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.
