Storyboard This!
I have a feeling that, in class, I say ‘storyboard this’ as often as I say ‘draw it’... Mapping drawing production — it’s crunch time!
It’s crunch time in the studio, at this stage, the focus is not just on producing drawings but on constructing a narrative through them—a sequence of spatial, material, and conceptual developments that communicate the logic of the project.
Storyboarding is more than just an organisational tool; it is a design method that helps structure ideas, refine spatial transitions, and choreograph architectural experiences. How does one drawing lead to the next? What sequence best conveys the evolution of the project? How do different scales—macro urban strategies, intermediate spatial configurations, and intimate material conditions—interconnect through a visual language? These are the questions driving our current mapping and drawing production phase.
In this final stretch, clarity and intent are everything. Each axonometric, plan, perspective, section, and diagram needs to serve a role within the broader visual and conceptual framework of the project. The challenge is not only about producing compelling individual images but about ensuring they work coherently as a set, reinforcing one another to tell a compelling architectural story.
As the studio moves toward deadlines, this is the moment to sharpen graphic precision, refine the rhythm of visual storytelling, and challenge conventional ways of mapping spatial transformation. Let’s push for drawings that are both rigorous and evocative, balancing analytical depth with spatial imagination.
Storyboard this. Draw it. Map it. Construct the narrative. Time to bring these projects to life!
