The clarity of design stems from a strong emotion and passion towards an idea. Whether this be through the development of a hierarchical network of systems that allow for transparencies and relationships to form through physical interaction, or purely mental connections; an idea or design begins with the most primal form of creation, the human mind. Mateo draws comparisons to the human body and organisms in relation with how ideas are created and developed. The scale and severity it has on an idea is clearly shown through this example. By examining the layers of simple orders, and the relationship between one set of networks to another, you are allowed a glimpse into a greater whole, an idea. The connections between these ideas forms the whole, or project. Understanding the how and why of a project is derived from the resolution of ideas. The manifestation of these ideas into built form is the synthesis of multiple networks working cohesively together to create one unique experience.
The necessity for human reaction and interaction with space, form, direction, and process is the need to understand our environment. The creation of the built environment is a direct reaction to our interaction with nature. This primal action is the basis of design and the built form. Mateo establishes this same baseline principle with the direction and stance he takes on how to begin with an idea. I agree with the notion that to have a successful project one must look at things in two scales. The micro and macro version of an idea has unique implications to the environment and the people interacting within it. Looking at an idea not through the eyes of an architect, but through the eyes of a biologist or scientist, a person can begin to view the built environment with a different perspective. These different standards and value systems create unique experiences that allow for a matrix of ideas to converge and inform a project.
Combining varying levels of information and human interactions effects how an environment grows and expands within its social realm. By understanding and analyzing these relationships, these experiences allow for the development of the idea of space to continue to grow. As time progresses, the process behind design changes, but the ideas still stay the same. Just as humans evolve, so does design.
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I like how you've taken the relationship and network thinking in Mateo's article -which was probably meant in an archi-tectonic sense- and refocused it on the human dimension. Especially in seeing the first visual concept (and it's writing) that's a perfect approach.
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