Ariadne’s Thread. Lines Towards Architectural Project

The process of elaborating a graphic code, not only as a unique language, but as the own form of knowledge in architecture, accompanied its historical development, constituting itself as the par excellence tool for a critical approach to the project, in its different scales and declinations: from urban planning to interior design or heritage preservation project. At the heart of traditional architectural design, today the line seems to be defrauded of its hermeneutic role, supplanted by surfaces and images, often automatically obtained. The contribution proposes a reflection on the use of line drawing and its graphic codes as a knowledge tool aimed at the architectural project in its different fields, exploring its potential also in interaction with other forms of representation, including physical and digital models.