Disegni. STOÀ, Strumenti per l'insegnamento della progettazione architettonica

The drawing is one of the most ancient and widely used tools for teaching architecture. «Through his hands, man establishes contact with the austerity of thought. They quarry its rough mass. Upon it they impose form, outline and, in the very act of writing, style». Thus wrote Focillion in his In Praise of Hands – hands that think, one could add. STOÀ’s second issue intends to outline some theoretical, methodological and processual aspects to confirm, by placing its distinctive characteristics at the centre of the discussion, the radical value of drawing as a pedagogical tool. The focus of STOÀ [Drawings] is to investigate the ways and reasons for which architectural design continues to be taught through drawing as still relevant questions, and through an in-depth survey of some specific current didactic experiences, the reflections within this issue gather around drawing’s premises and its possible horizons to confirm its fundamental role as a condenser of theoretical knowledge and medium of practical knowledge.