Architecture as Experience
Of anything, I have perhaps covered architecture the least. This is somewhat by design, because this blog is intended as an outlet to explore my other interests beyond architecture, which I practice daily for a living. Despite this agenda, it is still my passion, and therefore fair game for content.
[Image: A play on form and light within a staircase at the Igualada Cemetery by Enric Miralles.]
However, being a blog about all things urban, I am after experience more than anything. Thus, news of the latest and greatest building by so and so is not the type of architectural content I am generally interested in. Those of you paying attention may cite my recent coverage of the new Koolhaas project in Coolsingel as a counterpoint. If you read through that post, however, you will notice that it serves more to examine potential relationships between the work of Rem Koolhaas and Gordon Matta-Clark.
So yes, I am interested in new work but in the case of this blog it will be through some association I have made with the project. Typically, this association will be through the experience of a space, street, or city.
With this in mind, I am announcing a new component to this blog based on the experience of architecture - that which can only be had first hand. I am beginning a series of posts, grouped by theme, of buildings I have visited.
The first theme will begin with an introduction and three of my favorite built projects.
- The Kimbell Art Museum, Louis Kahn - 1972
- The National Museum of Roman Art, Rafael Moneo - 1986
- The De Young Museum, Herzog & de Meuron - 2005
Check back soon as I share my experience…
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