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Sketches

Pencil sketch of a row of Amsterdam canal houses seen across the water

Category: Illustration
Year: Ongoing
Client: Personal projects

Freehand sketches in architecture represent an authentic and visceral way of expressing an architect's creativity and vision. Although digital tools have gained prominence, hand sketching offers a direct connection between the designer's mind and the paper, instantly capturing fresh and spontaneous ideas. This technique allows concepts to be rendered quickly and flexibly, providing the freedom to explore multiple approaches without the constraints of technical perfection. Freehand sketches are a genuine means of communicating the essence of a design, conveying the energy and dynamism inherent in architectural conception.

Pencil sketch of two Dutch facades with a stepped and a bell gable — Dutch gables

Pencil sketch of a curved colonnaded square with a statue, dated September 2020 — Colonnaded square, September 2020

Pencil sketch of a cantilevered roof over a planted forecourt — Cantilevered roof over a forecourt

Drawing of a Vespa scooter against red vertical hatching — Vespa

Sketch sheet studying the geometry of an existing building against a new volume, in plan and perspective — Existing geometry against the new volume

Head in profile with crescent moon

Sketchbook page of an Italian church facade with notes on Gothic and Renaissance elements — Italian church facade, Gothic and Renaissance

Study sheet of eyes and mouths in pencil — Eyes and mouths

Pencil sketch of Milan cathedral and the gallery arcade on the square — Milan cathedral square

Sketch of the Casa da Música in Porto, its faceted volume seen from the street — Casa da Música, Porto

Study sheet of hands, feet, ears, a shoe and a jumper — Hands, feet, ears

Pencil sketch of Brunelleschi's dome in Florence — Brunelleschi's dome, Florence

Pencil figure study of a standing nude with construction lines — Figure study

Ink sketch of a building with a sweeping curved glass facade — Curved glass facade

Ink drawing with yellow wash of a multi-storey building framed by an irregular skyline — Building against an irregular skyline

Pencil sketch of a Latin American church square with its twin-towered facade — Church square with twin towers

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