On The Railway Journey, Wolfgang Shivelbusch analyses the relationships between space and time. he mainly focuses on the relationship between distance and time; taking as the main example the use of train lines and train stations.
train stations, on his eyes have become portals that connect two different places that have been until that point traditionally very far apart. it is through the shortening of the time of travel that distances perceptually become shorter and “the country shrinks” bringing locations otherwise remote to ones doorstep.

Schilvelbusch, however, thinks that because of this new found conveniences, locations and as an extension products have lost their Aura. Similar to what Walter Benjamin proposed, the mechanization in this case of travel steals the authentic remoteness and therefore the appeal of a distant location.

On “The Architectures of Time”, Sanford Kwinter establishes a definition between realization and creation. he first of all differentiates between Actualization (Something that occurs in time and with time say…the constrution of a building with blocks and bolts) and Realization (a conceptual idea…programming, a massing layout).

Technological developments and modernization have an active roll in society and therefore in the way we think about architecture. some examples of main developments are:

The Benedictine Order, regarded as the first people to use “clocks” harnessed the idea of separating time in order to better serve their monastical rituals. after that, the idea of separating time in order to regulate production and therefore the economy became common.  From the Monastery to the Factory.

The Panopticon, invented by Foucault, stands as a symbol of tyranny and surveillance. first intended to be used as a prison where a minimal security crew could control and observe a large inmate population, now is directly related to the idea of constant surveillance and the Big Brother.

Finally, the loudspeaker, a tool that allowed fascist regimes to rally the masses on their support in huge amphitheaters.

Architecture, for Kwinter, is trully a machine. a machine that directly modified and permanently changed by the programs and activities that happen within even more than by its original physical shape or form. In this senses, architecture is not something like art that is frozen in time but always changing / mutating in response to the user.