(1) Architecture is about the journey, not the destination
(3) The experience of Architectural space can evoke anticipation. There generally are spaces that are more anticipated than others and thus more coveted and reaching this is the climactic ending. The whole journey building up to the climax however must be appreciated.
(9) When a person enters the building, the eagerness of finding the pinnacle of the structure begins. Acknowledging the importance of the journey through movement is critical to the experience, however this may go unrecognized at first. Appreciation of this journey will be conveyed through motion. Enthusiasm for the climax will push him forward. This constant want for moving faster however, will be juxtaposed by slowing the architecture down, and thus slowing man down. The architecture will influence him to stop. Then start. Until finally, when the person realizes that the culmination they so badly sought after, was actually with him the whole time. Only through physically circulating and moving, will one finally come to understand that the purpose of the experience was to appreciate the experience itself. After one can finally reflect on the journey that they have taken, can it truly be appreciated.
1 comment:
journey/movement, anticipation, architecture manipulating... these are the key words that you used throughout the statements.
i'm not sure how the 1st statement is indicative of the whole... yes, there is "journey" but what is the "end result" of it... (clearly, not the destination). this is something that needs to be clarified.
in other words, in building anticipation and using architecture to manipulate our experience/journey/movement, what do we get out of it? what should we see?
what program are you thinking about? or what precedent have you seen/thought of that insipred these thoughts?
is it about getting lost? (ie. constant's new babylon? archizoom's no-stop city?) about pre-determined paths? (ie. structured labyrinths? chronologically organized exhibits?) is chronology of experience important? or are we merely to meander? [do you know of corb's "law of the meander"?] or...???
ps. what did you think of miralles' work in rel. to this? just curious.
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