Such an uncanny resemblance to the recognisable modes of representation inspires an effort to occupy the strange houses. They do so by appearing strange, difficult and distanced from an immediately identifiable reality, yet all the drawings continue to employ traditional systems of architectural representation (plans, sections, notation, symbols, labels). The drawings of "The House of Henry Brulard" prompt questions concerning domestic architecture. Mark Wigley's definition of the house as a single line describing an opposition of inside and outside is critiqued in reagrds to this discourse of the general and the specific. The contorno and non-finito nature of drawing is addressed to raise questions concerning translation between the theoretical and graphic domains of architecture. Each approximation depicts a unique domestic situation, while collectively the multiple drawings question the possibility of a singularly definitive house. "The House of Henry Brulard" is presented as a series of five drawings, or rather, five shimmering approximations of a house. Attributing such significance to the drawings themselves requires resistance to the seductive linearity of functional interpretation that encourages a slide away from the semiotic potential of drawing in favour of a linear translation of the symbolic or narrative meaning of the text. Having examined the traditional linear interpretations of Stendhal's drawings (in particular questioning their commonly accepted classification as illustrations), efforts are directed towards perceiving the drawings as unique artefacts that exist, to some degree, independently of the surrounding text. A study of Stendhal's drawings from the autobiography "The Life of Henry Brulard" (1836) is undertaken to establish a theoretical position concerning the role of architectural drawing as a place of discourse. Sarah Treadwell.) "The House of Henry Brulard" is a dissertation concerning the appearance of architectural drawing.
Sean Flanagan University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand The House of Henry Brulard, a dissertation concerning the appearance of architectural drawing. The House Of Henry Brulard Part 1 Dissertation 2001
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