San Antoni Library

While in the field it is important to document places and spaces, this doesn’t only lie on the camera but also on a more personal take on a places, which involves sketching. While taking a photo the image is captured but nothing is learned. This is because the idea is to look at later, for example while reading and dog-earing a page in a book. The advantage of a quick sketch is that the studying can be done at the site, and allows one to focused their attention to a specific area. One is able to learn more because while the photo may have an idea behind it only takes a second to do, while the sketch can developed. Many things can be studied because it causes a person to slow down.

            For sketch of the San Antoni Library, I was studying the materiality of the building, for example how the black metal, mix with its glass planes and is used to tie the modern to the old. This is because these two metals have great reflective properties, and the building starts to lose its own identity by reflecting the buildings around it.  In the sketch this might not be represented in the best of ways, but for the experiences of going thought it has taught me of new ways to design. If I just took a photo this idea might never have been seen.