Today I tested ChatGPT-5 in the field of topological criticism by asking it to prepare a 5-minute academic critical review of my 2014 paper From Space to Place: A Necessary Paradigm Shift in Architecture, where I first outlined the hypothesis of place understood as a systemic and processual notion (place as system of processes). I then transformed the resulting text…
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of RSaP—Rethinking Space and Place (September 2015–September 2025) — I offer a brief reflection on this journey through the study of spatiality so far and on the road ahead. For at least a century the classical meanings of the paired terms space and place have been under sustained scrutiny across many fields: from…
I would like to further explore the general question of the spatial interpretations of reality, a topic I also addressed in the final part of my article New Realism for Architects, where I argued that we are living in a reality that is completely different from those of past eras—a new reality, properly. This question is particularly relevant not only…
It is clear that [this void space], which is obviously nothing, cannot have an actual existence. JOHANNES KEPLER, Epitome of Copernican Astronomy 1. Reality, the Circle of Reality, the Environment, and Spatial Concepts In a previous article, New Realism for Architects, I introduced the new realist hypothesis, which recognizes that both material (mind-independent) and immaterial (mind-dependent) aspects of reality are…
Lachlan Turczan’s installation – ‘Lucida’ – transforms light into matter, crafting spaces where the intangible becomes tangible, and perception shapes reality. MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE, Milano Design Week 2025 Making the Invisible Visible: installation by the American artist Lachlan Turczan in collaboration with the Google design team, Milano Design Week 2025, 7-13 April, Milano, IT. What is made visible in…