The hand: our sensory link to the world
Imagining another world than our own begins with observing, sensing, feeling, and understanding what surrounds us; noticing the details in order to create a meaningful and sensitive encounter with a place.
Imagining another real world means integrating multiple complex parameters; fitting together volumes, control networks, flows, and force dynamics, all in service of an execution that respects the sensitivity of the intended response.
These two thinkers of tomorrow’s world share a common sensitivity expressed through drawing: whether in encountering a place (Antoine Daudré-Vignier) or in conceiving a project and bringing it to life (Harrison).
The ineffable connection between hand and mind in a dreamer of tomorrow’s world can be perceived in the drawings of these two creators, where time becomes embedded within the sensitivity of each of their works.
It is this time that allows the tensions necessary for forging a path—layer upon layer, line upon line—toward a thoughtful and sensitive solution.
In a world where we are promised automated, instantaneous, and dehumanized creation, feeling on paper the quality of reflection and the engagement of the senses will be the finest response.
Let yourself be carried by the desire to break your keyboard, shatter your mouse, and reconnect your thinking to the sensitivity of the world through the hand.
Antoine Daudré-Vignier was born in 1959 and graduated with a D.P.L.G. (Government-Certified Architect) diploma in 1984.
Deeply sensitive to architecture and its modes of expression, he has practiced drawing and watercolor painting since childhood and refuses to separate these artistic pursuits from the discipline of architecture. Antoine Daudré-Vignier has taught architectural drawing and sketching at the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris. He regularly publishes articles and biographies of architects and frequently speaks on topics related to digital technologies and Artificial Intelligence.
In 2017, he exhibited architectural drawings at the Galerie d’Architecture in Paris and, in 2025, published the book “Sketches and Watercolors of an Architect” (Croquis et Aquarelles d’un architecte) with AAM Editions.
Harrison approaches his profession as an architect in the manner of a craftsman: he sketches his plans in front of his clients, inviting them to sit at his drawing table, then inks them by hand swiftly, without rulers, without CTRL+Z. Through this exhibition, he presents a selection of plans and details created in a professional context at different stages of the design process.
Based in Clermont-Ferrand, Harrison practices throughout France. He is the creator of the @Quotidien d’architecture channel and the author of the book “Secrets of an Architect’s Stroke of the Pencil, or the Natural Intelligence of Hand Drawing” (Secrets d’un coup de crayon d’architecte ou l’intelligence naturelle du dessin à la main), published in 2025 by Éditions du Moniteur.
