Diagramming the Big Idea: Methods for Architectural Composition

Balmer, Jeffrey and Michael T. Swisher. Diagramming the Big Idea: Methods for Architectural Composition Routledge. 2012 Book ID: 91883 As a beginning design student, you need to learn to think like a designer, to visualize ideas and concepts, as well as objects. In Diagramming the Big Idea, Jeffrey Balmer and Michael T. Swisher illustrate how you can create and use diagrams to clarify your understanding of both particular projects and organizing principles and ideas. With accessible, step-by-step exercises that interweave diagrams, drawings and virtual models, the authors clearly show you how to compose meaningful and useful diagrams. 256 pp. Pap.