Architectural designs are translated into buildings using thedocumentation language. Gaps invariably exist between what is documentedand what is built. Once a building is complete, its construction islargely concealed and it becomes difficult to compare the drawn detailswith the built details. This difficulty is compounded by the abstractnature of traditional architects' orthographic drawings. A multimediarelational database titled `Simulated Site Visits' (SSV), developed byClare Newton and Jonathan Finkelstein at the University of Melbourne,records the process of constructing buildings. The structure and layoutof SSV facilitates comparisons across media and helps to shift the focusonto the connections and gaps between a building and its representation.The development of SSV has been funded because of its potential as ateaching aid for architecture and building students. This paper outlinesteaching implications of this form of multimedia intertwined with adiscussion of the research potential
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