Visual abstract and Idea map... currently

The following images are currently how I am portraying my ideas for my thesis.  They will change as my thesis idea develops further and more discoveries are made and realized.

The comments that have been made today from my colleagues...

               simple yet effective abstract- idea map is busy

               can have great details in final design.  How do different materials come together?

               explore material through texture?

               The idea map is strong, and the materials give a different feeling with the big contrast, but is there a way to provoke the feeling of change of materials through your image abstract- so the 'viewer/reader' knows you aren't going to make a proposal of a candy bag of materials (maybe less materials with strong contrasts)

Recommended precedents:

               look into historical architecture, they often used what was available

Thesis or argument?

               using contrasting materials to evoke a certain emotion or make the person aware of their surroundings

Recommended Resources:

               start looking at materials specific to location- will this effect your outcome?

Visual Abstract showing materiality and transitioning from one material
to the other resulting in the built environment from nature

Idea Map showing the four contrasting conditions and how they relate to one another, resulting in spatiality that is experienced through the transition of space and through the sensory perception of space