FURNITURE
The type and arrangement offurnishings areimportant
indicators of use and activity in a space. Their placement
should remind us that there should be places on which to sit,
lean, rest our elbow or foot, or to simply touch.
• Drawing furniture in conjunction with people helps
establish their scale and maintain the proper proportion
of their parts.
• Except when furniture is the subject of adesign, welldesigned, commercially available examples should be used
as models.
• We should proceed from the geometric basis of each piece.
• O the structural framework for the form is established,
nce
we can add indications of material, thickness, and details.
• Furniture should be drawn simply in plan views.
Digital libraries
Many CAD and modeling programs include ready-made
libraries or templates of t hese contextual elements. These
can be easily copied, resized, and placed directly into
drawings.
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