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Bi-tonal Architectural Narratives: Design Expressions in Manga

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Global Design and Local Materialization (CAAD Futures 2013)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 369))

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Bi-tonal, or black and white architectural renderings are a common medium to present an architectural design that goes beyond factual representations of dimensions of length, width and height, materials, structure or technical details. They aim to engage their audience with visual aspects as well as emotional reactions. An architectural presentation that is based on a story-telling approach, akin to comic or manga style, adds intangible expressions, which allows communicating key elements as well as concepts, development and overall aspects of a design easily to laypersons and professional alike. This paper presents how designers develop a narrative of their architectural proposals using a bi-tonal visualization and story-telling methodology that communicates design to a wider audience.

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  1. School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Marc Aurel Schnabel

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Schnabel, M.A. (2013). Bi-tonal Architectural Narratives: Design Expressions in Manga. In: Zhang, J., Sun, C. (eds) Global Design and Local Materialization. CAAD Futures 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 369. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38974-0_18

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