a lens with which to view a culture.

lens.

a piece of transparent substance, having two opposite surfaces that magnify and/or correct.

culture.

the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits -- a particular form or stage of civilization. the sum of ways of living built up by a group of human beings and transmitted from one generation to another. product of growth resulting from cultivation -- to subject. to cultivate. to grow. to introduce.

"maybe they become more than a vehicle to act as a new landscape. a new way to see the landscape. the history. the culture. the place. the beauty."

the image of the landscape has been a tactic for changing the perspective of that scene. the story that the eye reads. so, what story am i telling and how do i want to tell it?

the value of the drawing is to explain a piece of thinking, a drawing that embodies the spirit of the architecture.