Experimental Architectural Space

Abstract

What is space? If we strip all the materiality, the finishes, windows, doors and systems of function, what is space? A volume? A mass? My definition is simple… a volume of void we experience consciously through our internal human senses and subconscious mind. Now, the impacts of space can have powerful interactions and conversations with our mind, soul, and body. This can evoke memories or emotional responses. Today, architecture is a conversational topic that requires in-depth discussions and targeted iterations. Its sense of being in our societies, its use and designed intention, lacks human affiliation; it seems it struggles to function in parallel with our natural functions and humanistic features. This poses a huge threat to society, human growth and quality of life. Now more than ever in our world, mental health, societal complications and environmental impacts are at their highest. A common denominator is the quality of life, our mental state and functional health. By understanding space at its core and how we can interact with it, we can redesign in new and abstract ways, ways that elevate life. The issues to address in this thesis are the understanding of space, what it is, and how we can manipulate space in ways that create these powerful and impactful emotional connections and responses to the designed space around us. Why? I want to contribute to the new wave of design, architecture and art.

I want to find out the depths of space and how we can make people feel the architecture and space around them, or if that is even possible effective technique. In this research, I undergo extensive research and experimentation of space through model making and immersive experience stimulation. I create modelled space, play with scale and think about ways to deeply immerse humans into architectural space so that they may form a bond in connecting with their environment. I find this connection to our surroundings imperative in being able to live in the moment, sense life and engage across the multiple dimensions of life.