Method of inquiry. Through the examination of collage precedents and the production of collages during an independent study in the Spring 07 semester, a base will be developed from which collage [Special characters omitted.] architecture inquiries can be made, in the form of designed spaces. At this point, it would seem that collage can be used in the act of making architecture in two ways. The simpler, more obvious application of collage to architecture is referential: a collage can be seen as a found object which influences or inspires the making of architecture. A richer, more complex interpretation would be to allow collage to become generative, by combining the structures inherent in the act of making a collage with those inherent in the act of making architecture. This would result in an occupiable space composed of materials, which blurs the line between collage and architecture. Some vital questions include: How does a collage inform a plan? A section? An experienced space? How does a collage produce a plan? A section? An experienced space?