Given the problematic status of “space” in Western thought, it would be better to say that it is a matter of constructing a new place with a new form—a new way of building not just at or on a place but building place itself, building it anew and otherwise. EDWARD S. CASEY, The Fate of Place That was Casey’s response…
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…
This article offers a critical response to the conventional interpretation of architecture, rooted in the second half of the nineteenth century, which takes space as the discipline’s primary interpretive key.[1] This long-standing view often overlooks a fundamental fact: for any space to exist—whether architectural, sociocultural, or even pseudo-physical—place must already be on the stage. As I argue at RSaP, that…
This article is about a distinction we often tend to overlook: the difference between ‘place’ and ‘site’. Although both terms refer to a territory or land, I argue, as others have before me,[1] that the shift from ‘place’ to ‘site’ involves a loss of meaning, which is not just a matter of scale, as a site is typically a specific…