'Is Drawing Dead?' YSoA Symposium

Drawing has always been at the architect's primary means of ideation and representation. This panel assembles distinguished practitioners to discuss the role of drawing, in its various forms, in their practice.

Drawing has always been at the architect's primary means of ideation and representation. This panel assembles distinguished practitioners to discuss the role of drawing, in its various forms, in their practice. Speakers: Preston Scott Cohen (Harvard), Marion Weiss (University of Pennsylvania), Greg Lynn (Yale University), Michale Graves (Architect). Introduction, George Knight (Yale University), Moderator, Sunil Bald (Yale University). Closing Address, Mario Carpo (Yale University)

Over the two past decades, digital drawing has irrevocably transformed architectural education and practice alike. This panel assembled leading figures in digital visualization who articulate the history, opportunities, and the too often underdeveloped theoretical underpinning of this revolutionary force in architecture. Speakers: Julie Dorsey (Yale University), Andrew Witt (Gehry Technologies), Patrik Schumacher (Zaha Hadid Architects), Casey Reas (University of California, Los Angeles). Introduction, Turner Brooks (Yale University); Moderator, Michael Young (Yale University)

Over the two past decades, digital drawing has irrevocably transformed architectural education and practice alike. This panel assembled leading figures in digital visualization who articulate the history, opportunities, and the too often underdeveloped theoretical underpinning of this revolutionary force in architecture.

The profession of architecture differentiated itself from the practice of building during the Italian Renaissance. This panel assembles historians, an artist, and an architect to reflect on this emergence, the development of drawing practice, the impact of digital technologies, and the values at stake in this historic transition of media. Speakers: Cammy Brothers (University of Virginia), Deanna Petherbridge (University of the Arts, London), Juhani Pallasmaa (Architect, Finland), Antoine Picon (Harvard University). Introduction by Victor Agran (Yale University), Moderated by Jennifer Leung (Yale University)

The profession of architecture differentiated itself from the practice of building during the Italian Renaissance. This panel assembles historians, an artist, and an architect to reflect on this emergence, the development of drawing practice, the impact of digital technologies, and the values at stake in this historic transition of media. SPEAKERS: Victor Agran (Introduction), Yale University Cammy Brothers, University of Virginia Deanna Petherbridge, University of the Arts, London Juhani Pallasmaa, Architect

Quoting Dalibor Vesely, "drawings matter much more than building," Sir Peter Cook expands upon his recently published, Drawing: The Motive Force of Architecture, cataloging an arc of exemplary modern drawing. Throughout this and using examples from his own work, Cook identifies drawing's elusive allure, the "creative search for the sublime." Keynote lecture to the symposium, "Is Drawing Dead?"