http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/0415363268/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-page
Katie Lloyd Thomas gave this fantatsic lecture a few years ago... she talked about architectural drawings unifying the building as if it is the product of a single hand... prioritising form over the materials/ matter... and that this has the effect of missing all the processes, hands, and the potentials/ qualities of the materials... so for example the person that builds something will alter from the drawings or the material might bend or shrink...
and she goes on to suggest that rather than emphaissing draiwngs we could consider the potential of the architectural specification... (this is the list that is produced for the contract that specifies thinsg such as the mix of the concrete, or the strength of the wood, or the density of the plasterboard)... this is because it is almost like a recipie and is all about the potentials, and fluidity and chage over time... and shows all the layers that affect what is produced or how it will change over time... she also talked about the physical 'matter' of text, of a book, of the convetions we use to write/ communicate... i will try to get the book out and have a read if you think it could have potential as a basis...?
i wonder if we could respond to this in some way>?
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