Letter+to+the+Editor

To: Jerry Laiserin

 Mr. Laiserin, you propose a method of teaching based on Virtual Design Studies, which extends the cultural framework of the profession, it redistributes the intellectual resources of the school of architecture through geographic and socioeconomic divisions. This method allows critics to comment on the web or via email, the members of the jury can make virtual visits without being in the same room. I think that somehow it favors the profession of architecture, however, I just disagree with a view that communication environments and the physical space (as it distributed only through the network).

 It is important to emphasize an idea belonging to Nancy Yen-Wen Cheng, she said students whit communication can complement mediated talk face to face, since the interaction is more direct, for the transport of the complex aspects of the architecture and urban design. So, we could change the concept a new architecture for digital age? In my opinion, it should be kept as an important aspect in the teaching of the architecture the use of physical space. And the face to face interaction.