Opening Reception | Drawing from the Archive: Analysis as Design

Tuesday, October 14, 2014, 6:30 - 8:30pm

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USSR Pavilion, Konstantin Melnikov; Charles Krekelberg, Design III Spring 1994

USSR Pavilion, Konstantin Melnikov; Charles Krekelberg, Design III Spring 1994

Showcasing analysis work completed at The School of Architecture between 1967 and 2014, this exhibition will celebrate the school's unique approach to analysis as a didactic, structural and abstract discipline. Drawing from the Architecture Archive's collection of student projects, the show will examine significant works of architecture from the Renaissance through the modern period, as well as recently completed buildings. The exhibition will present a broad range of techniques of analysis and representation, which have evolved radically in recent years-from precisely constructed hand drawings to digital drawings and virtual processes that explore new modes of analysis using a variety of materials and tools within a single project. 

On view: October 14 - November 26, 2014

The Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery 
The Cooper Union 
7 East 7th Street, 2nd Floor 
New York, NY 10003 
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12-7pm 

 

Presented by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union 

This exhibition has been made possible with support from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.

This exhibition is a program of Archtober, Architecture and Design Month, New York City, October 2014.

Located in the Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery, 7 East 7th Street, 2nd Floor, between Third and Fourth Avenues

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