Elena Manferdini

PREFACE
“The Domain of Drawings”_ Elena Manferdini
INTRODUCTION
“A Matter of Matter”_ Andrew Zago

CHAPTER 1 Drawings
“Digital Sense of Order”_ Mario Carpo

1 A Sense of Order

TERMINAL ONE ENTRY GATE / Malpensa Airport
INVERTED CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL / Lost in Lace
iDANCE / Nike
TRACERY / Driade

2 Silhouette and Outlines

FABRIC TOWER / Guiyang
MASTER PIECES, BOTANICAL GARDENS, SMOKE SET / Ottaviani
CLAD-CUTS / Spring/Summer 2005
BONES AND SWARM / Fall/Winter 2006, Spring/Summer 2006

CHAPTER 2 Flatness
“Flatness”_ Alicia Imperiale

1 Depth

VILLA NESSI / Monte Verita

2 Depthlessness

WEST COAST PAVILION / Beijing Architectural Biennale
MERLETTI / SCI_Arc Installation
VERTICAL GARDERN / MAK Competition
STONE GARDEN / Calamante
CHERRY BLOSSOM (Black and White) / Spring/Summer 2007

CHAPTER 3 Depictions
“The Young Woman Who Lived in a Swoosh”_ Sylvia Lavin

1 Abstraction

ARLECCHINO / Texas A&M University
WAVES / BySteel
BIANCA / Reflected Landscapes
VISION WALL / Beyond Media
FILIGRANA / Moroso

2 Matter

BLOSSOM AND FIORI D’ARANCIO / Alessi
RICAMI / Arktura
CHERRY BLOSSOM (Red and White) / Spring/Summer 2007
GEMS / Lerival

3 Perception

PAINTED CANVAS / Seika
FRESCO / Design Matters
SECRET GARDENS / Come In! Les Femmes
TEMPERA / MOCA Pavilion
TABLEAU VIVANT / Sci-Arc Graduation Pavilion
SENSORIUM / Lucid Dreams