Placemaking Through Myths, Experience, and Drawing

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-12955-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

This book reveals the profound connections between placemaking, mythology, and experience as focused on creating vital and meaningful places through the process of drawing. By delving into these concepts, Tabb explores how we can unlock powerful tools for designers, architects, planners, and communities. Exploring ancient stories, embarking on journeys to historic places, and cultivating the art of drawing, six different drawing techniques are covered, including in-situ sketching, studio-enhanced drawing, mythic landscapes, diagrams, watercolors, and conceptual masterplans. These drawing techniques relate to dwelling by showcasing a range of experiences including becoming more present, capturing immediate impressions, and envisioning future developments. By analyzing these drawings, planners and designers can learn from the featured places, architectural examples and best design practices, gaining practical insights into the complex interplay of factors that contribute to successful placemaking. This book is based upon research and drawings completed by the author over the past 25 years.

This book is essential for practitioners, designers, artists and students interested in concepts of place, myths, experience, and drawing.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Training

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tabb, Phillip James

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Berufspraxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gestaltung, Darstellung, Bautechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

PART 1

Introduction to Part 1

1. Concepts of Placemaking

2. Placemaking and Mythology

3. Placemaking and Experience

4. Placemaking and Drawing

PART 2

Introduction to Part 2

5. In-situ Drawings

6. Studio-Enhanced Drawings

7. Mythic Landscapes

8. Diagramming

9. Watercolors

10. Masterplan Drawings

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Phillip James Tabb is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at Texas A&M University and held the Liz and Nelson Mitchell Professorship of Residential Design. Since 2001, Tabb has been the master plan architect for Serenbe Community – an award-winning sustainable, biophilic, and wellness community being realized outside of Atlanta, Georgia, and is the architect of his solar residence in Serenbe. He has been a design educator for 20 years and a practicing urban designer and licensed architect for 30 years.