I think it's important to go back and forth between hand drawing and digital tools. The skills and lessons learned from one medium enhances one's abilities and sensibilities in the other.
I've needed to be in hospital a lot lately due to friends and family who are ill. I've personally witnessed doctors and nurses who have incredible machines to help them, but they don't seem to know how the machines actually work. They can 'turn them on', but wouldn't know how to repair one "if their lives depended on it". I also observe that these same incredible machines have caused both doctors and nurses to give up what were once "practical skills". It makes me worry that should there by a massive power outage, will there even be a doctor who can perform a surgery these days? I compare that to architects who profess their love and loyalty to computers 'uber alles' . Computers are 'a tool', a great tool. But if you let a computer guide your design process you are probably going to find yourself limited to only what a computer can do - rigidity and not free thought or free hand.
Exactly. I currently can't afford the tools that would help me to sufficiently make the leap into the digital medium, but I know that, whenever I'm ready, the traditional skills will translate, more or less instantly.
@@MrModel--CAPTURED-ON-FILM most of the physical infrastructure we see around us now would have been impossible to achieve without computer simulation. there are so many life saving procedures in hospitals today that would also been impossible without the "machines" available to health care professionals. modern designers go through 100s if not 1000s of iterations to achieve efficient/sustainable designs. it would take forever for an individual to go through all of that by themselves. as far as i am aware it is impossible to slice a piece of bread cleanly without an appropriate knife... you can break with your fingers but it is not going to be a clean cut.
@@engchronicles7871 It is an interesting and challenging position you are taking : "man" vs "the machine". When "The Terminator" wars happen I think I know who's side you will be on . . . (lol)
I'm an architecture student. And recently, our professor assigned all of us a different architect to research and read about. I was lucky enough to be assigned to Sir Peter Cook. His projects with Archigram, the "Friendly Alien" that is Kunsthaus Graz, Plug-in-City... They all amazed me and gave me inspiration about my future job. Such a humble, talented person.
Great thought! Glad to find this video! During the last 50 over years of my architectural practice ,all my design and detail study presentations are all hand drawn. They were by construction of probably millions of point 1 pen lines. Looks at my past works now, after 10 years of retirement, I am amused how I have the patience to express my designs in compositions of hand drawn line works. Guess, it must be from my brain . That's what the computer can not do : The First Thought ! And, all I carried around was only one pen !
I am sure that drawing by hand is just as pleasurable for him as writing by hand is for any writer. Math on paper, worked out with only mind calculations and writing, to the mathematician. Soothing, exprrssive, and splendid.
Draughtswoman here, technology made some things easier, but what is highly problematic is the attitude change in many architects. They demand dozens of variations and never really think things through anymore, going with the flow and seeing what will happen. When you draw plans by hand, you cant just move a wall 20cm to the left, you have to think about how to do it right the first time, not the 15th.
Yes. I've heard this same argument in filmmaking. When a team films in celluloid, the attention is greater because everybody knows that film cost money and can´t be misused.
@@OCEAN_OF_FOXES I guess one of the benefits of drawing by hand on "traditional" media are the so called happy accidents... otherwise, you are right, you CAN think before you do something no matter the chosen media
Wonderful. When I worked in planning, it was great to get well crafted, hand drawn plans rather than the lifeless digitised stuff. Of course it made no difference to the acceptability (or otherwise) of the scheme, but made the task altogether more enjoyable
this guy has always been one of my heroes.. and these are fantastic 15mins. Thanks SO much for the video/feature/interview. “Screw you. I’m not interested in Utopia. I am interested in Architecture!” Outstanding! Just sublime. So subtle, and so in your face, at the same time.. :) PS: i believe i haven’t watched anything on the Louisiana Channel that i thought to being just meh….or ordinary.. So congrats!! once again, u pulled it out. cheers from Portugal
Epale! este arquitecto es una inspiracio'n y el video es bello. Cuando puedo soy urban sketcher mi linea es a mano alzada con acuerla este maestro lo hace todo con regla pero tiene una imaginacion drsbordante que crea ciudades utopicad! Muchas gracias a Luisians Chanel.
Always a pleasure to see Sir Peter Cook. Dreams, anecdotes, and those drawings- are beautiful. No more utopia. Down with utopia. He’s the real deal, dealing with the real.
He builds 1/100000000 of his utopian drawings. What he does is niche starchitecture. He is the exception. Kunsthaus Graz is an exception not the rule for architecture.
My father was a rather successful architect, a good friend of Frank Lloyd Wright 'back in the day'. I have many of my father's personal drawings and renderings. They are so beautiful. I've framed them, and placed them on a wall where I admire them daily. I'm not certain one can say that about computer drawings.
I love his enthusiasm and his love for teaching (I believe he is a good teacher, because dreamers usually are!), yet his aesthetic in architecture is not my cup of tea. Interesting sharing though!
Architectural drawing is Sir Peter's medium. It's how he communicates his artistic ideas to the world, regardless of whether he's a "natural drawer" or not. What he does is brilliant. BTW, the city Sir Peter grew up in is "Leicster", not "Lester".
Awesome! You wish more architects and other people involved in our surroundings would think like Peter. The world would be a much more nicer place to live...
So Im busy studying architecture in my 1st year and before that I did my draughting 1 year diploma and they taught me ALL of autodesks software and today i can work on everything from archicad right through to plant3d so i dont need to have someone created my models or anything because i know how to
It has always been said that you don’t need every tool imaginable to create something. Here is proof. Do I toss out digital architectural work because it’s not personal? No. It too has its place. BUT having architect done by hand allows for the nuance to show through. The artist’s hand is seen. The very fact that the architect’s room was bare except for sawhorses and a platform for his desk, shows him unencumbered and letting his work shine. I sometimes wish I could go back to that kind of work.
I think the glorification hand drawing and demonizing of CAD dismisses the benefits CAD brings in opening the career to people with various disabilities. I have hand tremors that are anywhere from mild to severe, and I literally cannot do old school hand drawings. I failed my original college's drawing course three times and had to change schools to one that recognized that we don't do hand drawings anymore, and me understanding how to use hand drawing tools and how to scale and how to do sketches was enough. Gatekeeping the profession because someone can't draw a computer straight line by hand is stupid actually.
I too would love to see a variably translucent structure before my passing. I'm begining to see the benefit of adding more fun to function when designing/building new projects. Not an architect or artist in the slightest. Just a fan of the built environment and art in general.
He's missing a Panasonic electric color pencil sharpener. If you use Prismacolor, you need a long sharp point with lots of thin lead showing, not a short sharp blunt point. You can't beat pen and ink (or fountain pen sketches) with Prismacolor. But you need that sharp point, you need the Panasonic sharpener. If you can quickly sketch in front of your client, ooooooo do clients fall in love with you❤👍
The thumbnail shows my approach to literaly anything I draw: "OH MY... THIS IS NOT PERFECT ENOUGH... I NEED TO GO BACK UP MY MOTHER'S WOMB, GET REBORN AND RE-LEARN STUFF" .. 😶
I've tried many times to draw in digital but I don't like it. Is not only about the painting itself, for me, part of the experience is about the physical interaction with the tools.
I'm at my desk drawing as I write this (not an architect) but how on earth can he draw with the sun/shadows hitting his drawing surface? Those windows have no shade! There is no way I could draw like this without it disrupting my lines or tones on my drawing.
Some people like me like sunlight, it feels close to naure and peace, away from the noisy world. Its fine to have preferences but i thought id speak up for my fellow sunlight lovers. (If there are any)
14:00 perhaps there is a difference between utopian and unbuildable? Plan Voisin was utopian and has been built in China although not properly realised.
he drawing with the scalimeter hurts me so much! hahahha there was a legend in my school. that if you trace with the scalimeter you return automatic to the first grade XD
I gave up (or rather was made to give up) my architecture studies in the mid eighties at Manchester School of Architecture. Still disappoints me, though I would probably ended one of those architects who draws door handles all day long.
Drawing by Hand should be considered as an additional skill for a designer like one who knows how to use a DSLR or can speak another language. It is definitely a plus but should not be a must-have skill in this digital age.
I know why you have to ask Peter Cook about his drawings, because they're his drawings. It's like watching an iceberg, isn't it ? Systems in architecture ? experiential design ? heck even archigram !
Hand drawing is key for architecture but not these wacky time consuming presentation images. Peter cook has been misleading architecture for too long. He miss lead me when studying until I learned real architecture
@@ABB14-11 he’s far to theoretical and his ideas of architecture are simply weak. When he eventually got a commission in Europe the building was terrible and weird. Much better to follow and learn from real architects like Kerry hill or jorn utzon. They are so many strong architects out there that don’t get the exposure of this weak architect. I followed his walking city when I studied, it was fun but didn’t learn any practical lesson for my career in architecture.
Beyond talented human being no doubt, but I can't help but process in my mind his physical appearance...the brother hasn't aged well. Man becomes reproductively useless at this point in life
I never heard so much bullshit used to describe a building. If architects really felt like this our cities would be way different. He says he is against technology in design but uses a ruler? The hypocrisy!
Always glad that I learned how to draw well in architecture school by hand. This skill really helps me over the years as far as the ability to convey an idea by being able to quickly sketch something. I carry this skill till today even in aerospace engineering.
Peter Cook's work is fascinating and still not so explored. To watch him drawing is quite an experience. I admire him so much. Thank you for doing this interview.
His projects cost millions and have highly specialized construction and complex curves. That's probably what people mean by "it isn't realistic architecture." Not every building can feasibly be a peter cook drawing.
I think it's important to go back and forth between hand drawing and digital tools. The skills and lessons learned from one medium enhances one's abilities and sensibilities in the other.
I've needed to be in hospital a lot lately due to friends and family who are ill. I've personally witnessed doctors and nurses who have incredible machines to help them, but they don't seem to know how the machines actually work. They can 'turn them on', but wouldn't know how to repair one "if their lives depended on it". I also observe that these same incredible machines have caused both doctors and nurses to give up what were once "practical skills". It makes me worry that should there by a massive power outage, will there even be a doctor who can perform a surgery these days? I compare that to architects who profess their love and loyalty to computers 'uber alles' . Computers are 'a tool', a great tool. But if you let a computer guide your design process you are probably going to find yourself limited to only what a computer can do - rigidity and not free thought or free hand.
Agree completely
Exactly. I currently can't afford the tools that would help me to sufficiently make the leap into the digital medium, but I know that, whenever I'm ready, the traditional skills will translate, more or less instantly.
@@MrModel--CAPTURED-ON-FILM most of the physical infrastructure we see around us now would have been impossible to achieve without computer simulation. there are so many life saving procedures in hospitals today that would also been impossible without the "machines" available to health care professionals. modern designers go through 100s if not 1000s of iterations to achieve efficient/sustainable designs. it would take forever for an individual to go through all of that by themselves. as far as i am aware it is impossible to slice a piece of bread cleanly without an appropriate knife... you can break with your fingers but it is not going to be a clean cut.
@@engchronicles7871 It is an interesting and challenging position you are taking : "man" vs "the machine". When "The Terminator" wars happen I think I know who's side you will be on . . . (lol)
I'm an architecture student. And recently, our professor assigned all of us a different architect to research and read about. I was lucky enough to be assigned to Sir Peter Cook. His projects with Archigram, the "Friendly Alien" that is Kunsthaus Graz, Plug-in-City... They all amazed me and gave me inspiration about my future job. Such a humble, talented person.
It helps to know I’m not the only one who struggle with the computer culture and imposition.
Great thought!
Glad to find this video!
During the last 50 over years of my architectural practice ,all my design and detail study presentations are all hand drawn. They were by construction of probably millions of point 1 pen lines.
Looks at my past works now, after 10 years of retirement, I am amused how I have the patience to express my designs in compositions of hand drawn line works.
Guess, it must be from my brain . That's what the computer can not do : The First Thought !
And, all I carried around was only one pen !
This was excellent. My first introduction to the Louisiana Channel and to Peter Cook.
Thank you!
Such a nice warm person, it was very nice to listen to him
I am sure that drawing by hand is just as pleasurable for him as writing by hand is for any writer. Math on paper, worked out with only mind calculations and writing, to the mathematician. Soothing, exprrssive, and splendid.
A truly fascinating film. I understand Peter Cook so well - I miss drawing/drafting by hand.
...Recognizable work, and avid sketcher..lovely tone...Peter Cook the engineer was ALSO GREAT
Draughtswoman here, technology made some things easier, but what is highly problematic is the attitude change in many architects. They demand dozens of variations and never really think things through anymore, going with the flow and seeing what will happen. When you draw plans by hand, you cant just move a wall 20cm to the left, you have to think about how to do it right the first time, not the 15th.
@Toghrul Ahmadzade Hear Hear!
@Toghrul Ahmadzade not just architects.
@@OCEAN_OF_FOXES You should read Lawson's "How Designers Think". It will help you understand the comment.
Yes. I've heard this same argument in filmmaking. When a team films in celluloid, the attention is greater because everybody knows that film cost money and can´t be misused.
@@OCEAN_OF_FOXES I guess one of the benefits of drawing by hand on "traditional" media are the so called happy accidents... otherwise, you are right, you CAN think before you do something no matter the chosen media
Excellent point regarding the scenario vignettes inside his structures, brings function up to form.
Wonderful. When I worked in planning, it was great to get well crafted, hand drawn plans rather than the lifeless digitised stuff. Of course it made no difference to the acceptability (or otherwise) of the scheme, but made the task altogether more enjoyable
I love his perspective. His drawings tell meny stories
this guy has always been one of my heroes.. and these are fantastic 15mins. Thanks SO much for the video/feature/interview.
“Screw you. I’m not interested in Utopia. I am interested in Architecture!”
Outstanding!
Just sublime. So subtle, and so in your face, at the same time.. :)
PS: i believe i haven’t watched anything on the Louisiana Channel that i thought to being just meh….or ordinary..
So congrats!! once again, u pulled it out.
cheers from Portugal
Thanks for watching :)
he is a legend and love his work, I was inspired by his hand drawings while in architecture school.
This cat is 85! Bright mind and interesting and fun to listen to!
When I was in Australia studying in university I meet 2 engineer student but I never meet an architect student.Glad now I find an English architect
I still remember the pen that he used when I was a graphic designer
The mind of a artist is unmatched
Epale! este arquitecto es una inspiracio'n y el video es bello.
Cuando puedo soy urban sketcher mi linea es a mano alzada con acuerla este maestro lo hace todo con regla pero tiene una imaginacion drsbordante que crea ciudades utopicad!
Muchas gracias a Luisians Chanel.
Always a pleasure to see Sir Peter Cook.
Dreams, anecdotes, and those drawings- are beautiful.
No more utopia. Down with utopia. He’s the real deal, dealing with the real.
great honest, the profound idea on architecture and drawing builds his belief.
He builds 1/100000000 of his utopian drawings. What he does is niche starchitecture. He is the exception. Kunsthaus Graz is an exception not the rule for architecture.
My father was a rather successful architect, a good friend of Frank Lloyd Wright 'back in the day'. I have many of my father's personal drawings and renderings. They are so beautiful. I've framed them, and placed them on a wall where I admire them daily. I'm not certain one can say that about computer drawings.
I love his enthusiasm and his love for teaching (I believe he is a good teacher, because dreamers usually are!), yet his aesthetic in architecture is not my cup of tea.
Interesting sharing though!
Architectural drawing is Sir Peter's medium. It's how he communicates his artistic ideas to the world, regardless of whether he's a "natural drawer" or not. What he does is brilliant.
BTW, the city Sir Peter grew up in is "Leicster", not "Lester".
Very inspired by this Experienced and great Human
3:45 "i'm still not fluent" and comes up with this 🖤
I worked for Cosentini Engineering Associates at 2 Penn Plaza. Truly an art form.
Ahhhhhhhh what an inspiration Sr !!!!!!!!!
I like his case for hand drawing.
Hand lettering makes a good drawing look great. Too bad that some schools no longer teach lettering.
wow his drawings are gorgeous
Does anybody know what song this is they used in the video. Very beautiful- would like to listen to it on it's own.
This is be architec, the draw is the Best comunication
Awesome! You wish more architects and other people involved in our surroundings would think like Peter. The world would be a much more nicer place to live...
I'm doing zen doodles as I listen to this. drawing lots of lines feels good man. the brain craves symmetries :9
👍👍👍
So Im busy studying architecture in my 1st year and before that I did my draughting 1 year diploma and they taught me ALL of autodesks software and today i can work on everything from archicad right through to plant3d so i dont need to have someone created my models or anything because i know how to
Is he Apple CEO, Tim Cook's long lost talented brother in UK??? They look very similar to me. Great video by the way.
Sir Cook is well connected to Arts University Bournemouth. Alma Mater represent!:)
احنا شغالين بالكاتسولة هههههه ماركة رترونج
أجمل كتسولة فى العالم تحياتى ظروف وتخلص
It has always been said that you don’t need every tool imaginable to create something. Here is proof. Do I toss out digital architectural work because it’s not personal? No. It too has its place. BUT having architect done by hand allows for the nuance to show through. The artist’s hand is seen. The very fact that the architect’s room was bare except for sawhorses and a platform for his desk, shows him unencumbered and letting his work shine. I sometimes wish I could go back to that kind of work.
these drawings are great
A lovely video! does anybody know what make his glasses are haha, I want them!
I think the glorification hand drawing and demonizing of CAD dismisses the benefits CAD brings in opening the career to people with various disabilities. I have hand tremors that are anywhere from mild to severe, and I literally cannot do old school hand drawings. I failed my original college's drawing course three times and had to change schools to one that recognized that we don't do hand drawings anymore, and me understanding how to use hand drawing tools and how to scale and how to do sketches was enough. Gatekeeping the profession because someone can't draw a computer straight line by hand is stupid actually.
I too would love to see a variably translucent structure before my passing. I'm begining to see the benefit of adding more fun to function when designing/building new projects. Not an architect or artist in the slightest. Just a fan of the built environment and art in general.
ag cook brought me here
maravilhoso!!!
Awesome Video ✌👓
Well, ...at least your honest.
Thank you.
He's missing a Panasonic electric color pencil sharpener. If you use Prismacolor, you need a long sharp point with lots of thin lead showing, not a short sharp blunt point. You can't beat pen and ink (or fountain pen sketches) with Prismacolor. But you need that sharp point, you need the Panasonic sharpener. If you can quickly sketch in front of your client, ooooooo do clients fall in love with you❤👍
There are three kinds of architects; those who draw, those who make models and those who build. Cook is very much the first kind.
Very beautiful images but I always ask how these conceptual drawings translate to the real world.
They only did once and it was a disaster of architecture :)
@@XTSu-sl1bb can you tell me what that one time was?
Love the pencils. What are those called?
Rapidographs
@@alpafus5655 thank you. They look like very nice devices to write with.
Prismacolor.
@@rjtiman I'm guessing it's a pen then. ruclips.net/video/1suurGcp8BI/видео.html
2:10 looks like a Super Mario Level Map :D
Wow rest of my mind is gone! Thank you 😊
Believing fully minimalist and simple but stunning idea comes with storm 💥
The thumbnail shows my approach to literaly anything I draw: "OH MY... THIS IS NOT PERFECT ENOUGH... I NEED TO GO BACK UP MY MOTHER'S WOMB, GET REBORN AND RE-LEARN STUFF" ..
😶
@9.52 He uses a scale rule to draw a straight line. No draughtsman would ever do this as it leaves ink on the scale.
Son trucos que se aprenden de la necesidad o la simplificación de instrumentos o por qué no .Al final un escalimetro es una regla .
I've tried many times to draw in digital but I don't like it. Is not only about the painting itself, for me, part of the experience is about the physical interaction with the tools.
I'm at my desk drawing as I write this (not an architect) but how on earth can he draw with the sun/shadows hitting his drawing surface? Those windows have no shade! There is no way I could draw like this without it disrupting my lines or tones on my drawing.
Some people like me like sunlight, it feels close to naure and peace, away from the noisy world. Its fine to have preferences but i thought id speak up for my fellow sunlight lovers. (If there are any)
14:00 perhaps there is a difference between utopian and unbuildable?
Plan Voisin was utopian and has been built in China although not properly realised.
People have become obsessed with benefits
Paint just for the sake of painting
Paint,dance,eat...or whatever...to experience it
F benefits!!!
he drawing with the scalimeter hurts me so much! hahahha there was a legend in my school. that if you trace with the scalimeter you return automatic to the first grade XD
who(what artist) is the music in this video, please?
Stephen Wiltshire manages very well.
💯❤
What are the benefits of drawing by foot?
Anyone know what tanke that is?
What architect would have that floor?
I gave up (or rather was made to give up) my architecture studies in the mid eighties at Manchester School of Architecture. Still disappoints me, though I would probably ended one of those architects who draws door handles all day long.
The singer John Denver began as an architect student, so did the actor Anthony Quinn, so did Brad Pitt - their lives became pretty good.
YouSee 3D rendering studio will be glad to help you visualize your project and make them alive!)
Drawing by Hand should be considered as an additional skill for a designer like one who knows how to use a DSLR or can speak another language. It is definitely a plus but should not be a must-have skill in this digital age.
👍
hey this guy is A.G. cook's dad
im a noob artis...ever since ive sketch and draw digitally i hardly ever draw on paper anymore..i dunno im not use to it..lol.
Oh sont les louisiannes?
Ok. Marketing. Something else?
I know why you have to ask Peter Cook about his drawings, because they're his drawings. It's like watching an iceberg, isn't it ? Systems in architecture ? experiential design ? heck even archigram !
😁
I can build ?
nice drip
A lot of "artist" today, can't even draw by hand.
Which is fine
@@TheWolfX100 I liked your comment. 👍
😂so true so many ppl called architects tdy can’t even sketch they just think there good bc they can use Revit😂 that’s why they come up wt total shite
@@kingofthenattys8740 yup that's true, architects are not good today.
It’s a human process.
"It can be build"
What?
Yes, there's a typo at the start of the video. We are aware of it, but unfortunately it's not possible to change the mistake.
We know this is CGI, drop the act
@@purplesage993 the virus have eated your message.
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Farm systemet. Deprive animals
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Hand drawing is key for architecture but not these wacky time consuming presentation images. Peter cook has been misleading architecture for too long. He miss lead me when studying until I learned real architecture
Care to expound?
@@ABB14-11 he’s far to theoretical and his ideas of architecture are simply weak. When he eventually got a commission in Europe the building was terrible and weird. Much better to follow and learn from real architects like Kerry hill or jorn utzon. They are so many strong architects out there that don’t get the exposure of this weak architect. I followed his walking city when I studied, it was fun but didn’t learn any practical lesson for my career in architecture.
Nice drawings of extremly ugly designs.
Architects are completely unnecessary and you cannot argue otherwise.
Beyond talented human being no doubt, but I can't help but process in my mind his physical appearance...the brother hasn't aged well. Man becomes reproductively useless at this point in life
The drawings are not buildable
@@GARRY3754 says physics, frank ghery is also a crap architect. You need to study harder if you think he has ever resolved a building correctly
Good advice on drawing - ugly architecture
Lol bozo imma do everything digitally on the computer 😹😹😹😹
Ahem...Tim we might have different views on that but there are no benefits.
I never heard so much bullshit used to describe a building. If architects really felt like this our cities would be way different. He says he is against technology in design but uses a ruler? The hypocrisy!
who hurt you?
@@ekkiazure An architect with a t square obviously, what's your excuse.
@@clintonvargas5050 whatever for?
@@ekkiazure Not accepting Jesus and Mohammed into your life?
you do have a point i must say
Always glad that I learned how to draw well in architecture school by hand. This skill really helps me over the years as far as the ability to convey an idea by being able to quickly sketch something. I carry this skill till today even in aerospace engineering.
Peter Cook's work is fascinating and still not so explored. To watch him drawing is quite an experience. I admire him so much. Thank you for doing this interview.
His projects cost millions and have highly specialized construction and complex curves. That's probably what people mean by "it isn't realistic architecture."
Not every building can feasibly be a peter cook drawing.
I mean if ur an designer you gotta put in the time to learn how to draw. I mostly use 3d programs these days but it begins with many sketches