Representing Ambience Through Mapping

Abstract

         This research focuses on exploring the potentiality of mapping techniques on representing the abstract characteristics and the identities of a place in architectural drawing. A technique borrowed from modern art painting called ‘a multiple view projection’ was studied to reveal the layers of perspective taken from different viewpoints of the setting that would lead to a better understanding of its structure. This depicting technique in conjunction with Pallasmaa’s concept of perception was employed to analyse the structure of objects relations and spatial perception in two paintings i.e. Édouard Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882), and Georges Braque’s Fishing Boat (1909). It was found that the technique has potential to generate other possible ways of reading, which allows the readers to explore other meanings of the setting through their individual interpretations. This depicting technique also enhances spatial perception of the setting that previously could not reach in projection techniques commonly used in architectural mapping.