Questions about the Iteration poster

What’s on the Iteration poster?

A definition and 6 facts worth remembering. Iteration is producing several genuinely different resolutions of the same brief, testing each against the same criteria, and choosing rather than defending. Three options that differ in shape are one option.; Options must differ in strategy: entry, section, structure.; Test all of them against the same three questions.; Keep the drawings at one scale so they compare.; Date and keep the rejected ones. You will return.; A change late in the project is cheap on paper.; Useful option count — 3 to 5; Must differ in — strategy; If all three options have the entrance in the same place, you have tested a facade, n…. Kill your darlings early. Sunk effort is not evidence; the drawing you spent longest on is not therefore right.

Who is the Iteration poster for?

Iteration belongs to the Architecture section rather than to a school year, because design is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning design method can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Iteration poster?

When you are attached to a scheme, that is exactly when to draw three alternatives. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Iteration belongs on the wall where that design work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Iteration?

The Design Process, Human Dimensions and Reading the Brief sit alongside Iteration in the Architecture section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.The Design ProcessHuman DimensionsReading the Brief

Is the Iteration poster free to download and print?

Yes. Iteration downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Architecture section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Iteration poster print at?

Iteration is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Iteration loses nothing.Printing guide