ABSTRACT
Existence is the extent of matter in space. Descartes1
What stands out, that is “existence,” from the homogeneity of the world is different for each of the disciplines that contribute to the production of buildings. They abstract different natural and human contexts from the total environment, attempt to satisfy different goals or performances, use different theoretical models, appropriate different materials to manifest their reality, imagine different states of equilibrium from open to closed or active to passive for their systems, engage different builders and building processes to construct their designs, generate different flow patterns or vector diagrams to transmit their particular forms of energy, and use different methods to synthesize their disparate views of the environment.
