Evaluating relationships between hand-drawing ability and design performance: Case of Architecture Study Program UGM

Mario Lodeweik Lionar (Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Labdo Pranowo (Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Nur Zahrotunnisaa Zagi (Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Kadek Indira Diah Kardina (Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Harry Kurniawan (Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Dijeng Dwi Putri (Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada)

ARTEKS : Jurnal Teknik Arsitektur
Vol 10 No 1 (2025): ARTEKS : Jurnal Teknik Arsitektur | Januari 2025 ~ April 2025

The importance of drawing is among the most common discourses in architectural practice and education. Current research investigating the relation between drawing ability and architecture students’ study performance give various results, indicating that context plays significant role in determining such relationship. Therefore, using a quantitative manner using simple measurement of correlations, this study aims to add insights to this issue by exploring the connection between architectural students’ drawing ability and the results of stages of design studios wherein one studio emphasizes one facet of design at a time, within the context of undergraduate architecture education at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The results reveal that, although the correlations vary throughout phases of the studios, the importance of hand-drawing ability is more prominent at certain studio emphasizing the ability to orchestrate form-space and to present design products by hand-drawing, suggesting the noteworthy role of hand-drawing in both envision and presentation.