Some major points of the reading:
In architecture there are sequences of transformation (a device or procedure in making the place) and there are sequences of space (a programmatic sequence).
Tschumi complains that the two sorts of sequence rarely intersect. The device of making is rarely evident in the end product.
Then he introduces the idea of sequences of events or inhabitation that are superimposed on those spatial sequences.
Then there's some of the most important questions that you'll ever ask in architectural thinking: Is there ever a CAUSAL (one leads to the other with certainty) link between a formal system of spaces and a system of events?
Does a form possess a program?
Is there ever a one-to-one relationships between object space and event space?
Does form lead to function? Does function lead to form? Does form lead to form?
Tschumi says that adding event space to object space motivates form.
Later he says the meaning in any sequence (or any architectural situation, for that matter) is dependent on the relation SPACE/EVENT/MOVEMENT (SEM).
Then he discusses the idea of an architectural narrative and its relationship to the idea of sequence.
Manipulations in sequence: Flashback, crosscutting, close-ups, dissolve, collage, montage, superimposition, insertion, disjunction, displacement, distortion, dissolution, repetition, contraction, expansion, combination, symbol. These are transformational devices and they can all be applied to form, event, and movement.
All sequences are cumulative. They are juxtaposed "frames". Each subsequent frame establishes itself on the memory of the preceding until one has a course of events.
