Designing any structure for a client can be very difficult sometimes, almost as if you’re solving a puzzle. However, the process of creating a design and presenting it can sometimes be forgotten by those who aren’t involved. For example, there are multiple stages of iterations that most people won’t see outside of the immediate team or ideas that get forgotten through the process that might’ve been present in the original concept but not the final. This is the double-edged sword of design. The process itself is built on the foundation of evolving a design each step and making sure it can fit the clients needs and wants and making sure they’re happy with not just the design, but also how much it will cost or how long it will take. These are all factors that need to be taken into account when designing and not a lot of people realize who aren’t in or around the scope of architecture. Additionally, there is work that goes into presenting this content as well. Not only is the structure designed, but so it the board it is presented on. Below are some line drawing that were used in my groups presentation board for the previously mentioned Charleston Director of Parks, Jason Kronsburg. For more background on that meeting, see the previous blog written by Colin Johnson on Februrary 3rd. The line drawings themselves are very simple in this state, but once altered correctly they become beautiful works of art that are worthy of showing a client and anyone else who is lucky enough to see them.
The art of architecture goes beyond the structure itself and can branch in multiple different directions that can truly display the skill of the architects involved. So the next time you see a presentation board for a structure, consider not only the structure itself but the work that went into adequately displaying the structure to the viewer.