Preliminary promises
ln its final, constructed form, architecture has its place in the concrete
world.This is where it exists.This is where it makes its statement. Por-
trayals of as yet unrealized architectural works represent an attempt
to give a voice to something, which has not yet found its place in the
_ concrete world for which it is meant.
Architectural drawings try to express as accurately as possible the
aura of the building in its intended place. But precisely the effort of the
portrayal often serves to underline the absence of the actual obiect,
and what then emerges is an awareness of the inadequacy of any kind
Of Portrayal, curiosity about the reality it promises, and perhaps-if