How can we convey our atmospheric sensual feeling of the matter to others through the quiet physical materials? What is the meaning of the environment for every person? Can we give a definite line between the spaces? Is the atmosphere is the space between the walls or can it include kinds of constructions and natural elements?
Alison Smithson in her article speaks about the way of representation of the allegory of the Saint Jerome’s two habitats through the paintings. Several of them show the pure idea of the perfect place for studying as a Desert – burned-in-clarity, open-minded, giving the pristine knowledge. And on the other hand we see kind of a protected domestic ordered space full of books, tools, with lots of comfort abilities and civilised services. But the purpose of these two polar spaces is the same and they achieve this goal through people’s understanding of atmosphere.
This understanding can be motivated by various combinations of elements. Mark Wigley says that even the air and the mood can change the perception of the space. Everything is related and we should search for these relations.
And going back to the borders the point is what defines them, even the definition of the space can be changing.
