Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Stories of Space

Packing luggage in a suitcase, putting goods in a supermarket cart, standing in a particular spot, sketching with chalk on the road, re-arranging furniture, building buildings - just a few examples of defining space. Not necessarily conventional and not always apparent.
The symbiosis between humans and concrete, steel as an extension of the mind, windows as subsequent pairs of eyes - people themselves are also subjects to defining in space.

Everyone has their story. Every building has its people and stories. Architects as therapists, architects as fighters for freedom of space, architects as story-tellers. The stories of someone's habitats, of the inhabitants themselves, of special space designers.

Don't forget to read the story of a French home and it's genius-creator from Holland. Inspiring; just inspiring.