Analogue and Digital Access to Architectural Information

Access to architectural information has undergone great changes due the global use of internet. In digital environment, quantity and its 'free' availability create advantages compared high costs editing publishing books magazines. This fact resulted in a tendency simplify content with striking images avoid from texts that emphasise philosophy project. Previous research indicates both analogical sources are complementary, but there is no examination whether search behaviours or types influence students’ results. aims observe analogue access habits architecture students delve into reasons for these behaviours. A questionnaire on been designed validated, which 170 undergraduate School Architecture Universidade da Coruña have participated. The results show younger focus image-based social networks as source information, despite acknowledging higher-quality can be found such Furthermore, it detected student results, depending nature subject.