Drawing Matter

BEGIN AGAIN. FAIL BETTER: PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS IN ARCHITECTURE Begin Again. Fail Better: Preliminary drawings in architecture opened on Tuesday at EPFL, and includes nearly 100 drawings from the Drawing Matter Collection. The exhibition had previously been shown at the Kunstmuseum in Olten. This exhibition highlights the early drawings and sketches that give birth to an idea, whether they relate to a real project or are simply free exploration, aesthetic study, or utopian dream. Taking its title from a famous quote by Samuel Beckett, the exhibition shows drawing as part of the design process: architects try, fail, try again, fail again, until they begin to move in the direction that will eventually become a building — or not. Find out more about our collection on drawingmatter.org https://lnkd.in/e7XAWSQD

OPEN WEEKEND 26TH & 27TH OCTOBER Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th October 11:00 – 18:00 8 Smart’s Place, London, WC2B 5LW We are hosting an open weekend with an informal hang of drawings from the collection, focusing on recent arrivals by Oscar Niemeyer, Claude Parent, Alison and Peter Smithson, Aldo and Hannie van Eyck. We invite all those who have worked with us in the past as well as prospective collaborators to stop by. It is a great opportunity to see the new space and get to know the DM team. Image 1: Alison and Peter Smithson, drawn by Peter Smithson, Upper Lawn, Garden front in its situation with section through the well, Fonthill, Wiltshire, 1959–1982. Courtesy of Architects estate. Image 2: Aldo & Hannie van Eyck, The Four Tower House, Baambrugge, 1958. Pencil and coloured crayons on tracing, 243 × 325 mm. DMC 3658.50. Find out more about events at drawingmatter.org

OPEN WEEKEND 26TH & 27TH OCTOBER We will be hosting an open weekend with an informal hang of drawings from the collection, focusing on recent arrivals by Oscar Niemeyer, Claude Parent, Alison and Peter Smithson, Aldo and Hannie van Eyck. We invite all those who have worked with us in the past as well as prospective collaborators to stop by. It is a great opportunity to see the new space and get to know the DM team. Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th October 11:00 – 18:00 8 Smart’s Place, London, WC2B 5LW

DRAWING MATTER HAS ARRIVED IN LONDON This week the collection left Shatwell Farm and has made it to its new home in Smart's Place, Covent Garden. The move has come just in time for a busy Autumn season of workshops and seminars. The Drawing Matter team are sad to have left Somerset, after twelve incredible years there. We would like to thank everyone who was involved and visited Shatwell, as well as all those who helped with the move. Find more information about our workshops on drawingmatter.org