I love Space!!!... lol

Thinking of space is one of my favorite areas of architecture. I know its not the only design factor but i believe it is one of he most important because without space there is no architecture, instead you'd have a sculpture. The idea of planes creating spaces drives me crazy. I can almost relate to Tchumis' analogies when I think of having four walls, two pairs perpendicular and running parallel to one another, running by each other and coming close but never touching, forming a space in the center with secondary spaces in between. Just the thought makes me want to build a model of it. Why a model? Because drawings although accurate and representational can only show and exhibit so much.

Plans, sections, and perspectives are crucial during the design process because without these items we would have no way of quickly representing the space we imagine other than models. Considering that they play such a large role in the process of design why is it that these items tend to be such a cripple when it comes to designing a great space? A better question might be why is it that we as architects allow these drawings to cripple our designs?

Space should be experienced and not seen but sometimes it seems like people see it the other way around. A painting is meant to be looked at and admired. A sculpture is meant to do the same. Architecture is something you experience and admire because of the experience. When architecture becomes something you admire because its pretty and you just want to sit across the street to look at it, then it has lost its meaning; it has become a sculpture, a piece of artwork lacking any space. Even though there is spaceless architecture I believe space is the essence of a good architectural experience. Space is experience...