POSITION.  As architects, landscape architects and interior designers, there is an inherent distance between the product of our daily work (drawings and representations) and the eventual product produced from our work (buildings and spaces).  Put simply, we don’t build airports and parks, we draw them.  We represent for a living.  Accordingly, we must intensely consider the most effective ways to produce our product; to see all that drawings can do, from construction documents to conceptual renderings and parti diagrams to program matrices.  The example below shows the process HAA used to apply this realization beyond the design of buildings and spaces to the analysis and demonstration of data.

QUESTIONS.  What is the most effective method for presenting the analysis of statistical information to a variety of audiences?  Should different methodologies be employed to analyze qualitative versus quantitative information?  Can the use of multiple methodologies result in a cohesive, comprehensive presentation with clear direction? The Woodward Avenue Action Association provided Hamilton Anderson an opportunity to investigate these questions using Woodward Avenue as a laboratory. Continue reading →