In this article, I will analyse the traditional spatial vocabulary of a pioneer of modern architecture, Richard Neutra, as we find it in Chapter 22 — ‘Physiological Space’ – Has Direction and Ranges — of his famous 1954 book ‘Survival Through Design’.[1] My purpose is to see continuities and differences with respect to the reformed understanding of spatial concepts that…
This video-clip is a survey on Perception and Geometry and illustrates the process of constructing an architectural form, using as case study the preliminary concepts behind my project for the Växjö Tennis Hall. The three-dimensional model presented—its lines and surfaces defining an architectural text akin to a texture, what I call archi-texture or archi-textures (see the related article)—may be seen…
The first article I posted on this website was dedicated to the revised transcription of the paper that I presented on Friday, the 5th of September 2014, at the ‘5th Global Conference, Space and Place: Exploring Critical Issues’, held at the Mansfield College, Oxford (UK). The conference was organized by Inter-Disciplinary.net, a former British Association for Interdisciplinary Research and Publishing.…