drawing office

Technical illustration workspace

A drawing office is a room or department where technical drawings, blueprints, and architectural plans are produced.

The term is primarily British, corresponding to American "drafting room." Before computer-aided design, drawing offices employed teams of draughtsmen working at large tilted tables: He spent thirty years in the drawing office at the shipyard.

drafting

drafting table

Inclined desk for sketching

  • T-squareRight-angled drawing guide
  • CADTechnical drawing technology
  • draftsmanTechnical illustrator of plans

tracing paper · vellum · pencil · graphite · eraser · ruler · protractor · compass · templates · French curves

architecture

blueprints

Technical construction drawings

floorplans · site plans · building codes · zoning · specifications · renderings · feasibility studies · consultants · architects · structural engineering

workplace

studio

Creative professional's workspace

revisions · project team · client meetings · coordination · workflow · collaboration · apprentice · reference library

equipment

lightbox

Backlit translucent display surface

cutting mat · straightedge · drafting chair · plotters · document scanner

Opposites
function/purpose

drawing officeconstruction site

Where edifices get erected

gallery · exhibition hall · factory floor · demolition site · art gallery

stage in workflow

drawing officeconstruction site

Where edifices get erected

building site · factory floor · shop floor · manufacturing plant · assembly line

design vs construction

drawing officeconstruction site

Where edifices get erected

building site · factory floor · workshop · assembly plant · production floor

Family

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