When we speak of economy in architecture, we tend to focus on the economy of means related to the act of building. This topic leads quickly to discussions on how to deal with waste of materials, time or energy. During recent years, however, there is another stream that produces a new kind of waste in architecture: the rapidly circulating images, endless amounts of drawings, visual statements, which serve as eye catchers rather than the proper articulation of an architectural project. This presentation aims to reflect on this recent phenomenon and to contemplate drawing’s potential as a design method instead of its pure and quick digestion as a representation tool.
Aslı Çiçek is an architect living in Brussels, and a guest professor in architecture departments of Hasselt University and Ghent University. She regularly contributes to architecture magazines, co- edited the 11th Flemish Architectural Review and is member of the editorial board of OASE journal for architecture.
The talk formed part of Economy Class, a symposium concerned with the various economies at play around and within architecture, curated by Richard Hall.
