Zvi Hecker

polyhedric architecture

Plot

An 'artist whose profession is architecture', captures 16 buildings' dynamic in space, emphasising the importance of hand drawings in a creative process which is becoming ever more software-based 'Hand drawings help to channel the vague ponderings of the mind into visual images of a germinating concept. It is then up to the eyes to trace and decode its meaning, ' says Zvi Hecker in this new collection. Naturally that's why sketches were always important and intriguing as they followed one's mind. These days a lot of architects think with the digital mouse in hand, while using software that quickly facilitates a buildable appeal of almost any design, while there is a great danger in shortening the design process and eliminating the core moments that lead to good architecture. Has the assessment of thoughts visually disappeared from the architect's design process? Are a lot of architects rushing towards the end game dropping the necessary middle process of design? What will happen to the intuitive immediacy of the hand drawing in days where one's thoughts are channelled by software? Nevertheless, all is not as it seems; there is confidence among young architects that sketches and drawings are not dead, as some claim, since they are natural and at ease with much software, and seem to be engaged with visual thinking through a wide range of drawing applications that are wider than ever before, leading to a sophisticated architectural output. Or perhaps such antagonistic observations reflect on a clear schism between professional practice and academic circles? In the practice of today, speed and practicality are the main yardsticks, where Building Information Modelling (BIM) for architects and engineers accelerates dramatically the design process; whereas in the academic context the pursuit of a design process articulated through drawings is highly valued.