This paper considers a particular type of architectural drawing, the overlay plan, where a variety of layers introduce not only physical dimensions but also different combinations of information or times. Two specific drawings are discussed which both concern the regeneration of significant historic city centres, but despite certain similarities of context and purpose, both have been transformed into design proposals in dramatically different ways. In both the monumental centre of Tarragona and the regeneration of the Ribera district in Barcelona, centred around the Market of Santa Caterina (by EMBT), particular methods of graphic representation were crucial to the development of the designs. Moneo (2021) highlights the particular significance of the overlay plan in the creative process of Enric Miralles, and likewise the method is of equal importance in fields relating to archaeology. This research investigates how and to what degree the design processes in these two cases has ...
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