Saturday, January 29, 2011

Transition and Connection

Today, I have been out photographing what was originally supposed to be the "in-between" and at some point during the day I found that transition and connection fascinate me most.  There can very well not BE an in-between space, but simply a threshold that links the inside to the outside, or a window that visually connects the occupant from one side to the other.  Those types of transitions can be as successful as a formal vestibule or terraced deck. 

I found spaces that were transitional but completely outside (Brower Hatcher's Prophecy of the Ancients)
...and a space that seemed to transition from inside to outside, but it was really an illusion (Chris Larson's Unnamed - wood structure).






















I even found an igloo.  VERY outside, but there is a definite threshold and shelter which give it an inside.

When you think about it, the spaces that I labelled as "in-between" in yesterday's post are mostly transitional spaces, or have a link or connection from inside to outside.  Some transitions are successful and some not as much.  What I am beginning to explore is what makes a transition successful.

2 comments:

  1. I think you might want to re-do this using two lines - one to represent outside and one to represent inside. The more I think about it, the more I think that the qualities of each cannot be defined by the same line. The relationship is infinitely more complex and simultaneous than that.

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  2. Also, show more about the idea of "connection" what is being connected and how does that connection materialize architecturally/spatially?

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