Lately i´ve been highly interested in designing inbetween spaces. Other Architects call inbetween space polivalent, ambiguous, undefined, gradient places. I would like to know your thooughts about the topic so we can learn about it as a community. Any personal experience? maybe book reccommendations? cant wait to get this going!
Cheers!
Wood Guy
May 29, 18 7:44 pm
I don't know the term polivalent, but in general I agree that the edges and in-between spaces are often the most interesting. Being the practical sort, I think of thick doorways, lined with books or panels; windows recessed into thick walls, porches and patios as indoor/outdoor spaces, and the paths between garden beds rather than the beds themselves as a few examples. Too much architecture is essentially a piece of sculpture sitting in a field, or a collection of rooms all flowing into each other. (My own designs included.)
It sounds like you're more academic in your approach--what is it that you find interesting about these types of spaces?
francoferraro
May 30, 18 3:27 pm
Hey! thanks for your reply. I like the way you translate into practice what i've been thinking as a concept. What i find interesting about In-between spaces is their capability of hosting spontaneous and unexpected events. I mean, when you design a space that is category-less; Events themselves will look to define that space. A paradox interestingly enough. In my own designs i have tried to apply the concept as porches and spaces that are a mix of outside and inside. But then again, materialized architecture never shows the full picture behind it.
OneLostArchitect
May 29, 18 7:44 pm
I like turtles
Non Sequitur
May 29, 18 8:00 pm
What about the spaces in-between the in-between spaces?
francoferraro
May 30, 18 3:27 pm
You just blew my mind. Lol
Non Sequitur
May 30, 18 4:16 pm
but seriously thou, your concept will live of die based on how you describe "in-between".
Dangermouse
May 29, 18 9:21 pm
here is everyone's favorite Slovenian philosopher on the subject:
francoferraro
May 30, 18 3:28 pm
Thanks for the reccomendation!
ZoeNaq
May 31, 18 5:43 pm
My thesis was based on the realm of the in-between. My teacher would keep asking me how I define an in-between space and that’s how my project evolved. So your first step would be to read texts by some important architects who have worked using that concept and you’ll be surprised at how differently this concept has been applied to big or small projects. I struggled to find what it meant to me but when I did, trust me it was so much fun exploring the idea. Look at precedences and identify what kind of an in between space that is, that’ll help you understand it deeper. For my thesis I looked at the micro yuaner library and Aberdeen city garden proposal, you can look them up for some ideas. So my argument was about how architects think about life within the buildings but rarely do we think about life between buildings , hence the underutilized sites and voids in our fabric were my main targets. There’s a pdf that’s available online based on the in between, give it a read - comparisons of in-between concepts by Aldo van eyck and kisho kurokawa -through theories of ‘twin phenomena’ and ‘symbiosis’. Read everything but the project will evolve from within you. Define it for yourself and take it from there.
b3tadine[sutures]
May 31, 18 7:03 pm
shhhh... Gordon Matta-Clark was doing this long time.
Helsinki
Jun 4, 18 3:37 pm
Life Between Buildings google search should land you firmly in Gehl territory...
Koww
Jun 5, 18 1:57 am
this is a perennial topic that gets a lot of academics wet. Have fun!
Hello fellow architects,
Lately i´ve been highly interested in designing inbetween spaces. Other Architects call inbetween space polivalent, ambiguous, undefined, gradient places. I would like to know your thooughts about the topic so we can learn about it as a community. Any personal experience? maybe book reccommendations? cant wait to get this going!
Cheers!
I don't know the term polivalent, but in general I agree that the edges and in-between spaces are often the most interesting. Being the practical sort, I think of thick doorways, lined with books or panels; windows recessed into thick walls, porches and patios as indoor/outdoor spaces, and the paths between garden beds rather than the beds themselves as a few examples. Too much architecture is essentially a piece of sculpture sitting in a field, or a collection of rooms all flowing into each other. (My own designs included.)
It sounds like you're more academic in your approach--what is it that you find interesting about these types of spaces?
Hey! thanks for your reply. I like the way you translate into practice what i've been thinking as a concept. What i find interesting about In-between spaces is their capability of hosting spontaneous and unexpected events. I mean, when you design a space that is category-less; Events themselves will look to define that space. A paradox interestingly enough. In my own designs i have tried to apply the concept as porches and spaces that are a mix of outside and inside. But then again, materialized architecture never shows the full picture behind it.
I like turtles
What about the spaces in-between the in-between spaces?
You just blew my mind. Lol
but seriously thou, your concept will live of die based on how you describe "in-between".
here is everyone's favorite Slovenian philosopher on the subject:
Thanks for the reccomendation!
My thesis was based on the realm of the in-between. My teacher would keep asking me how I define an in-between space and that’s how my project evolved. So your first step would be to read texts by some important architects who have worked using that concept and you’ll be surprised at how differently this concept has been applied to big or small projects. I struggled to find what it meant to me but when I did, trust me it was so much fun exploring the idea. Look at precedences and identify what kind of an in between space that is, that’ll help you understand it deeper. For my thesis I looked at the micro yuaner library and Aberdeen city garden proposal, you can look them up for some ideas. So my argument was about how architects think about life within the buildings but rarely do we think about life between buildings , hence the underutilized sites and voids in our fabric were my main targets. There’s a pdf that’s available online based on the in between, give it a read - comparisons of in-between concepts by Aldo van eyck and kisho kurokawa -through theories of ‘twin phenomena’ and ‘symbiosis’. Read everything but the project will evolve from within you. Define it for yourself and take it from there.
shhhh... Gordon Matta-Clark was doing this long time.
Life Between Buildings google search should land you firmly in Gehl territory...
this is a perennial topic that gets a lot of academics wet. Have fun!
inbetween architecture:
http://www.architecturaldrawin...