Sep 13, 2008

On Theory (01)

Seeing the SPACE, an abstract term, as the content of the form of the building in the main subject matter in modern architecture.


Citrohan House Plaster Model
Le Corbusier

In Modernism, space is seen as isotropic, homogeneous in every direction, abstract limited by boundaries or edges, and rational or logically inferential from part to whole, or from whole to part.


Temporary Pavilion Model
Aldo Van Eyck

In Postmodernism, however, space is specific, unlimited or ambiguous in zoning and ‘irrational’ in the relation of parts to whole. The space has unclear boundaries and extends infinitely without apparent edge.

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial