The first thing one sees in a place is never what matters most. It is the easiest to photograph, to describe, to sell — and for that very reason, the most misleading.
Reading a context well begins by asking what changes with the hour and the day; distinguishing those who live there from those who merely pass through; noticing what is absent; and, finally, testing the story told about a place against the experience of walking through it.
Different places, different answers to the same question: what life can be built here. None is more right than another — only more or less aligned with the life already being sought.
Reading a context well is not simply a matter of understanding a place. It is understanding the culture to which that place belongs — and whether its way of life belongs in the future being considered.
These readings grew out of our representation practice — and continue to inform it today.
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