As a paradigmatic disciplinary issue, poché has undergone several transformations. It can be understood as the gap between what is visible and what is physical; the tension between material reality and its abstract representation. As new technologies scan, survey, and encode our world, architectural representation shifts again. The medium distinctions between painting, drawing, modeling, and photography have become blurred within the digital image. Poché has a history that loops between mediums, as it is a rendering technique, a conceptual abstraction, a physical construction, and a political tool. Crossing the trajectories of the digital image with the traditions of poché can challenge our assumptions regarding the aesthetics of abstraction and realism. My proposal is to produce a series of speculative representations that seek to articulate an alternative aesthetic for the contemporary poché. Rome has challenged and reimagined conceptions of this paradigm before. I am certain it can again.