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From Footprints to Fingerprints: Rethinking Orthographic Drawing via Sarkis

Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2 12 Ekim 2026
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From Footprints to Fingerprints: Rethinking Orthographic Drawing via Sarkis

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Sarkis Zabunyan's OPUS series consists of watercolor interpretations of the plans of architectural structures, built or unbuilt, selected from different times and places, in which the artist has a personal interest. This action, which Sarkis likens to the interpretation of a musical score, is carried out with the finger on paper and then illuminated with a neon frame. While the resulting product has the appearance of an architectural plan, it also acquires a completely independent quality which reveals a critical distance. By dividing the architectural plan into both indexical and iconic signs, the fingerprint shakes the iconic representational relationship created by orthographic projection and makes a breakthrough towards the difference by reminding the subject's somatic body and power of action. The paper aims to understand this critical distance and how it reveals new relationships between art, architecture and semiotics. The methodology includes historical analysis, case study and semiotic analysis. By disrupting traditional sign relations, Sarkis questions the modern orthographic projection system and opens the door to new possibilities of representation. It is possible to consider Sarkis' artistic approach as a method to discover the potentials inherent in architectural representation and to instrumentalize them in design processes.

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Etik Beyan

All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards.

Teşekkür

I would like to thank the reviewers and editors for their constructive criticism and hard work on the current and previous versions of this article. I am grateful to Gülşah Aykaç for her support throughout this process.

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Mimari Tarih, Teori ve Eleştiri, Mimarlık (Diğer), Tasarım Uygulaması ve Yöntemleri

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

12 Ekim 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

1 Kasım 2025

Kabul Tarihi

25 Mart 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Üngür, E. (2026). From Footprints to Fingerprints: Rethinking Orthographic Drawing via Sarkis. GRID - Architecture Planning and Design Journal, 9(2), 558-580. https://doi.org/10.37246/grid.1815136
AMA
1.Üngür E. From Footprints to Fingerprints: Rethinking Orthographic Drawing via Sarkis. GRID. 2026;9(2):558-580. doi:10.37246/grid.1815136
Chicago
Üngür, Erdem. 2026. “From Footprints to Fingerprints: Rethinking Orthographic Drawing via Sarkis”. GRID - Architecture Planning and Design Journal 9 (2): 558-80. https://doi.org/10.37246/grid.1815136.
EndNote
Üngür E (01 Ekim 2026) From Footprints to Fingerprints: Rethinking Orthographic Drawing via Sarkis. GRID - Architecture Planning and Design Journal 9 2 558–580.
IEEE
[1]E. Üngür, “From Footprints to Fingerprints: Rethinking Orthographic Drawing via Sarkis”, GRID, c. 9, sy 2, ss. 558–580, Eki. 2026, doi: 10.37246/grid.1815136.
ISNAD
Üngür, Erdem. “From Footprints to Fingerprints: Rethinking Orthographic Drawing via Sarkis”. GRID - Architecture Planning and Design Journal 9/2 (01 Ekim 2026): 558-580. https://doi.org/10.37246/grid.1815136.
JAMA
1.Üngür E. From Footprints to Fingerprints: Rethinking Orthographic Drawing via Sarkis. GRID. 2026;9:558–580.
MLA
Üngür, Erdem. “From Footprints to Fingerprints: Rethinking Orthographic Drawing via Sarkis”. GRID - Architecture Planning and Design Journal, c. 9, sy 2, Ekim 2026, ss. 558-80, doi:10.37246/grid.1815136.
Vancouver
1.Erdem Üngür. From Footprints to Fingerprints: Rethinking Orthographic Drawing via Sarkis. GRID. 01 Ekim 2026;9(2):558-80. doi:10.37246/grid.1815136