Investigating architecture through its main methodological instrument, the architectural project, implies a movement of the gaze, sometimes towards Theory, sometimes towards its Practices.
The Theory of Architecture understood as a shareable corpus of a craft constantly being rethought in the face of the present, can only be built from a critical reflection on what is done, involving thinking, analyzing, criticizing, and writing. Practices understood as forms of making architecture can only be embodied in drawing and building, involving communication domains. Researching design theory in architecture means scrutinizing the creative processes underlying the act of designing, implying consideration of its own methods as references for thought and research in the disciplinary area of architecture.