Theory
Poché
Explore in the Atlas →A Beaux-Arts drawing and design technique in which the solid mass of walls and structure is rendered (traditionally poured in black ink) as a continuous figure, so that the carved-out rooms read as positive voids; by extension, the thickened residual mass between served spaces that mediates between rooms and the building's outline.
Production Dwelling
Details
- Introduced
- 19th century
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Reason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Degree of codification
- Pattern based
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- opposes The Five Points / The Free Plan
- relates to Parti
Sources
- Robert Venturi. Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture. Museum of Modern Art, 1966.
- Guadet, Julien. Éléments et théorie de l'architecture. Librairie de la Construction Moderne, 1901.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Poché." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/poche/. Accessed July 17, 2026.