration -- Demar Blow: the modern architect -- Peter Märkli: the search for certainty.

Summary:

"When architects visit a building, and want to record or identify what they see, they take out a bundle of folded sheets in search of a blank piece of paper. These sheets may be ground plans, diagrams, sketches and ordnance maps. In one way or another, all are survey drawings, operating as both documentation and analysis, enabling an architect to examine certain conditions of the built environment, whether geometric, relational, material or technical. This book explores the history of the survey and its multiple forms in order to understand how the methods of recording what already exists can also be used to imagine what might be. Lavishly illustrated, with works from the collection of Drawing Matter and beyond, it addresses the multiple forms of the survey through focused studies -- on John Soane, C R Cockerell, Viollet-le-Duc, Detmar Blow and Peter Märkli -- alongside an extensive section of plates with commentaries by contemporary architects. In doing so, it maintains that while all surveys begin with the site, the outcomes are as idiosyncratic as their authors -- and their methods have much to offer as tools in design practice."--Publisher's description.

Biographical note:

Matthew Wells teaches the history and theory of architecture at the gta Institute, ETH zurich.

ISBN:

9783038602507 (paperback)
3038602507 (paperback)

Subject:

Architectural surveys History.
Architectural drawing.
Architectural surveys

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Handelman, Sarah, editor.
Architecture iconographies.

Architectural iconographies : Survey

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315674
Call No.: 315674
Copy: 1
Status: Missing

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