DARCH-0102

{Friday, September 03, 2004}

What is experimental living spaces?

After viewing several critique session, I wonder whether would the majority actually realise they were setting ahead on a very wrong path. Many indeed got the whole term of Experimental living spaces wrong. So what is the meaning of it, and what actually is experimental?
Experimental living is about living experimentally, for its own sake, not for any reason or purpose or any particular style that an architect might have. Experimental living is an end in itself and therefore does not follow pre-conceived ideas, but is open always to experience.
Experimental architecture is then experience more then form. As argued by Sundip,'Do you think you are actually the first to conceive this brand new idea(form) of yours? Are you sure there is no one out there have the same language as yours?

I do agree with him on this point. As we take one step back, experience through spaces are more easily kept and powerful in our minds. Its not the Phenomenal Body that I'm talking about, but its all about the spaces, the 9-grid Primer and what or how we make use of the spaces. We miss our own studio very much isn't it? Is it because its' cosy? Is it because its' nice? Or nice to sleep in for that matter?

No. Its all about the experience. A sense of belonging to a space, a small yet functional community that we set for ourselves. This kind or memories will be with us for a long time I believe.

Ask yourself, would you rather your end user to come back to your structure because of its' looks? Or the experience? Which is more powerful?

'Beauty is only skin deep'

Indeed.

Excerpt from http://www.a2ron-numb.blogspot.com

posted by Aaron @ 3:23 AM

1 - comments~

stop stressing everybody!
it's holiday for god sake...
haha... enjoy while it is here man...

By Herculie, at 3:19 PM