Plan drawing represents the horizontal section through the building as orthogonal, parallel projection on a single plane, showing all necessary information  for understanding, imagining and production of architecture. The way the plan drawing is made tells something about the content and evolution of architecture. Therefore, the technique of making the plan should be used precisely and efficiently, in keeping with its specific potential. Actually, the plan drawing is “analytical tool”, so that certain aspects of architecture could be investigated and developed in depth. The precision of information and the way the plan is drawn gives the possibility to read and interpret it both emotionally and mentally. The lines are not just lines; we always imagine them as translated in objects and spaces. The precision tells about the level of architectural content, which allow us to imagine the experience of space, light, atmosphere and material, and even how the people could live there.  

The course is imagined in two overlapping parts, which will run parallel to each other through the whole semester. In the more theoretically grounded first part, the students will briefly learn about the importance, development and structure of plan drawing during the history of architecture, from Renaissance to today. The more practically oriented second part will be concerned with discussion, study and redrawing of the case study plans of architecture by Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn, in connection with the new book project on the architect.