ABSTRACT
This paper explores the apprehension of meaning in architectural drawing afforded
through each drawing’s structuring ‘diagram’. Rather than being confined to technique
alone, the ‘diagram’ of an architectural drawing helps to inform its delivery of visual
meaning. Through their diagram, architectural drawings, and more specifically
presentation drawings, anticipate a response to the theoretical proposition of the
architecture portrayed. In this manner, and in order to deliver meaning beyond technical
representation, architectural drawings can anticipate a role for a viewing subject that
frames the bodily interaction between viewer and viewed image.
