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  • History of Drawings
    • Introduction
    • Recorded Drawings
    • Drawing Sets for Construction
    • Standardization of Building Components
    • Standardization of Drawing Elements
    • Digital Drawing
    • BIM and Digital Fabrication
    • Conclusion
  • City Experience
  • Virtual Space
  • Electronic Architecture
  • Memory
  • Network
  • Mechanisms of Electronic Space
  • Application
  • Appendix
    Exhibition Design Process
  • Antichamber Study
  • Maze and Multiplayer Mode

Translated by AI — Claude Opus 4.6, Mar 2026

History of Drawings

Introduction

This page covers research on how architectural drawings have evolved, focusing on the development of drawings for construction. This is the only section of Electronic Architecture that was written with the help of AI; Claude Sonnet 4 was used to find supporting materials and refine sentences while maintaining the core arguments.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Recorded Drawings
    • 3000 BC: of Girsu
    • 1150 BC: Plan of the Tomb of Ramesses IV
    • AD 205: Forma Urbis Romae
    • AD 820: Plan of Saint Gall
  • Drawing Sets for Construction
    • AD 1170: Richard of St Victor's commentary on the Book of Ezekiel
    • AD 1420: Piazza del Duomo
    • AD 1450: Tempio Malatestiano Facade Study
    • AD 1570: Villa Rotunda
  • Standardization of Building Components
    • AD 1851: Crystal Palace
    • AD 1900: Eiffel Tower
  • Standardization of Drawing Elements
    • AD 1931: Falling Water
    • AD 1945: IIT Alumni Memorial Hall (Navy Building)
  • Digital Drawing
    • AD 1997: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
    • AD 2002: City Hall, London
  • BIM and Digital Fabrication
    • AD 2008: National Stadium, Beijing (Bird's Nest)
    • AD 2014: Dongdaemun Design Plaza
  • Conclusion
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