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production, here it is argued that the way we (architects) draw is surprisingly uniform.
One reason for this might be the limited range of materials and tools we draw with,
and their generic qualities. Architect, researcher and maker Nat Chard reveals
relationships between acts of drawing, making images and making ideas, by taking
us through the design and manufacture of a series of analytical drawing instruments
and contingent works.
Night-time drawing instrument
Drawing instrument showing picture plane (top left) and control surfaces.
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Photograph of original site taken on 17 June 2001 with the Cold Bog camera. This
image makes all the anamorphic corrections necessary to become the surface of the
bog diorama. As a consequence, the horizon is horizontal rather than curving up at
the edges, as is the case at the real place or when viewing the diorama.
Cold Bog camera photograph of the diorama the left-hand image of a stereo pair
that effectively unpeels the painted background.
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Pattern for Cold Bog diorama camera. The left-hand side is the top, and
shows the plan of the film plane. The underside is on the right where the
wind-on film-holding-mechanism pockets are visible.
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Layer 4 and layer 6: internal architecture project three. If it is true that architecture
and the city provide a tight programmatic relationship to our bodies, then by
modifying those performances of the body that are related to those programmes we
should necessarily modify the city.
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The drawing instrument ready to use. The cast from the previous site
is seen at the bottom. The drawing instruments that register the
current condition are in the middle and the casting plate is at the top.
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