THESIS STATEMENT/ INTRODUCTION

The Aesthetics of Representation

Architecture has always relied heavily on representation to rationalize and describe its conceptual nature. However, in the ‘Digital Age’ of Architecture, with images/drawings/models being easier to create, while the geometries we produce become more complex and specific, our depictions have shifted towards that of a documentation rather than representation. And while these images are both compelling and attractive, the issue lies in the inadvertent ability to easily create images that misrepresent the project and create unethical descriptions that are more deceitful than telling.

What architects create must be beautiful but also filled with meaning. This thesis seeks to propose Representation as Project. The way architects portray our work through drawings, images, models define and express the project. By investigating the current methodologies of various mediums in architectural representation and challenging their relationship within their process and meaning to the project, the practice, and the discipline. The goal is of a representation that is a translation of elements with the architects’ own interpretation for a meaningful and beautiful aesthetic; representation as technique rather than a result of them.