![]() ![]() ![]() But in reality, the blank page is one of the most intimidating things we confront in the practice of architecture. Simon Unwin acknowledges that architecture students can be reluctant to engage with precedent studies because they “believe that their own originality and greatness will prosper best by insulating their creative genius from ‘corruption’ by the ideas and accomplishments of others,” and because they do not want anyone to think that they are copying. Swisher, Diagramming the Big Ideaīoth evolutionary development and contradictory revolution depend on understanding what has gone before. To nurture this, we engage beginning designers in the close visual analysis of exemplary building projects – what architects refer to as precedents. Systems of order embedded within works of design are not readily evident to the novice student. ![]()
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