The construction of meaning and identity in the composition and reading of an architectural text

This study analyzes the composition by a high school senior of a house design for a class in architectural design. He produced this text in relation to the readings of that text by his teacher and other potential readers. The authors take a Vygotskian perspective to understand the settings, goals, and tools through which he composed his architectural plans, drawing on a cultural theory of reading to analyze how this text was understood by his...