Drawing for architecture

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1. simonsarrisNov 2019
   None of that specifically but read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher

   I realized that the cupola on my 1840's house growing up, this was it's function. Wind pulls air through, which pulls air up into the attic, which cools the first and second floors.

   Then read The Timeless Way of Building and perhaps A Pattern Language

   Then Get Your House Right, or a condensed (...in a way) version is Drawing for Architecture by Krier.

   Hmm there are probably others I cannot recall right now, but those are a great start.

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2. ticvikingFeb 2023
   An interesting question to ask is why do we always seem to grow by increasing density rather than establishing new small towns? Leon Krier's Drawing For Architecture contrasts over-expansion both with excessive density and excessive sprawl and by duplication.

   It seems to me that if it were legal to do so there are plenty of tiny towns that could grow to the size of a small city like Arlington or Buffalo.

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