Respond to reading "Programming the Urban Surface"

After Saturday lecture on mapping I was really confuse on what exactly mapping does in the creation of architecture, but after reading the article Programming the Urban Space, by Alex Wall it really helped me understand the importance of mapping. This article taught me that a building doesn't just belong to a site, it belongs to the city and it is really important that particular building help the city in its growth. "If the goal of designing urban surface is to increase its capacity to support and diversify activities in time--even activities that cannot be determined in advance--then a primary designing strategy is to extend its continuity while diversifying its range of services," So in designing the building we have to take into consideration the site, area around the building and think of the future. Usually when I design I would just of the direct site location but we have to really take into consideration the city because then a story is being told about the site. Architecture now is more than a building in a site, it really is the connection of all the community and the tool being used to help our society grow and develop.