Category: Observational Drawing Section: Faculty/Staff Title of Work or Project: Mapping, Dreaming and Conquest: The Plaça del Rei in Barcelona, Spain Size: 8½” wide x 11” high (14 images in all) Media: Oil pastel and colored pencil on vellum, photography, ink on bond paper and tape. Purpose Description: The purpose of the images was to demonstrate to students a way to document a space for the purpose of extracting formal design elements. The method was carried out on-site in Barcelona, Spain during a seminar for study abroad students. Design Process Description: Section-cuts were sketched on vellum and then inked. A written narrative was created to describe the space. The section-cuts were then rendered and combined with narrative selections. Photographs taken of the space were slipped behind the translucent images. Diagrams were then produced to clarify forms and patterns. A transformation of the diagrams was accomplished by turning the space inside out. The existing facades of the space became facades of a new form. Lesson Description: Narrative text, photography, collage and drawings were employed to show how historical artifacts can be observed and transformed to create new forms based on old principles. This low-tech method can be produced in study abroad situations where access to studio resources is limited.