ABSTRACT
As the architect must conceive and develop solutions for specific projects which can be of different nature, sketches may present themselves as an operative support for conceptual reflection, problem solving and critical analyses within the several phases of the architectural design process.
Through the study of several statements from various authors we search to investigate the permanence of drawings important role. From this theoretical approach we also intend to verify the relevance of drawing teaching in the formation of the future architects, despite the paradigm changes that emerge from times changes.
This research is based on a survey methodology with two different moments, being the first one an inquiry based on a questionnaire applied to undergraduate students, and the second a group of semi-structured interviews applied to architects. We intend to verify the permanence and the importance of hand-drawing in their daily design work, although the new assistive technologies constant progress.
We search to find fundaments that can prove that the fact of nowadays wide use of new technologies doesn’t invalidate the important role played by hand-drawing as a stimulating instrument when sketching the first ideas and as a critical verification of the several hypotheses.
