DISCUSSION: Architecture Goings Ons in the World

INCREDIBLE 3D DRAWING MACHINE from David Battistella on Vimeo.

I came across this very interesting invention/machine (whatever you wish to call it) and immediately fell in love with it, mostly because I am terrible at drawing. Many a late night would I sit trying to complete a drawing task for Architectural History and Theory 2, only to get my grade back the next week with a very generous pass grade. I always struggled to capture the buildings and spaces in 3 dimensions. My perspectives garnered strangely reflexed corners, lines that never met the horizon and shadows cast at angles different to each other. I only wish these drawings could be put on display but i think i threw the sketch pad in a puddle after the last History lesson.

I think whats most interesting about this machine is its sheer ingenuity. I am not constantly looking at the art scene but I thought to myself such a machine as this has not been invented for years. With all the advances in digital technology, it is very interesting to see a manual device that literally trains your eyes to see in such a way that you can then translate that directly to the page. It is informative to the degree that it helps you understand how the eye works as a lense and the overlapping of two images. Be sure to watch the whole video, and cross your fingers these can somehow be manufactured on a large scale and will come standard in the first year drawing pack from the quad store for $24.99.

http://www.archdaily.com/173094/video-3d-drawing-machine/