What’s on the Precedent Study poster?

5 numbered steps. Copying an image teaches nothing. Redrawing a building teaches a lot. Pick for the problem — Choose by the question you have, not by the architect you admire.; Redraw it to scale — Plan and section, by hand, at the scale you are working at.; Find the organising move — One sentence: what holds this building together?; Check the numbers — Spans, storey heights, room sizes, circulation width. Write them…; State what transfers — Name the move you are taking and the context you are taking it…. Cite what you use. Taking a strategy is scholarship; copying an image and calling it yours is not.

Who is the Precedent Study poster for?

Precedent Study belongs to the Architecture section rather than to a school year, because design is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning design method can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Precedent Study poster?

Use it when you have a problem you have not solved before. Someone has already tried. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Precedent Study belongs on the wall where that design work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Precedent Study?

Human Dimensions, Reading the Brief and Circulation sit alongside Precedent Study in the Architecture section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.

Is the Precedent Study poster free to download and print?

Yes. Precedent Study downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Architecture section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.

What size does the Precedent Study poster print at?

Precedent Study is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Precedent Study loses nothing.

Precedent Study — free printable poster

Precedent Study — printable design wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Precedent Study, step by step

Copying an image teaches nothing. Redrawing a building teaches a lot.

Pick for the problemChoose by the question you have, not by the architect you admire.
Redraw it to scalePlan and section, by hand, at the scale you are working at.
Find the organising moveOne sentence: what holds this building together?
Check the numbersSpans, storey heights, room sizes, circulation width. Write them down.
State what transfersName the move you are taking and the context you are taking it from.

Cite what you use. Taking a strategy is scholarship; copying an image and calling it yours is not.

Questions about the Precedent Study poster

What’s on the Precedent Study poster?: 5 numbered steps. Copying an image teaches nothing. Redrawing a building teaches a lot. Pick for the problem — Choose by the question you have, not by the architect you admire.; Redraw it to scale — Plan and section, by hand, at the scale you are working at.; Find the organising move — One sentence: what holds this building together?; Check the numbers — Spans, storey heights, room sizes, circulation width. Write them…; State what transfers — Name the move you are taking and the context you are taking it…. Cite what you use. Taking a strategy is scholarship; copying an image and calling it yours is not.
Who is the Precedent Study poster for?: Precedent Study belongs to the Architecture section rather than to a school year, because design is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning design method can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Precedent Study poster?: Use it when you have a problem you have not solved before. Someone has already tried. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Precedent Study belongs on the wall where that design work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Precedent Study?: Human Dimensions, Reading the Brief and Circulation sit alongside Precedent Study in the Architecture section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Human Dimensions Reading the Brief Circulation
Is the Precedent Study poster free to download and print?: Yes. Precedent Study downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Architecture section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Precedent Study poster print at?: Precedent Study is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Precedent Study loses nothing.Printing guide

Precedent Study, step by step

Questions about the Precedent Study poster

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