Michael Maltzan's Sketches

UCLA Hammer Museum (Los Angeles, California)

"I can't say that I design in one way or another it is a lot more back and forwards... It is like casting a broad net and seeing what comes up... Some drawings, like plan sketches, are a little more accurate...I prefer the fast and fluid drawings...the best drawings are almost like a field where patterns begin to inter merge in the sketches...the ones that say 'OK here is the building' are the least interesting for me..."

"What I like the most about the drawings is where it feels like I am trying to find something...they are the best when there is a kind of freedom and when they seem to transcend a three dimensional understanding of the work - in a very abstract way. The three dimensional aspect sometimes becomes distorted when you are starting in one place and rotating around in the same drawing and you begin to feel something is about to happen...lots of ideas as opposed to specific representations of a building..."