facta architectonica 2
Arhitektonski fakultet, sveučilište u zagrebu
Faculty of Architecture, UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB
Crticama o crtama, crtežu, crtanju …6
(and obviously they failed to grasp it when they were students, too), they cramp our style in administrative ways (Bologna process) as well as by grouping us with apparently similar courses: Descriptive Geometry and Computers.
Generacija sam 1975. koja na prijemnom nije imala test iz crtanja. Oslobođena mature u IV. gimnaziji, odlazila sam na tečaj crtanja na Pantovčak te imala izlagane radove (‘Kao Rouault!’ uzviknuo bi učitelj. Sva sreća da sam tada čitala Jansona pa sam razumjela o kome govori.) Fascinirana sam bila crtanjem i još više Vaništinim ‘Plastičnim oblikovanjem’. Nekidan na otvorenju Vaništine izložbe kaže mi D. K., dvije-tri generacije starija kolegica, kako me je upoznala: ‘…i ugledala sam studenticu koja s velikom pažnjom nosi svoju 'maketu' u bojama svoje odjeće…’ Od obveznih crtačkih zadataka pamtim skice s Inter-Rail putovanja po Skandinaviji: Kopenhagen, Luisiana, Skagen, Aalto, Lofoti, Beaubourg… iz ljeta 1977. Prije nekoliko godina mlađe kolege rekoše mi da im je ‘bilo muka od količine mojih radova’ koji su pokazivani kao primjeri kako bi nešto trebalo napraviti. Ne sjećam se da sam tijekom studija za svoje programe crtala završne7 perspektive projektiranog prostora. Bilo je mnogo radnih skica, a ‘perspe’, kao kampanjac, nisam stigla nacrtati! Ipak, jedne se sjećam: strukturna ploča kao strop sportske dvorane u gornjem dijelu crteža, a u donjem crtač-promatrač u tamnoj masi gledatelja. Profesor R. bio je ganut (susretao se isključivo s brojkama i jednostavnim shemama konstrukcije!). Zbog toga sam dobila ocjenu više! Godina 1981. bila je za mene znakovita: diplomiravši u veljači, u jesen se kao pripravnik uključujem u znanstveni rad8, upisujem postdiplomski studij ‘Graditeljsko nasljeđe’ i, što je najznačajnije, prof. Vaništa poziva me u nastavu crtanja kao honorarnog asistenta na tri godine. Ugodno iznenađena, počašćena i sretna prihvaćam i sljedećih se 14 godina, gotovo svakodnevno u njegovom kabinetu (tada soba 312) družimo, razgovaramo, slušamo, šutimo…
6, crta(ti) (stsl., urezati) 1. ostvaren ili zamišljen trag koji ostavlja sredstvo za pisanje; kroki (fr. croquis) 1. crtež izveden povlačenjem osnovnih crta, skica; 2. ono što je nabačeno u osnovnim crtama (to je samo ~); perspektiva 2. lik. umijeće prikazivanja trodimenzionalnih predmeta na ravnoj plohi, pri čemu se uspostavlja odnos između udaljenosti predmeta i veličine njegova prikaza; ukupnost pravila o prikazivanju tijela itd. gledanih s jedne određene točke ili mjesta.; skica (tal. schizzo, njem. Skizze) 1. grafički prikaz, crtež, nacrt izveden u glavnim crtama, ob. kao predradnja nekog većeg rada (napraviti ~ u), skicozan. koji je u skici, koji ima preciznost koliko može imati skica; ovlašan, nabačen, naznačen, grubo zacrtan. Hrvatski enciklopedijski rječnik, Novi Liber, Zagreb, 2003. 7, U žargonu smo zvali ‘perspa’. Danas bismo rekli prezentacijska perspektiva. 8, Voditelji N. Filipović, B. Kincl; ‘Tipološke sheme organizacije naselja i stambenih zgrada, struktura stambenih i zajedničkih prostora’ i ‘Analiza posebnih tipova stanovanja na primjerima individualne obiteljske izgradnje u Zagrebu od 1900. do 1985. godine’.
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Through sketches about lines, drawings, drawing...6 I am the generation of 1975 that did not have a drawing test at the entrance examination. As I did not have to take the high-school exit exam in the 4th Gymnasium, I took drawing lessons in Pantovčak School and had my works exhibited (‘Just like Rouault!’ my teacher would exclaim. Fortunately, I read Janson at the time, so I knew whom he talked about.). I was fascinated by drawing and even more so by Vaništa’s course in Visual Design. It was just the other day at the opening of Vaništa’s exhibition that my colleague D. K. – who is two or three years older – recounted how she had met me: ‘...I saw a student carrying with great care her ‘model’ in the colours of her clothes...’ Out of my obligatory drawing tasks I recall the sketches made during the InterRail travels in summer 1977 through Scandinavia: Copenhagen, Luisiana, Skagen, Aalto, Lofoti, Beaubourg... Several years ago my younger colleagues told me that they were ‘sick of the number of my works’ that were presented as exemplary, how something should be done. I cannot recall ever drawing final7 perspectives of the designed space during my studies. There used to be numerous working sketches, but having been the last-minute student I never had time to do the actual perspectives. However, I do remember one: a structural plate as a ceiling of a sports hall in the upper part of the drawing, whereas in the lower part was the author – drawer and observer in the dark mass of the viewers. Professor R. was moved (he only ever came across figures and simple construction schemes!). That is why I got a higher grade! The year 1981 was an important one: I graduated in February and in the autumn I became part of scientific work8 as a trainee, started a post-grad6, line (the Croatian term ‘crta’ originates from the Old Church Slavonic term for engraving) / to draw, drawing: a realised or imagined trace left by a writing tool; croquis (French croquis) 1. a drawing made with basic lines, a sketch; 2. a rough draft, elementary; perspective The art of presenting three dimensional objects on a plain surface whereby the relationship is established between the distance of the object and the size of its presentation; the totality of the rules of the presentation of bodies etc. viewed from a specific point or place.; sketch (Italian schizzo, German Skizze) a graphic presentation, a rough drawing giving outlines or essential features; preliminary task as part of the larger work to be executed; sketchy: as precise as a sketch can be; rough, provisional, cursory, outlined. Hrvatski enciklopedijski riječnik (Croatian Encyclopaedic Dictionary), Novi Liber, Zagreb, 2003. 7, Nowadays it would be called presentation perspective. 8, Managers – N. Filipović and B. Kincl;
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