Taking as its starting point the positions and works of three architects —Martino Tattara (DOGMA, KULeuven) Adrien Verschuere (BAUKUNST, EPFL) and Jan De Vylder (AJDVIV, ETH-Zürich)— this session aims to reflect on the role of drawing as « knowledge producer » and —more specifically— on a kind of drawing ceasing to be a space of security to become a place for reflection, on a kind of drawing renouncing to its role of safeguard to reveal a new dimension of learning and therefore of research.
Three relationships author-drawing will be explored: the mental relationship, linked to metaphorical and conceptual drawing, referring to enigmatic spatial dimensions, often escaping reality; the anatomical relationship linked to refined, technical drawing of plastic precision, devoted to the dissection of reality; and the occasional relationship of hybrid drawing, of collage, oriented towards improvisation and exploration.
The debate will be led by a wide range of participants involved in the practice and study of drawing, including doctoral students, archive researchers, artists, and practitioners (ENSA Paris-La Villette, ENSA Lille, ETHZ, EPFL, KUL, LOCI, UGent, UANTWERPEN, RWTH Aachen University, CIVA and Drawing Matter).

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