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…
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…
We hope to return to the fundamental material nature of what we do… Architecture is essentially all the immaterial processes of society solidified in physical form. BJARKE INGELS, Materialist Manifesto for Domus 2025 Introduction Different interpretations are possible after the quotation above, made by the talented Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, on the occasion of the presentation of his ‘materialist manifesto’,…
01. Architecture, City, and Landscape as a Total Environment I conclude this series of three articles focused on place, architecture and urban planning. While in The Place of Architecture The Architecture of Place – Part I: The Identity of Places I discussed the concept of place identity, proposing that the identity of a place should be understood in holistic and…