Space in Architecture

I definitely agree with Zevi that when producing orthographic drawings you cannot really know the true space that the building will create. From my own experience, for example drawing elevations, I get caught up in trying to create an aesthetically pleasing composition with the mullions, materiality, etc, yet in reality the elevation may be covered by trees or an undulating landscape, etc. I also find it difficult to know how space will look in the interior of a building when drawing a plan because the scale of one person vs a crowd of people will change the feeling of the space. It is necessary to be able to show how space will be occupied in a given project and that is what the client wants to see, thats why you see so many computer renders today.

Creating a flow of space in architecture is incredibly important and can give a building a recognizable identity. One can manipulate space to create a certain mood or bring out a particular emotion in the occupant. I think Steven Holl and Tadao Ando do this very well where their spaces can create a calm feeling and are able to flow easily from one room to the next. I think modern architecture has tried to allow a building to define a more open space and not creating small individual partition walls that don't really relate to one another.