CONTENTS List of illustrations vii Acknowledgements xiii 1Introduction and the sketch 1 Architectural sketches and a comparison to dialogue 2 Methodology 7 The nature of sketches 11 Visual perception as it pertains to architectural sketches 14 How architects use sketches 18 Bibliography 24 2 Play, quickness and Festina Lente 26 Illusion and allusion 27 A knowledge gained 32 Play at work 33 Quickness and Festina Lcnte 35 Bibliography 42 3 Memory, imagination and fantasy 43 Memory 43 Imagination 57 Fantasy 64 Bibliography 70 4 Caricature as a mode of transformation 72 History of caricature 73 Definition of caricature 75 Caricature evident in architectural sketches 78 Bibliography 101 5 The grotesque sketch 103 History of the grotesque 104 Grotesque sketches 108 Bibliography 121 6 Observation /compendium and likeness 123 Digital sketches 127 Likeness and the marginal 130 Conclusion 133 Bibliography 133 Index 135