Seen and Unseen
Architecture is the duality between the seen and the unseen, but transition between them is profound. Transition is highly perceptional and a suitable example of it is the WALL HOUSE by FAR Frohn & Rojas Architects and the Sou Fujimoto’s writings on Primitive Future.
The Wall house articulates the word transition to a more evident character where, the journey from inside out towards the nature which is soft and the reverse towards the core which is substantial. The house also displays a climatized environment that depicts nature in terms of diffused light, translucent surfaces which culminates to a ‘comfortable space’.
Primitive Future is a smooth assessment as to how architecture should be, ‘a Cave or a Nest?’ A cave is a space which is beyond purpose and nest is a space which is built out of necessity yet in controlled natural environment. In a way, asking the question,’ can something without purpose or beyond purpose be built intentionally?’
The gradation of Sou Fujimoto’s writing could well be correlated with the varied layers of light and space of Wall House. The energy screen wrapping the Wall house is contemporary to the ‘cloud’ (Ref: Futuro Primitivo, pg. 137) which shows different facets of nature through different time, aiming for timelessness. The unexpectedness of nature blending with architecture brings us back to the phenomenon of seen and unseen. Since life cannot be perceived without seen and unseen, how can architecture be?
In my research for relational logics I would like to involve the constant tussle between CONTEXT-DREAM-REALITY. Every reality starts with a dream and shapes up with surrounding context. So if the contextual quotient changes, the dream would shape up an entirely different process for reality. This would involve, starting with working on the process of design (dream), then introducing this process to site and requirements (context) and finally what the process driven end product (reality).