In the last few decades the 'diagram' has evolved into a constitutive generative medium for
the architectural design process and is now an everyday term used in the context of design. The
diagram repre-sents an imaginative process that enables architects to transform typologies
figures and models using analogue and dig-ital design procedures. This process is creative and
erratic - it is highly intuitive and variable and follows its own logic. As such the diagram
with its lines points and strokes operates at the intersection of ge-ometry art and
theory. (from the introduction). The second edition of this book from the series Construction
and Design Manuals presents a selection of projects by prominent architects and designers in
the form of diagrams drawn from the fields of architecture interior design and installation.
This volume also features an essay by the philosopher Lidia Gasperoni.
