Second, in describing this pseudo-analytical design process Eisenman is doing both
himself and his architecture a disservice. This is because he obscures - rather than
makes apparent - the simple and elegant compositional rules he applies to generate
space and form in these houses. The way he goes about this we would suggest is
innovative and a perfect example of what architecture should be about - innovation,
or production, rather than reproduction (Hillier, 1996). At this point, let us be clear
that we are not saying that Eisenman is successful in what he sets out to achieve - he
is not. However the mere existence of his conjecture adds to our architectural
knowledge much in the same way as does the refutation of that conjecture, both
within this paper and by Eisenman himself.