ABSTRACT
The idea of the diagram has actually generated confusion and ambiguity, mainly for its application in the field of architecture, so that it is not possible to evaluate the results of this work of translation without considering its philosophical matrix and theoretical references. The symbol, as Peter Eisenman was to write in Diagram Diaries, is a non-declarative sign: it establishes a visual convention for the relationship of the symbol to some object. A diagram is not a thing in itself, but a description of potential relationships among elements, not only an abstract model of the way things behave in the world but a map of possible worlds. The idea of the diagram has actually generated confusion and ambiguity, mainly for its application in the field of architecture, so that it is not possible to evaluate the results of this work of translation without considering its philosophical matrix and theoretical references.
