FORM THROUGH DRAWINGS

This course revolves around the central idea that a physical body encompasses various information systems, encoded in shape, structure, processes of formation, and emitted meanings. It emphasizes detailed observation of these systems through the act of drawing, considering it, not as a passive activity but as a tool for developing a thinking tradition capable of expressing diverse perspectives or "knowing." Drawing serves as the site for registering, recording, and reflecting on environments, revealing overlapping and ciphered interpretations within forms and spaces. The course aims to enable students to unlearn and learn, unmake and make, challenging conventional ways of measuring and perceiving the tangible universe through drawing. Key questions focus on reading form mathematically, structurally, historically, experientially, and semantically, and layering oneself with these readings to create new forms. The course spans eight sections over eight to ten weeks, covering diverse aspects from freehand drawings and geometric patterns to orthographic projections, structural analysis, historical research, sensory measurements, and the generation of new forms through structure, geometry, experiences, and meanings.