A part of the second reading, Natalini's "La costruzione Building", uses the quote "Architecture is a lapse betwixt the pencil and the stone." I really like how Natalini puts this quote together and the explanation given. Both the result of the pencil on paper and the building of stones can be considered architecture, but what architecture really is is the process of understanding during the lapse of the two. The "lapse" that Natalini is referring to here is the one that occurs subconsciously after the design is put on paper. After one reads this and lets it sink in, it makes perfect sense that Natalini can use this quote to describe architecture.
A part of architecture is the understanding of the problem at hand. As an architect we are trying to solve this problem, and the lapse that is given here is the time that is given from the idea to the building(pencil to stone). This lapse gives us necessary time to process this problem and further our solution to this problem.
After reading this section of Natalini's passage, I now see architecture as neither the result of the pencil dragged across the paper or the stacking of stones into a structure, but as the thought process between the two which is necessary for us, the architects(or students), to process this solution. In addition to this realization, I also acquired the importance of this complete understanding of the architect's problem at hand and the responsibilities we have to solve it.
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