Notations+diagrams;mapping the intangibles

1. II_NOTATIONS + DIAGRAMS:
MAPPING THE INTANGIBLE
P. 41-52

2. “The Architects’ papers are a curious
mixture.
-Nelson Goodman-
”

3. NELSON
GOODMANwas an American philosopher, known
for his work on counterfactuals,
metrology, the problem of induction,
irrealism, and aesthetics.
(7 August 1906 - 25 November 1998)

4. A series or system of written
symbols used to represent
numbers, amounts, or elements in
something such as music or
mathematics.
NOTATION

5. The abstraction of notation is
instrumental, and not an end
itself.
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”Map of Rome, Luigi Vagnetti, 1450,
Reconstructed Following the Text of
Alberti’s Descriptio rubies Romae

6. DIAGRAMIllustration compared to the idea
of an illustration or picture it is
useful by way of expressing
abstract ideas and concepts.
Planimetric diagrams of the architectural elements
inserted into G. B Piranesi’s Campo Marzio,
from Manfredo Tafuri,
The sphere and the Labyrinth,1987

7. ANDY
WARHOL’SDance Diagram, 1962

8. DIAGRAMS VS
NOTATION
All notations are diagrammatic, but not all
diagrams are notational….Notations
belong to time, diagrams to space and
organisation.
-Stan Allen-
“
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9. AUTOGRAPHIC
VS
ALLOGRAPHIC ART FORMS
Architecture is neither one of
the other, but a combination.
”“ -Stan Allen-

10. AUTOGRAPHIC
Defined with the assumption that
there is value in the original, and the
authenticity depends on the direct
contact with the author.
An example of this would be with
paintings and sculpture.
Diana at the bath by dutch painter
&etcher,
Rembrandt, 1631

11. ALLOGRAPHIC
Capable of being reproduced at a
distance from the author by means
of notation.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Quartet,
strings, K. 387, G major. (London: L.
Lavenu, circa 1797).
An example of this would be in
music. Notation, which musicians
interpret and understand through
a learned convention can be
performed and create new
realities

12. “Diagrams are an explanatory device to
communicate or clarify form, structure, or
program; or as a graphic assemblage that
specifies relationships between activity and
form.
-Stan Allen-
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CONCLUSION