Friday, May 7th, 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Urban Design Studio
507 South Third Street
Louisville, KY

Local AIA Architects expose their process in which their work is developed using visual tools of communication such as sketches, models, computer 3D models, etc. This process may consist of free flowing whimsical sketches on trace paper, materials, conceptual modeling, axonometric drawings, etc. all in an attempt to understand their thoughts and also to visually convey their thoughts to the client.

Buildings are three dimensional and drawing is done on a two dimensional piece of paper. Multiple two dimensional exercises are performed by the architect to better understand the three dimensional form. These exercises are elevation (front flatten views of the building), sections (flatten cuts through a building), plan (flattened view from above the building typically cutting through the building at 3 foot above the floor), and axonometric (a flattened 3D measured view showing a plan and vertical elements at a 45 or 60/30 degree angle). Often, an architect will construct a physical model or a computer model to better understand the three dimensional form and play with materials and colors. These tools are all used from the beginning to the end to understand the building and convey the form of the building to the client.

There is no "correct" way that an architect develops their work. Each is unique as a person's personality. This exhibit attempts to disclose the inner workings of an architect's design steps and the final outcome.