Drawing As Process, Drawing As Creation.Pdf, Andreas Luescher
Sep 2016
Drawing As Process, Drawing As Creation.Pdf, Andreas Luescher
Andreas Luescher
In this paper I will examine the different pedgogical styles of two Swiss professors, one from the school of architecture, and the other from the school of business. Both educators practice teaching methods for creative thinking, underlined by techniques of representation through drawing and sketching. In this context, the terms drawing and sketching are used interchangeably as tools for knowledge construction and sharing. In the words of Peter Jenny, a Professor Emeritus and Chair of Visual Design at the ETH,one shouldn’t teach only drawing skills, but also visual perception and the joy of experimenting and using one’s imagination. In his …
Poster The City Of Tomorrow: Geddes Model Of 1945.Jpg, Andreas Luescher
Apr 2016
Poster The City Of Tomorrow: Geddes Model Of 1945.Jpg, Andreas Luescher
Andreas Luescher
Toledo made national headlines in the mid-1940's when the legendary industrial designer, Norman Bel Geddes, was commissioned to develop a plan for the city's future. Using archival work and field observation, this research analyzes the plan, and reflects on its impact on Toledo and on the design of American cities today.
Sketching As Visual Dialogue.Pdf, Andreas Luescher
Dec 2015
Sketching As Visual Dialogue.Pdf, Andreas Luescher
Andreas Luescher
Sketching is one of the earliest known forms of communication. It’s a record of thoughts, ideas and visions. It may sound simple, but it’s actually quite complex, because the expression of sketching varies according to an individual’s personal style, visual thinking and imagination, and is also related to one’s context and culture. Sketching is a form of auto-reflection that encourages the mirroring of events that may not be noticed by the conscious mind, and daydreams that occur frequently in different working and life settings. For architects, these sketches can reveal the desire for a different and more intimate relationship between …
The Design Of Frontier Spaces: Control And Ambiguity, Andreas Luescher
May 2015
The Design Of Frontier Spaces: Control And Ambiguity, Andreas Luescher
Andreas Luescher
In a globalizing world, frontiers may be in flux but they remain as significant as ever. New borders are established even as old borders are erased. Beyond lines on maps, however, borders are spatial zones in which distinctive architectural, graphic, and other design elements are deployed to signal the nature of the space and to guide, if not actually control, behaviour and social relations within it. This volume unpacks how manipulations of space and design in frontier zones, historically as well as today, set the stage for specific kinds of interactions and convey meanings about these sites and the experiences …
Ut Bgsu Research Poster 2014.Jpg, Andreas Luescher
Apr 2014
Ut Bgsu Research Poster 2014.Jpg, Andreas Luescher
Andreas Luescher
Toledo, Ohio, once a thriving manufacturing center, is emblematic of cities in the U.S. industrial Midwest that are reeling from the effects of precipitous economic decline. In Toledo’s case, the city’s population has dropped from a peak of 385,000 in 1980 to under 300,000. Against this backdrop, we are using Toledo as a case study, and by documenting a critical architectural and urban planning history of the city, we argue that the traditional model that linked architecture and capital no longer holds. In doing so, we are shedding light on the complexity of the challenges and responses City of Toledo, …
