Primacy of Detail

I find it interestering that the catalyst of detail sprung from the evolution of the carpet wall. The solid walls we know today began as an artistic notion that injected materials traditionally used for functions other than art. When these materials where assembled into structural members, artistic renderings where applied that maintained the essential meaning of walls to delineate space. Recognition of the carpet wall was lost when the art ceased to be applied and evolved into the articulation of the structural member with details. And yet, when details arise from the adoration of structural joints, they resonate with the assemblage of carpet weaving. The metaphysical joints that exist between structural members are a function of our mind that draws relationships between recognizable constituencies. If architecture is a discipline of space-making, then the carpet wall and essentially the detail are integral in making space.