Illustrated Atelier Bow-Wow - Graphic Anatomy ATELIER BOW-WOW

This book, Atelier Bow-Wow's first collection of drawings, attempts to "dissect" Atelier Bow-Wow's designs using drawings alone. Usually, in architectural and other science and engineering books, a collection of "drawings" is called a "drawing collection," but this time, the title of this book is "Illustrated" with the following thought in mind. "The illustrations are as realistic as photographs, yet evoke a different kind of excitement. Elements are captured by outline, then painted within those outlines with watercolors, and sometimes text is added. This thoroughness of the technique produces illustrations with astonishing detail, highlighting the diversity of the subject being observed. The depiction of each detail in the illustrations is both a testament to the human eye's ability to see and a testament to the human gaze's being guided by the subject. The purpose of this book is to provide a survey of Atelier Bow-Wow's residential projects through the openness of the subject and the sincerity of observation inherent in illustrations." (From the preface) This "illustration" approach will not only serve as a reference for architecture students to interpret designs and details, but will also convey the appeal of Atelier Bow-Wow's architecture to non-specialists as if they were looking at a picture book. The details of Atelier Bow-Wow are now unveiled.