Category: Reading Response

My first real job (besides the usual lawn-mowing and babysitting) was organizing the archives in my dad’s office. I spent my summer months in their

In his piece, Mark Hewitt at one point discusses conception and its place in architectural drawing.  Architects conceive their works in different ways – some

Answering the question about what happens when a design is translated into image, I want to start with the Mark Hewitt “Representational forms and modes

Architectural drawings, as the phrase is commonly referred to, imagines the construction of a specific form of space. They outline the structure and orient, or

Victor Hugo’s essay, “Ceci tuera cela [This Will Kill That]”, points to a recurring anxiety about new developments in expressive technology – that as societies

Analyzing through this week’s reading, I would like to concentrate on Victor Hugo’s interpretation of archdeacon thought “This will kill that. The book will kill

Reading Response, April 17, 2012 The articles for this week focused on the advent of print as a medium and its affects on architecture. The

An argument that I found to be repeatedly mentioned in this week’s readings was the idea that the printed word destroyed the art or architecture.