Benjamin Oliver

My interests lie in materiality and the embedded logics, histories, and cultures that live within architectural details. I’m also invested in how we represent architecture. Representation is not only a means of communication, but as a way of thinking, constructing, and situating design. I believe drawing is an act that carries historical weight and disciplinary memory. I’m curious about the pedagogies of representation: how architectural ideas are drawn, narrated, and passed on, and how these practices shape the ways architecture is observed, understood, and critiqued.