Blueprint Architects - Knoll Maleny Home

The House

http://www.knollmaleny.com.au/

The Architect

http://www.blueprintarchitects.com.au/

The Interview

http://www.centor.com.au/default.asp?PageID=457

Urban Explorers

The city as body, contains a superficial skin and underneath that skin lies a labyrinth of arteries, veins and nerve endings which are vital in the smooth running of the organism. These are the man-made tunnels and caves which Urban Explorers risk life and limb to survey. The cool, wet paint of their graffiti tag is the only remaining evidence of their journey...

www.infiltration.org/abandon.htm

www.orchy.com/underworld/

www.sydneyarchitecture.com/SUB/SUB-00.htm

Time for Drawing

Rena Czaplinska-Archer is a practicing Architect in Sydney rena.net.au Her essay entitled Time for Drawing describes her theory of the connection between sketching and sensory awareness as it relates to the role of the Architect. She states that by learning to block out the over-whelming sensory environment of the world around us, we are able to connect to our body and the spaces that surround it, therefore “experiencing” Architecture. This defines a re-connection to our kinaesthetic sense.

“Drawing, especially easy and messy scribbly sketching drawing helps to think, feel, helps to clarify and allow for insight and new understanding to emerge, helps to analyze and helps to synthesize, it allows to tap into body memory and intuition, it allows to play with chaos and ambiguity.”

Rena’s essay can be found at timefordrawing.rena.net.au or in pdf

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B-a5mRsTaynTYzJlYzE1NjctNzE5Yy00Y2UxLWE2OWYtMTlhYzcxYTQ4M2Vl&hl=en, she also runs weekend workshops and teaches at Sydney University Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning.