Closer to Things
Drawing Practices as Spatial Research
$128.37
- Paperback
616 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2026
Summary
Closer to Things: Drawing Practices as Spatial Research examines drawing as a critical research methodology in architecture and the spatial disciplines. Moving beyond drawing’s conventional role as a prescriptive design tool, the publication addresses how drawing can be deployed as an analytical instrument to investigate, or get “closer to,” urgent matters of concern in the existing built environment. Through this lens, drawing becomes a potent tool to reveal and communicate complex and often…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783037787908 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3037787902 |
| Author: | Jesse LeCavalier, Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Deane Simpson |
| Publisher: | Lars Muller Publishers |
| Imprint: | Lars Muller Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 616 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 170mm |
About The Author
Jesse LeCavalier
Jesse Lecavalier
Jesse Lecavalier is an urban designer and Associate Professor at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University. He directs the Master of Science in Advanced Urban Design program.
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes is an architect, urban designer, and Assistant Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, EPFL Lausanne. She leads the laboratory RIOT.
Deane Simpson
Deane Simpson is an architect and Professor of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen. He leads the masters program Urbanism and Societal Change.
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