Drawing for Urban Design explores a wide range of ways to represent the city, from freehand sketching to sophisticated computer models. Architects and urban planners need to describe cities in the course of their work, be it through maps, diagrams, sketches, computer renderings, or models. This book provides a practical introduction to these techniques for students while explaining the processes associated with describing and designing urban environments - it is an invaluable visual handbook for representing the contemporary city.
Lorraine Farrelly is Deputy Head of the Portsmouth School of Architecture. Her studio teaching focuses on the idea of the city and how it is read and interpreted. In particular she seeks to promote the mixture of freehand and computer drawing skills to encourage a range of approaches to architectural drawing and representation. Her previous books include ´Representational Technique´s and ´Fundamentals of Architecture´ (both 2007).
