ABSTRACT
Introduction to Part III What is the product of an architect? Although it is tempting to regard the building or system as the architect’s product, the relationship is necessarily indirect. The system is actually built by the developer. The architect acts to translate between the problem domain concepts of the client and the solution domain concepts of the builder. Great architects go beyond the role of intermediary to make a visionary combination of technology and purpose that exceeds the expectation of builder or client. But the system cannot be built as envisioned unless the architect has a mechanism to communicate the vision and track construction against it. The concrete, deliverable products of the architect, therefore, are models of the system.
