A Story Does the architecture follow a chronological story where the drawings on the wall can show this journey? This approach is beneficial when the final built form may not suit its function. For example if you were to create a school that looked like a World War 2 bunker underground -you will need to explain why this school is different to your local primary school. In this scenario, a story approach, as opposed to the traditional approach is more appropriate. You will need to take the audience on a journey of discovery from your concept, your investigation and your outcome. The drawings must convince the critics that the obvious solution is ‘a bunker school underground.’
Advantage: This approach is that the drawings do not need to have as much rigour as the traditional approach, however it is good practise to have the traditional drawings in a portfolio to show the critics if required. Creating a narrative within your drawing , you have the option of being more artistic with your drawings and the relationship between each drawing. For example you could show a student venturing through the ‘bunker school’ and you will see the student in each drawing uncovering more information. Disadvantage: This approach is that you will have to revisit old drawings and rework them to bring them up to the standard of a presentation piece. This approach is only really advisable if you have a near on complete building coming over the back of an Inter-crit, minus a few minor changes. The building is the most important part of your presentation, and if you do not have a building, the story is worthless, so keep this in mind if you are thinking about choosing this approach. Finally as mentioned previously, you will also need to mirror the drawings on the wall with traditional working drawings. Some critics view this type of approach as “non architecture” so you will have to make sure to have drawings to back this up.
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