Diagram Deployment

Using the same diagram at different scales can produce drastically different effects. Diagrams considered conventional at the large end of the spectrum--the scale of the city or the neighborhood--or at the small end--the scale of clothing--are regarded as radical at the middle scales of architecture. They resist traditional architectural arrangement and tectonics at these scales. These territorial infringements on scale are among the most difficult to operate well within, but they can be most rewarding when successfully negotiated. --Reiser and Umemoto