Generative Possibilities in Non-Figural Representation
The drawing was an abstraction of a real subject; it didn’t seem to conform to the image of the building at all. Instead, it revealed how the designer was thinking about the structure. The intention behind its composition seemed to be to study organization or spatial relationships. Abstaction was used to document a process of thought that ultimately led to a new design. Even though a casual observer might not be able to understand it entirely, it was a useful tool for the designer, a tool used to understand the old and to create the new.